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The document contains 11 questions about turbomachinery concepts like heads, stalling, surging, choking, and calculations involving centrifugal pumps and compressors like flow rates, speeds, efficiencies, diameters, pressures, temperatures, velocities, and powers. Students are assigned questions 4, 7, 8, 10, and 11 from the list to answer and submit for a midterm exam on turbomachinery topics including pumps, compressors, impellers, and related fluid mechanics calculations.

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The document contains 11 questions about turbomachinery concepts like heads, stalling, surging, choking, and calculations involving centrifugal pumps and compressors like flow rates, speeds, efficiencies, diameters, pressures, temperatures, velocities, and powers. Students are assigned questions 4, 7, 8, 10, and 11 from the list to answer and submit for a midterm exam on turbomachinery topics including pumps, compressors, impellers, and related fluid mechanics calculations.

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Bahir Dar Institute of Technology

Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering


Mechanical Engineering 3rd Year
Turbomachinery Worksheet and Individual Assignment
Assignment: Do the following questions [ 4, 7,8,10,11] and submit it when coming
for mid exam.
1. Explain the physical meaning of head and different kinds of head: pressure head,
static head etc.
2. Explain the phenomenon of stalling, surging and choking in centrifugal
compressors.
3. The impeller of a centrifugal pump has outer diameter of 1.06m and speed is 56
m/s. The blades are backward curved and they make an angle of 20 with the wheel
tangent at the blade tip. If the radial velocity of the flow at the tip is 7.5 m/s and
the slip factor is 0.88. Determine (1) the actual work input per kg of water flow
and (2) the absolute velocity of fluid at the impeller.
4. An axial flow pump is required to deliver 1m3/s at 7m head while running at 960
rpm. Its outer diameter is 50 and hub diameter is 25 cm. Find (1) flow velocity,
which is assumed to be constant from hub to tip and (2) power required to drive
the pump if overall efficiency is 84%.
5. A centrifugal pump impeller has a diameter of 1.2 m; rpm 210; area at the outer
periphery 0.65m2;angle of vane at outlet 25, and ratio of external to internal
diameter 2:1.Calculate (1) the hydraulic efficiency, (2) power, and (3) minimum
speed to lift water against a head of 6.2 m. Assume that the pump discharges 1550
l/s
6. A centrifugal pump impeller has 0.3m inlet diameter and 0.6 m external diameters.
The pump runs at 950 rpm, and the entry of the pump is radial. The velocity of
flow through the impeller is constant at 3.5 m/s. The impeller vanes are set back at
angle of 468 to the outer rim. Calculate (1) the vane angle at inlet of a pump, (2)
the velocity direction of water at outlet, and (3) the work done by the water per kg
of water
7. A centrifugal pump impeller having an internal and external diameter of 0.5m and
1.25 m respectively. Is discharging water at a rate of 2000l/s against a head of 16
m, when running at 300 rpm. Backward curved vanes make an angle of 30 0 with
the tangent at outlet and velocity of flow is constant at 2.5 m/s. Calculate (1) the
hydraulic efficiency, (2) power required, and (3) minimum speed required
8. The impeller tip speed of a centrifugal compressor is 450 m/s with no prewhirl. If
the slip factor is 0.90 and the isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 0.86,
calculate the pressure ratio, the work input per kg of air, and the power required
for 25 kg/s of airflow. Assume that the compressor is operating at standard sea
level and a power input factor of 1.
9. A centrifugal compressor compresses air at ambient temperature and pressure of
288K and 1 bar respectively. The impeller tip speed is 364 m/s, the radial velocity
at the exit from the impeller is 28 m/s, and the slip factor is 0.89. Calculate the
Mach number of the flow at the impeller tip. If the impeller total-to-total
efficiency is 0.88 and the flow area from the impeller is 0.085m2, calculate the
mass flow rate of air. Assume an axial entrance at the impeller eye and radial
blades.
10. A centrifugal compressor with 21 blades has an impeller tip speed of 350 m/s and
total to total efficiency of 85%. It takes air from the atmosphere at 20°C and 100
kPa. The radial component of velocity at the exit is 25 m/s and the exit area of the
impeller is 0.1 kg/s. The vanes are radial at the exit and the inlet flow is axial.
Calculate the power to drive the compressor if the mechanical efficiency of the
compressor is 95%.
11. The inlet stagnation temperature of a centrifugal compressor rotating at 10,000
rpm is 20°C. The inlet flow is axial and the blades are radially tipped at the exit. It
is required to produce a stagnation pressure ratio of 2.8 when the total to total
efficiency is 0.85. It has 19 blades and a mass flow rate of 3.0 kg/s. Through
measurements, the density of air at the exit of the impeller is found to be 1.5
kg/m3. The width of the blades at the exit is 1 cm. Calculate the following: (a)
power required to drive the compressor, (b) diameter of the impeller, and (c)
absolute Mach number at the exit.

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