Question: OUESTION ONE ( 3 0 MARKS ) ( a ) In still water of depth 1 5 m , determine ( i ) the period

OUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)
(a) In still water of depth 15m, determine (i) the period and its phase speed (celerity); for a water wave with wavelength 45m; (ii) the wavelength and its phase speed (celerity) for a wave with period 8s.
(8 Marks)
(b) A Pelton turbine is driven by two jets, generating 4.0MW at 375revmin with overall efficiency 0=91%. The gross head available is 210m of water. The water is delivered to the turbine through a pipe 200m long and of 0.5 diameter having a friction loss of hf=10.0m. The Nozzle velocity coefficient. KN(Cv)=0.98 and the axes of the jet are tangent to a circle 1.5m in diameter of the turbine.
(8 Marks)
Considering only friction losses, determine
(i) The net head available at the nozzles and the power input to the turbine
(ii) the flow of water through each nozzle
(iii) jet speed and the diametor of each jet
(iv) the specific speed of the turbine (in m.kW,r,p,m)
(e) Periormance characteristics of a pump is shown in Table Pl(e). The pipe system is designed to convey water from a lower reservoir located at an elevation of 180m through a 40cm diameter total length of 1000m commercial steel pipe with friction factor, f=0.0125 to a higher reservoir located at an eleyation of 200m. determine (i) the discharge, head and power required if one punip is used (ii) the discharge, head delivered & total power produced and power consumed by each pump if two identical pumps are connected in series. The system has two gate valves (kv=0.15 each) and two bends each

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