Question: A conical - type draft tube attached to a Francis turbine has an inlet diameter of 3 m and its area at outlet is 2

A conical-type draft tube attached to a Francis turbine has an inlet diameter of 3 m and its area at outlet is 20 m2. The velocity of water at inlet, which is 5 m above tail race level, is 5 m/s. Assuming the loss in draft tube equals to 50% of velocity head at outlet, find (i) the pressure head at the top of the draft tube, (ii) the total head at the top of the draft tube taking tail race level as datum, and (iii) power lost in draft tube

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