Code No: 137HZ R16

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

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B. Tech IV Year I Semester Examinations, February/March - 2022
TURBO MACHINES
(Mechanical Engineering)
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Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75
Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) Prove that the turbine overall efficiency is greater than the turbine stage efficiency and
justify.
b) Derive the continuity equation for cartisian coordinate system for a blade row of an
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axial flow turbomachine. [7+8]
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2.a) Derive the polytropic compression efficiency through an infinitesimal compression
stage of a turbomachine.
b) Define incompressible, compressible, steady and unsteady, inviscid, viscuss, laminar and
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turbulent flows. Give examples of each of these flows in turbomachines. [7+8]

3. Discuss the effect of back pressure during flow through a converging diverging nozzle.
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Show the variation of pressure, velocity and temperature along the nozzle. [15]

4. A stage of an impulse turbine has two rows of moving blades separated in a row of fixed
guide blades. The moving blades have tip angle of 380, the velocity of discharge from the
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nozzle is 540 m/s. The relative velocity of steam drops by 10% during passage through
each ring of blades and the final discharge is axial. Calculate the blade speed and blade
efficiency. [15]
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5.a) Compute the minimum values of Mach number M1 for which the oblique shock
remains attached to the wedge for deflection angles at 200, 300 and 400.
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b) Draw an illustrative diagram of a centrifugal compressor stage indicating the names of its
principal parts. [8+7]

6.a) A centrifugal impeller has 17 radial blades in the impeller of 45 cm diameter. The tip
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diameter of the eye is 25 cm. Calculate the slip factor making use of the two different
formulae.
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b) What is the purpose of inlet guide vanes and inducer blades in centrifugal compressor?
Explain briefly. [8+7]

7.a) Explain the concept of surging in an axial flow compressor along with the difficulties
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associated.
b) Why is it necessary to employ multi stage axial compressors to obtain moderate to high
pressure ratios? Explain. [7+8]

8. At a stage of 50% reaction axial flow turbine running at 3000 rpm, the mean blade
diameter is 68.5 cm. If the maximum utilization factor for the stage is 0.915, Calculate
(a) the inlet and outlet absolute velocities and (b) the power output. Also, find the power
developed for a steam flow rate of 15 kg/s. [15]
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