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The document contains 5 problems related to fluid machinery design and analysis. Problem 1 involves designing a Pelton wheel to develop 600 kW power under 180m head running at 320 rpm. Problem 2 determines the work and force on a flat plate deflecting a water jet. Problem 3 determines vane angles, work, and efficiency for a radial flow turbine. Problems 4 and 5 contain additional fluid machinery design and analysis questions.

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Assignment No. 1

The document contains 5 problems related to fluid machinery design and analysis. Problem 1 involves designing a Pelton wheel to develop 600 kW power under 180m head running at 320 rpm. Problem 2 determines the work and force on a flat plate deflecting a water jet. Problem 3 determines vane angles, work, and efficiency for a radial flow turbine. Problems 4 and 5 contain additional fluid machinery design and analysis questions.

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Katihar Engineering College, Katihar

Assignment 1

Sub: Fluid Machinery

1. Design a single jet Pelton wheel to develop a power of 600 KW under a head of 180m
while running at 320 rpm. Assume Ku = 0.45, Cv= 0.985 and overall efficiency =85%.
Calculate the jet diameter, wheel diameter and number of buckets.
2. A jet of water having a velocity of 60m/sec is deflected by a flat plate moving at 25m/sec
in a direction at 30° to the direction of jet. The water leaves the plate normally to the
plate.
Determine the workdone and force.

3. A jet of water having a velocity of 30m/s strikes a series of radial curved vanes mounted
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on a wheel which is rotating at 200 rpm. The jet makes an angle of 20 with the tangent to
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the wheel at inlet and leaves the wheel with a velocity of 5 m/s at an angle of 130 to the
tangent to the wheel at outlet. Water is flowing from outward in a radial direction. The
outer and inner radii of the wheel are 0.5 m and 0.25 m respectively. Determine; (i)Vane
angles at inlet and outlet (ii)Workdone per unit weight of water, and(iii)
Efficiency of the wheel.
4. (a) Draw a schematic diagram of a Francis turbine and explain its construction and
working.
(b) The jet of water coming out of nozzle strikes the buckets of a Pelton wheel which
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when stationary would deflect the jet through 165 . The velocity of water at exit is 0.9
times at the inlet and the bucket speed is 0.45 times the jet speed. If the speed of the
Pelton wheel is 300 rpm and the effective head is 150m, determine: (i) Hydraulic
efficiency, and(ii) Diameter of the Pelton wheel. Take co-efficient of velocity c v=
0.98.

5. (a) A jet of water is moving at 60m/s and is deflected by a vane moving 25m/s in a
direction at 300 to the direction of the jet. The water leaves the blades with no velocity
component in the direction of motion of vane. Determine the inlet and outlet angles of the
vanes for no shock at entry or exit. Assume outlet velocity of water relative to the blades
to be 0.85 of the relative velocity at entry.
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(b) A 100 mm diameter jet discharging at 0.40 m /sec impinges in a series of curved
vanes moving at 18 m/s. the direction of the jet and the direction of motion of the vane
are the same at inlet. Each vane is so shaped that if stationary it would deflect the jet
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at 170 . Calculate (i) The force exerted in the direction of motion of the vanes( ii)The
power developed and (iii)The Hydraulic Efficiency.
Submission deadline 02/03/2024

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