HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

Solution by DF Sozinando, Mechanical Eng. student at Vaal University of Technology

TUTORIAL 3
1- A centrifugal pum p has vane angle at inlet and outlet as 22.5 and 130 respectively, the relative velocity at outlet is 13 m /s and the vane velocity at outlet is 36 m /s. It is designed for a constant velocity of flow and assuming no whirl at inlet. 1.1 Construct the inlet and outlet velocity triangles ? 1.2 Measure out the values of vf2, vw2 , 2, vr1 , and U 1 ? 1.3 Calculate the im peller diam eter at inlet if the impeller width is 10 cm and flow rate is 4.8m /s ? Solution:
1 := 22.5 2 := 130
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vr 2 := 13

m s

U 2 := 36

m s

Make use of graph paper to constract the velocity triangles

NB: When vane angle ( ) is greather then 90 or whirl velocity ( vw) is greather then tangent velocity of the impeller ( U) , this will be always the type of velocity triangle that we going to deal with.

vf := 10

m s

vw2 := 44.4

m s

m v2 := 45.5 s

2 := 12.5

NB: When there no whirl velocity or guide angle( ) is 90 this will be always the type of velocity triangle that we going to deal with.

vr 1 := 26

m s

U 1 := 24

m s
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HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

Solution by DF Sozinando, Mechanical Eng. student at Vaal University of Technology

b 1 := 10cm d1 := 1m Given Q = 2 d1 2 b 1 vf

Q := 4.8

m s

d1 := Find d1

( )

d1 = 1.528 m

d1 r1 := 2

N := 1rpm Given U 1 = N r1 d2 := 1m Given U2 = N d2 2 d2 := Find d2 N := Find( N ) N = 300 rpm

( )

d2 = 2.292 m

b 2 := 1m Given Q = 2 d2 2 b 2 vf b 2 := Find b 2

( )

b 2 = 6.667 cm

Hth :=

U 2 vw2 g

Hth = 162.991 m

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