A pelton wheel is to be designed for the following specifications: shaft power = 12 MW, head = 390 m, speed = 900 rpm, overall efficiency = 86%, jet diameter is not to exceed one sixth of the wheel diameter. Determine the i) wheel diameter ii) number of jets required and iii) diameter of the jet. Take the jet velocity coefficient and bucket velocity coefficient as 0.985 and 0.45 respectively

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i To determine the wheel diameter we can first calculate the water power using the formula Water Pow... View the full answer