//Fluid Systems by Shiv Kumar //Chapter 7 - Performance of water turbine //Example 7.5 //To Find (a) Number of Units to be installed (b) Diameter of Wheel (c) Diameter of Jet clc clear //Given: H_G= 310; //Gross Head,m l=2.5; // Length, km h_f=25; // Friction Loses, J/N=m TO=20; //Total Output Power, MW N=660; // Speed, rpm ubyVi=0.46 //Ratio of bucket to jet speed eta_o=88/100; //Overall Efficiency Ns=28; //Specific Speed, SI Units Cv=0.97; Cd=0.94; //Data Required: rho=1000; //Density of water, kg/m^3 g=9.81; //Acceleration due to gravity, m/s^2 //Computations: H=H_G-h_f; //Effective Head, m P=(Ns*H^(5/4)/N)^2; //Power Output of each Unit, KW //(a) The no. of units to be lnstalled,n n=round(TO*1000/P); //(b)Diameter of Wheel,D Vi=Cv*sqrt(2*g*H); //m/s D=ubyVi*Vi*60/(%pi*N); //m //(c) Diameter of Jet, d Q=TO*10^6/(rho*g*H*eta_o); //Net Discharge, m^3/s q=Q/n; // Discharge through one unit, m^/s d=sqrt(q/((%pi/4)*Cd*sqrt(2*g*H)))*1000; //mm //Results printf("(a) The no. of units to be Installed=%.f Units\n",n) printf("(b) Diameter of Wheel, D=%.3f m\n",D) printf("(c) Diameter of Jet, d=%.1f mm\n",d) //The Answer Vary due to round off Error