HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

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1- A centrifugal pum p has external and internal im peller diam eters 600mm and 300mm respectively.The vane angle at inlet and outlet are 30 and 45 respectively. The water the impeller at 2.5 m /s, velocity of flow is constant and there is no whirl at inlet. Find the rotational speed of im peller in rpm and work done per unit force of water (theoretical head developed by pump).

Solution: d2 := 600mm d2 r2 := 2 d1 := 300mm

1 := 30 2 := 45

m v1 := 2.5 s

vf := v1 d1 r1 := 2

vw1 := 0

U = r

2 N 60 U r

U ( N , r) := N r U 1 := 1 Given v1 tan 1 = U1 m s

N ( U , r) :=

( )

U 1 := Find U 1

( )
m s

U 1 = 4.33

m s

N U 1 , r1 = 276 rpm m U N , r2 = 8.671 s

( (

N := 276 rpm U 2 := 8.671

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HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

vw2 := 1 Given

m s m s

vf tan 2 = U 2 - vw2

( )

vw2 := Find vw2

vw2 = 6.171

Hth :=

U 2 vw2 g

U 1 vw1 g

Hth = 5.456 m

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