//Fluid System By Shiv Kumar //Chapter 6 - Kaplan and Propeller Turbines //Example 6.3 //To Find (a)Inlet and Outlet blade Angles (b)Mechanical Efficiency (c)Volumetric Efficiency clc clear //Given: D=6; //Outer Diameter of Runner, m d=2; //Inner Diameter of Runner, m P=30; //Shaft Power, MW N=75; //Speed, rpm H=12; //Head, m Q=310 //Discharge through the Runner, m^3/s eta_H=96/100; //Hydraulic Efficiency //Data Required: rho=1000; //Density of Water, Kg/m^3 g=9.81; //Acceleration due to gravity, m/s^2 //Computations u=%pi*D*N/60; //Velocity of runner, m/s ui=u; uo=u; Vf=Q/((%pi/4)*(D^2-d^2)) // m/s Vfi=Vf; Vfo=Vf; Vwi=eta_H*g*H/ui; // m/s //The Answer Vary Because Value of ui used in book is Wrong //(a)Inlet and Outlet blade Angles, Beta_i and Beta_o Beta_i=180-atand(Vfi/(ui-Vwi)); //Degrees Beta_o=atand(Vfo/uo); //Degrees //(b)Mechanical Efficiency,eta_m eta_M=P*10^6/(rho*Q*Vwi*ui)*100; //percentage(%) //The Answer Vary Because Value of Vwi used in book is Wrong //(c)Volumetric Efficiency, eta_v eta_o=P*10^6/(rho*Q*g*H)*100; //Overall Efficiency, percentage(%) eta_v=eta_o/(eta_M*eta_H); //percentage(%) //The Answer Vary Because Value of eta_m used in book is Wrong //Results printf("(a)Inlet Blade Angle, Beta_i=%.2f degrees and \n",Beta_i) //The answer vary due to round off error printf(" Outlet Blade Angle, Beta_o=%.2f degrees \n",Beta_o) //The answer vary due to round off error printf("(b)Mechanical Efficiency, eta_m=%.2f percent\n",eta_M) //The answer provided in the textbook is wrong printf("(c)Volumetric Efficiency, eta_v=%.2f percent\n ",eta_o) //The answer provided in the textbook is wrong