In: Mechanical Engineering
a pelton wheel is supplied with water from a reservoir situated 270m above the nozzle of the wheel . The frictional head loss in the pipe is 24m of water and the coefficient of velocity of the nozzle is .92. The output power of the pelton wheel is 2600KW when running at 659rpm. The hydraulic efficiency of the wheel is 92%.The water velocity over the blades is reduced by 10% due to friction. The supply pipe from the reservoir has a diameterof 700mm and is 596m long with f=0.01. Calculate 1) the diameter of the wheel;2)the diameter of the jet 3. the deflection angle of the buckets 4. the overall efficiency of the turbine and 5. the mechanical efficiency of the wheel.