//Fluid System By Shiv Kumar //Chapter 6 - Kaplan and Propeller Turbines //Example 6.7 //To Find (a)Diameter of Runner (b)Speed (c)Specific Speed clc clear //Given: H=32; //Head, m P=16000; //Shaft Power, KW D_per=190; //Percentage by which Diameter of Runner(D)is Larger than diameter of Boss(d) eta_0=91/100; //Overall Efficiency Ku=2; //Speed Ratio Kf=0.64; //Flow Ratio //Data Required: rho=1000; //Density of Water, Kg/m^3 g=9.81; //Acceleration due to gravity, m/s^2 //Computations Vfi=Kf*sqrt(2*g*H); //Velocity of Flow at Inlet, m/s ui= Ku*sqrt(2*g*H); //Velocity of Runner at Inlet, m/s Q=P*10^3/(rho*g*H*eta_0); //Discharge, m^3/s d=sqrt(Q/((%pi/4)*Kf*sqrt(2*g*H)*((D_per/100+1)^2-1))); // Diameter of Hub ,m //(a) Diameter of Runner ,D D=d+(D_per/100)*d; //m //(b) Speed,N N=ui*60/(%pi*D); // rpm //(iii) Specific Speed of Turbine, Ns Ns=N*P^(1/2)/(H^(5/4)); // SI Units //Results printf("(a)Diameter of Runner , D=%.3f m\n",D) printf(" (b)Speed, N =%.2f rpm\n",N) //The answer vary due to round off error printf(" (c)Specific Speed, Ns =%.2f (SI Units)\n",Ns) //The answer provided in the textbook is wrong.