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This document discusses hydraulic turbines and contains questions about identifying parts of turbines, classifying turbines, properties of impulse and reaction turbines, and calculating forces on plates from impinging water jets. Turbines convert potential energy of water into kinetic energy using impulse or reaction.

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Ahe - WB 4

This document discusses hydraulic turbines and contains questions about identifying parts of turbines, classifying turbines, properties of impulse and reaction turbines, and calculating forces on plates from impinging water jets. Turbines convert potential energy of water into kinetic energy using impulse or reaction.

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CHAPTER – 4

TURBINES
1. Identify the missing parts in the layout of the hydroelectric powerplant.

2. A hydraulic turbine converts the potential energy of water into


a. Kinetic energy
b. Heat energy
c. Thermal energy
d. Gravitational energy

3. State the difference between gross head and heat of a turbine.

Gross Head Net Head

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4. Classify the hydraulic turbines
Hydraulic Turbine

5. Impulse turbine requires


a. High head and low discharge
b. High head and high discharge
c. Low head and low discharge
d. Low head and high discharge

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6. Which of the following is an impulse turbine?

a. Pelton turbine
b. Francis turbine
c. Kaplan turbine
d. Propeller turbine

7. Identify the parts of the Pelton Wheel Turbine.

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

8. In mixed flow turbines, the water enters the blades ____ and comes out _____
a. radially, axially
b. radially, radially
c. axially, radially
d. axially, axially

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9. A Pelton wheel is to be designed for a head of 60m running at 200r.p.m. The

pelton wheel develops 95.6475kW shaft power. The velocity of the buckets =

0.45 times the velocity of the jet. Overall Efficiency =0.85. take coefficient of

the velocity is equal to 0.98.

Solution:

Given Data:

i. Velocity of jet

ii. Diameter of the jet (d)

iii. Size of the Buckets

iv. Number of buckets on the wheel

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10. The specific speed of a turbine is

N√P / H^1/4
N√P / H^3/4
N√P / H^5/4
N√P / H^7/4
Where N = Normal working speed (r.p.m.), P = Power output, H=Net head (in
metres)

11. Match the following

Depth of Hydraulic Jump Type of Jump

i. Pelton Wheel a. Axial

ii. Kaplan Turbine b. Mixed

iii. Francis turbine c. Radial

d. Tangential

12. An inward flow reaction turbine has external and internal diameters as 1m and

0.5m respectively. The velocity of flow through the runner is constant and is

equal to 1.5m/s. Determine (i) Discharge through the runner, and (ii) Width of

the turbine at outlet if the width of the turbine at inlet is 200mm.

Workspace:

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13. In Francis Turbine,

a. The ratio of width of the wheel to its diameter is (n) =

b. Flow ratio = and varies from to .

c. Speed ratio = and varies from to .

14. Find the guide blade angle of a Francis turbine having an overall efficiency of

75%, which is required to produce 148.25 kW power. It is working under a head

of 7.62m. The peripheral velocity = 0.26√2gH. the wheel runs at 150 r.p.m. and

the hydraulic losses in the turbine are 22% of the available energy. Assume

discharge as radial.

Calculation:

15. In reaction turbines, the runner utilizes

a. Kinetic energy
b. Potential energy
c. Both kinetic energy and potential energy
d. None of the above

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16. A jet of water of diameter 0.10m moving with a velocity of 20m/s, strikes a

curved fixed symmetrical plate at the centre. Find the force exerted by the jet

of water in

the direction of the jet, if the jet is deflected through an angle of 120 0 at the outlet

of the curved plate.

Solution: Given:

Diameter of the jet, d= _______;

Area of the jet, a= _________;

Velocity of the jet, v=___________;

Angle of deflection = ________; θ=__________

Using the relation, for force exerted by the jet on the curved plate in the direction

of the jet, = {_______} = _________________.

17. The pipe has a diameter of 20 mm and the nozzle has 10 mm. the discharge is 5l/s. if the

atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa, Compute the force provided by the flange bolts to hold the

nozzle, figure as shown below. Assume incompressible steady flow.

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18. A jet of water of 10 cm diameter impinges normally on a fixed plate with velocity

of 20 m/s. Find the force exerted on the plate.

Solution:

Given:

Diameter of the jet = _______;

Area of the jet, a= ____________;

Velocity of the jet, v=______m/s;

Using the relation for force exerted by the jet on the plate, F = _______=_______.

19. Reaction turbine requires

a) High head and low discharge

b) High head and high discharge

c) Low head and low discharge

d) Low head and high discharge

20. A jet of water of 10cm diameter is discharging under a constant head of 100m. Find the force
exerted by the jet on a fixed plate. Take coefficient of velocity 0.9

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21.

22.

23.

24.

25. What is the formula for the velocity of water jet at the inlet of turbine?

Where, H = Net head acting on Pelton wheel; C v = coefficient of velocity of jet.

a. V = Cv √gH

b. V = 2 Cv √gH

c. V = Cv √2gH

d. V = 2 Cv g √H

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