Scribd
Upload
102 views

TM Assignment

The document contains 10 questions related to turbo machinery concepts like efficiency calculations for ceiling fans and turbines using dimensional analysis, velocity triangles, power calculations, thrust calculations, and efficiency determinations for impulse turbines, reaction turbines, Pelton wheels, and nozzle flows. The questions involve calculations for parameters like power developed, efficiency, thrust, flow rates, velocities, and angles for different turbine components operating under given inlet and outlet conditions.

Uploaded by

sanjay kushwah
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
102 views

TM Assignment

The document contains 10 questions related to turbo machinery concepts like efficiency calculations for ceiling fans and turbines using dimensional analysis, velocity triangles, power calculations, thrust calculations, and efficiency determinations for impulse turbines, reaction turbines, Pelton wheels, and nozzle flows. The questions involve calculations for parameters like power developed, efficiency, thrust, flow rates, velocities, and angles for different turbine components operating under given inlet and outlet conditions.

Uploaded by

sanjay kushwah
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

SHRI VAISHNAV VIDYAPEETH VISHWAVIDYALAYA, INDORE

ASSIGNMENT-I
Subject-Turbo Machinery
Year-IIIrd

Class-BTECH (ME)

1-The efficiency of a ceiling fan depends upon the following Variable; density , dynamic viscosity , the
discharge through the fan Q, the diameter D, and the speed ratio N. Derive and expression for the efficiency
using dimensional analysis.
2-Steam flows through the nozzle with a velocity of 450 m/s at a direction which is inclined at an angle of 16 to
the wheel tangent. Steam comes out of the moving blades with a velocity of 100 m/s in the direction of 110 with
the direction of blade motion. The blades are equiangular and the steam flow rate is10 kg/s. Find: (i) Power
developed, (ii)The power loss due to friction (iii)Axial thrust (iv) Blade efficiency and (v) Blade coefficient.
3-Dry saturated steam at 10 atmospheric pressure is supplied to single rotor impulse wheel, the condenser
pressure being 0.5 atmosphere with the nozzle efficiency of 0.94 and the nozzle angle at the rotor inlet is 18 to
the wheel plane. The rotor blades which moves with the speed of 450 m/s are equiangular. If the coefficient of
velocity for the rotor blades is 0.92, find (i) The specific power output (ii) The rotor efficiency (iii) The Stage
efficiency (iv)Axial thrust (v) The direction of exit steam.
4-Pelton wheel has to be designed for the following data : power to be developed = 5880 kW, Net head
available = 300m, Speed = 550 RPM, ratio of jet diameter to wheel diameter = 1/10 and overall efficiency =
85%. Find the number of jets, diameter of jet, diameter of the wheel and the quantity of water required. Assume
C = 0.98, = 0.46.
5-A double jet Pelton -wheel is required to generate 7500 kW when the available head at the base of the nozzle
is 400m. The jet is deflected through 165 and the relative velocity of the jet is reduced by 15% in passing over
the buckets. Determine (i) the diameter of each jet (ii) Total flow (iii) Force exerted by the jets in the tangential
direction. Assume generator efficiency is 95%, = 80%, speed ratio = 0.47
6-In a Francis turbine, the discharge is radial. The blade speed at inlet = 25 m/s. At the inlet tangential
component of velocity = 18 m/s. The radial velocity of flow is constant and equal to 2.5 m/s.Water flows at the
rate of 0.8 m /s. The utilization factor is 0.82. Find i) Euler's head ii) Power developed iii) Inlet blade angle iv)
Degree of reaction (R). Draw the velocity triangles.
7-In a Power Station, a Pelton wheel produce 15,000 KW under a head of 350 m, While running at 500 rpm.
Assume a turbine efficiency of 0.84,Coefficient of velocity for nozzle as 0.98,Speed ratio 0.46 and bucket
velocity coefficient 0.86. Estimate- (i) Number of Jet (ii) Diameter of each Jet (iii) Tangential force excerted on
the buckets if the bucket deflect the Jet through 1650.
8-Dry saturated Steam at 5 bar with negligible velocity expands isentropically in a Convergent nozzle to 1 bar
and dryness fraction 0.94.Determine the velocity of steam leaving the nozzle.

9-The Velocity of Steam , leaving the Nozzle of an impulse turbine , is 1200 m/s and the nozzle angle is
200.The blade velocity is 375 m/s and the blade velocity coefficient is 0.75.Assuming no loss due to shock at
inlet, Calculate for a mass flow of 0.5 kg/s and symmetrical blading: (a) Blade inlet angle ;(b) Driving force on
the Wheel. ;(c) axial thrust on the Wheel ; (d) power developed by the turbine.
10-In One Stage of a reaction steam turbine , both the fixed and moving blade have inlet and outlet blade tip
angle of 350 & 200 respectively. The mean blade speed is 80 m/s and steam consumption is 22,500 kg per hour.
Determine the power developed in the pair, if the isentropic heat drop for the pair is 23.5 KJ per kg.

You might also like