6.

Two turbines generates a total power of 5000

HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT KW. If one unit is thrice the capacity of the
other, find the capacity of smaller
1. A hydro-electric power plant consumes 52,650 unit.Answer: A
KW-hrs per annum. Expected flow is 1665
m³/min and overall efficiency is 65%. What is A. 1250 KW
the net head?Answer: D B. 3450 KW
A. 30 m C. 2456 KW
B. 31 m D. 5763 KW
C. 32 m
D. 34 m 7. In a hydro-electric plant the brake power is
1800 KW running at 450 rpm and net head of
2. Ina a hydro-electric power the tail water level 30 m. Determine the specific speed of the
fixes at 480 m. The net head is 27 m and head turbine.Answer: D
loss is 4% of the gross head. What is the head
water elevation?Answer: B A. 60.29 rpm
A. 500.34 m B. 65.29 rpm
B. 508.12 m C. 75.29 rpm
C. 456.34 m D. 71.29 rpm
D. 567.34 m 8. The specific speed of turbine is 75 rpm and
3. The available flow of water is 25 m³/ sec at 30 m running at 450 rpm. If the head is 20 m and
elevation. If a hydro-electric plant is to be generator efficiency is the maximum power
installed with turbine efficiency of 85% and delivered by the generator.Answer: C
generator efficiency of 90%, what maximum A. 450.5 KW
power that the plant could generate?Answer: C
B. 345.5 KW
A. 4658.5 KW
C. 650.5 KW
B. 3478.5 KW
D. 780.5 KW
C. 5628.5 KW
D. 4756.5 KW 9. For a generator running at 300 rpm and
60Hz, find the number
4. For a proposed hydro-electric plant, the tail water of generator
and head elevation is 160 m and 195 m, poles.Answer: A A. 24
respectively. If available flow is 10 m³/sec and poles
head loss of 5% of water available head. What B. 8 poles
is the water power?Answer: A
C. 18 poles
A. 3261.8 KW
D. 20 poles
B. 4254.6 KW
C. 5874.5 KW 10. The penstock if hydro-electric plant is 0.5 x 0.5 m
with velocity of 5.5 m/sec has a head of 20 m.
D. 2456.5 KW What is the output of the turbine if the turbine
efficiency is 87%?Answer: D A. 845.32 KW
5. The flow of a river is 20 m³/sec and produces a total
brake of 6,000 KW. If it is proposed to install two B. 789.34 KW
turbines each has 85% efficiency, what is the C. 654.56 KW
available head?Answer: A A. 35 m
D. 234.56 KW
B. 37 m
C. 39 m
D. 36 m
 11. A 4m x 0.5m channel has water velocity of 5 16. What is the turbine output and delivering 1
m/sec. If the head is 100 m, what is the annual m³/sec in a hydro-electric power plant if
energy produced if overall efficiency is turbine efficiency is 88%%?Answer: A
70%?Answer: C
A. 863.28 KW
A. 40,456,000 KW-hrs
B. 734.28 KW
B. 34,456,345 KW-hrs
C. 167.34 KW
C. 60,154,920 KW-hrs
D. 492.34 KW
D. 54,867,234 KW-hrs
17. In an 8,000 KW hydro-electric plant the over-
12. In Francis turbine, the pressure gage leadig to all efficiency is 88% and the actual power
the turbine casing reads 380 Kpa and center of receive by the customer is 110,000 KW-hrs for
spiral casing is 3 m above the tailrace. If that day. What is the secondary power could
velocity of water entering the turbine is 8 this plant deliver during the entire
m/sec, what is the net head of the day?Answer: A
turbine?Answer: D
A. 58,960 KW-hrs
A. 30 m
B. 60,960 KW-hrs
B. 35 m
C. 65,960 KW-hrs
C. 40 m
D. 70,960 KW-hrs
D. 45 m
18. At a proposed hydroelectric plant site, the
13. A turbine has a mechanical efficiency of 95%, average elevation of headwater is 600 m, the
volumetric efficiency if 97% and total tailwater elevation is 480 m. The average
efficiency of 80%, If effective head is 40 m, annual water flow is determined to be equal to
find the total head.Answer: D the volume flowing through a rectangular
channel 4 m wide and 0.5 m deep and average
A. 48.72 m velocity of 5.5 m/sec. Assuming that the plant
B. 40.72 m site can develop if the hydraulic turbine that
will be used has an efficiency of 80% and
C. 46.72 m generator efficiency of 92%. Consider a
headwork loss of 4% of the available
D. 34.72 m head.Answer: A

14. A Pelton type turbine has 30 m head friction A. 76,854,851

loss of 4.5 m. The coefficienct of friction head
B. 65,234,556
loss(from Moorse) is 0.00093 and penstock
length of 80 m. What is the penstock diameter? C. 75,234,455
Answer: D
D. 82,456,677
A. 1234 mm
19. In Maria Christina Hydroelectric Project, the
B. 3476 mm available head is 140 m; the water flow is one
cubic meter per second; efficiency of the
C. 677 mm
turbine is 95%; efficiency of the generator is
D. 1686 mm 95%, three phase, 60cycle, voltage delivered is
4160 V. Determine yearly income of the plant
15. From a height of 65 m water flows at the rate of if the cost of the generated electric energy is
0.85 m³/s and is driving a turbine connected to P0.60 per Kwh.Answer: C
160rpm generator. If frictional torque is 540 N-m,
A. P5,234,567
calculate the turbine brake power.Answer: A A.
533 KW B. P7,385,678
B. 677 KW C. P6,514,778
C. 455 KW D. P9,354,677
D. 488 KW
20. A Pelton type was installed 30 m below the 23. A Francis turbine is installed with a vertical
head gate of the penstock. The head loss due to draft tube. The top of the draft is 1 m below the
friction is 15% of the given elevation. The centerline of the spiral casing while the tail race
length of penstock is 80 m and coefficient of water level is 3 m from the top of the draft tube.
friction is 0.00093. Determine the power There is no velocity of whirl at the top or
output in KW.Answer: D bottom of the draft tube and leakage are
negligible. The elevation of water from the
A. 12,273 reservoir to the centerline of the turbine casing
B. 13,234 is 50 m, and water velocity at the inlet is 5
m/sec. Discharge is 2.5 m³/sec, hydraulic
C. 12,345 efficiency is 86%. Overall efficiency if 83%.
Determine the reading of a pressure gage(in
D. 12,493 psi) if one is installed at the penstock just
before the water inlet to the turbine.Answer: A
21. From a height if 65 m, water flows at the rate of
0.85 m³/sec and is driving a water turbine A. 69.35
connected to an electric generator revolving at
160 rpm. Calculate the power developed by the B. 74.33
turbine in KW if the total resisting torque due
to friction is 540 N-m and the velocity of the C. 56.34
water leaving the turbine blades is 4.75 D. 92.45
m/sec.Answer: B
24. A Francis turbine is installed with a vertical
A. 753 draft tube. The top of the draft is 1 m below the
B. 523 centerline of the spiral casing while the tail race
water level is 3 m from the top of the draft tube.
C. 635 There is no velocity of whirl at the top or
bottom of the draft tube and leakage are
D. 833 negligible. The elevation of water from the
reservoir to the centerline of the turbine casing
22. A proposed hydro-electric power plant has the is 50 m, and water velocity at the inlet is 5
following data: m/sec. Discharge is 2.5 m³/sec, hydraulic
efficiency is 86%. Overall efficiency if 83%.
Elevation of normal headwater surface Determine the mechanical efficiency of the
= 194 m turbine. Answer: C
Elevation of normal tailwater surface A. 76.23%
= 60 m
B. 83.45%
Loss of head due to friction = 6.5 m
C. 95.51%
Turbine discharge at full gate opening
= 5 m³/sec D. 64.34%
Turbine efficiency at rated capacity = 25. A remote community in Mountain Province
90% plans to put up a small hydro-electric plant to
service six closely located barangays estimated
Turbine is to be connected to a 60
to consume 52,650,000 KW-hrs per annum.
cycle AC generator. Expected flow if water is 1665 m³/min. The
Find the number of poles of the most favorable location for the plant fixes the
generator?Answer: B tail water level at 480 m. The manufacturer of
turbine generator set have indicated the
A. 6 following performance data: turbine efficiency
87%; generator efficiency is 92%; loss in head
B. 10 work not exceed 3.8% of available head. In
C. 8 order to pinpoint the most suitable area for the
dam, determine the head water
D. 12 elevation.Answer: D
A. 234 m
B. 842 m
C. 345 m
D. 509 m
26. A hydro-electric plant has a 20 MW generator 30. A pelton wheel is to be designed to rin at 300
with an efficiency of 96%. The generator is rpm under an effectice head of 150 m. The ratio
directly coupled to a vertical Francis type of the nozzle diameter of the pitch circle is 1/12.
hydraulic turbine having an efficiency of 80%. Assuming efficiency of 84%, what is the size of
The total gross head on the turbine is 150 m the wheel in meters. Assume a speed ratio of
while the loss of head due to friction is 4% of 0.45.Answer: C
the gross head. The runaway speed is not to
exceed 750 rpm. Determine the flow of water A. 1.05
through the turbine in cfs.Answer: A B. 2.00
A. 651 C. 1.55
B. 534 D. 2.86
C. 763 31. A Francis turbine is installed with a vertical
D. 827 draft tube. The total head to the center of the
spiral casing at the inlet is 38 m and velocity of
27. A hydro-electric plant has a 20 MW generator water at the inlet is 5 m/sec. The discharge is
with an efficiency if 96%. The generator is 2.1 m³/sec. The hydraulic efficiency is 0.87 and
directly coupled to a vertical Francis type overall efficiency is 0.84. The top of draft tube
hydraulic turbine having an efficiency of 80%. is 1m(water) below the centerline of the spiral
The total gross head on the turbine is 150 m casing while the tailrace (water) level is 3m
while loss head due to friction is 4% of the from the top of the draft tube. Neglected
gross head. The runaways speed is not to velocities of whirl and leakage losses. What is
exceed 750 rpm. Determine the rated speed of the total head on the turbine in meters?Answer:
the turbine.Answer: C B

A. 300 A. 34.72

B. 500 B. 43.27

C. 400 C. 55.20

D. 600 D. 48.12

28. Water flows steadily with a velocity of 3.05 m/s 32. A hydro-electric plant discharges water at the
in a horizontal pipe having a diameter of 15.24 rate of 0.75 m³/sec and enters the turbine at
cm. At one section of the pipe, the temperature 0.35 mps with a pressure of 275 Kpa. Runner
and pressure of the water are 21°C and 689.3 inside diameter is 550 mm, speed is 520 rpm
Kpa, respectively. At a distance of 304.8 m and the turbine efficiency is 88%. Find the
downstream. The pressure is 516.9 kpa. What turbine speed factor.Answer: A
is the friction factor?Answer: C A. 0.638
A. 0.134 B. 0.386
B. 0.0050 C. 0.368
C. 0.0189 D. 0.836
D. 0.641
33. A hydraulic turbine receives water from a
29. A hydroelectric generating unit station is reservoir at an elevation of 100 meters above it.
supplied from a reservoir of capacity 6,000,000 What is the minimum water kg/s to produce a
m³ at a head of 170 m. Assume hydraulic steady turbine output of 50 Mw?Answer: B A.
efficiency of 80% and electrical efficiency 50,247
90%. The fall in the reservoir level after a load
is 15 MW has been supplied for 3 hours, if the B. 50,968
area of the reservoir is 2.5 sq. Km is closet C. 50,672
to:Answer: A
D. 50,465
A. 5.39 cm
B. 4.32 cm
C. 5.98 cm
D. 4.83 cm
34. A hydro-electric plant having 50 sq. km
reservoir area and 100 m head is used to
generate power. The energy utilized by the
consumers whose load is connected to the
power plant during a five hour period is 13.5 x
106kwh. The overall generation efficiency is
75%. Find the fall in the height of water in the
reservoir after the 5-hour period.Answer: B
A. 2.13 m
B. 1.32 m
C. 3.21 m
D. 0.53 m
35. A reaction turbine develops 500 bhp. Flow
through the turbine is 50cfs. Water enters at
20fps with a 100ft pressure head. The elevation
of the turbine above the tail water level is 10 ft.
Find the effective head.Answer: D
A. 130 ft
B. 120 ft
C. 110 ft
D. 116.2 ft