HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

TURBINES

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

2- A Pelton wheel has a mean bucket diameter 0.8 m running at 1000 rpm . The power head is 400 m and the bucket deflects the jet through 165 . The discharge through the nozzle is 0.15 m 3/s. Find the jet power, power available before nozzle and hydraulic efficiency. Take C v=0.98 and Vr1=Vr2

Solution: m s kN m
3 3

Q := 0.15
:= 9.81

hp := 400m

:= 165

cv := 0.98

k := 1

N := 1000rpm

d := 0.8m

vj := cv 2 g hp vj
2

m vj = 86.802 s

hj := 2 g Pj := hj Q Pbn := hp Q U := N d 2

hj = 384.16 m Pj = 565.291 kW Pbn = 588.6 kW U = 41.888 m s

U Hth := vj - U ( 1 - k cos( ) ) g

Hth = 377.156 m Pth = 554.985 kW

Pth := Hth Q Hth hj

hyd :=

hyd = 98.177 %

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