//Fluid Systems by Shiv Kumar //Chapter 7 - Performance of water turbine //Example 7.3 //To Find (a) The Discharge required (b) The Diameter of Wheel (c) The Diameter and number of jets required (d)The Specific Speed clc clear //Given: P=8200; //Power Developed, kW H=128; // Head , m N=210; // Speed, rpm Cv=0.98; // Co-efficient of Velocity eta_H=89/100; //Hydraulic Efficiency Ku=0.45; // Speed Ratio dbyD=1/10; //Ratio of jet diameter to wheel Diameter eta_m=92/100; //Mechanical Efficiency //Data required rho=1000; //Density of Water, Kg/m^3 g=9.81; // Acceleration due to gravity, m/s^2 //Assumptions: eta_v=100/100; // Volumetric efficiency is 100% //Computations D=Ku*sqrt(2*g*H)*60/(%pi*N); //Wheel Diameter, m d=D*dbyD; // Jet diameter, m eta_o=eta_H*eta_m*eta_v; //Overall Efficiency Q=P*1000/(rho*g*H*eta_o); //Net Discharge, m^3/s q=(%pi/4)*d^2*Cv*sqrt(2*g*H); //Discharge through one jet, m^3/s n=round(Q/q); //Number of jets Ns= N*P^(1/2)/(H^(5/4)); //Specific Speed, SI Units //Results printf("(a) The Discharge required, Q =%.3f m^3/s\n",Q) printf("(b) The Diameter of Wheel, D =%.2f m\n",D) printf("(c) The Diameter, d=%.3f m and\n number of jets required =%.f \n",d,n) printf("(d)The Specific Speed, Ns=%.2f (SI Units)\n",Ns) //The Answer Vary due to Round off Error