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ME 6004

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ME 6004
6. a. Derive the expression for minimum starting speed of a centrifugal I M V B .Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, OCTOBER, 2010.
pump. 7M Sixth Semester
b. Find the number of pumps required to take water from a deep well MECHANIC AL ENGINEERING
under a total head of 89 m. All the pumps are identical and are running
FLUID POWER ENGINEERING
at 800 rpm. The specific speed of each pump is given as 25 while the
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rated capacity of each pump is 0.16 m /s. 8M
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
UNIT IV
Part-A is compulsory
7. a. With a neat sketch explain the working of a differential accumulator. Answer One Question from each Unit of Part - B.
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b. 3
A hydraulic ram lifts 0.005 m /s of water to a tank 20 m above PART-A
the ram through a 80 m long and 6.5 cm diameter delivery pipe. If the 10 x 1 = 10M
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supply tank is 3 m above the ram and supplies 0.1 m /s of water,
calculate efficiency of the ram. Take Darcy's friction coefficient a. What are the different types of draft tubes?
f = 0.01 and neglect frictional loss in the supply pipe. 8M
b. Define specific speed.
(or) c. What is cavitation?

8. a. With a neat sketch, explain the working of a hydraulic coupling. d. Define net positive suction head.
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e. Define manometric head of a centrifugal pump.
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b. Water is supplied at a pressure of 15 N/cm to an accumulator, having f Why the suction lift of a pump can not exceed a certain limit?
a ram of diameter 2.0 m. If the total lift of the ram is 10 m, determine:
g. Define manometric efficiency of a centrifugal pump.
i) capacity of the accumulator, and
ii) total weight placed on the ram (including weight of the ram). h. What is a hydraulic turbine?
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L What are the common parts of a centrifugal pump?
•k is "k
J- What do you mean by impact of jets?

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PART-B UNIT-II
4 x 15 = 60M
UMT-I Derive the following unit quantities for a turbine:
i) unit speed ii) unit discharge iii) unit power 6M
1. a. Establish the following expression for the force 'F exerted by a jet of
area 'A' which strikes a fiat piate at an angle' Q' to the normal to the A pelton wheel is revolving at a speed of 190 rpm and develops
plate with velocity ' V . The plate itself is moving with velocity 'u in 5
5150.25 kW when working under a head of220 m with an overall
the direction of normal to the plate surface. efficiency of 80%. Determine the unit speed and unit discharge and
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unit power. The speed ratio for the turbine is given as 0.47. Find the
(Vcos£-u)
A
speed, discharge and power when the turbine is working under a head
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F = pA± - - 7M
cos 6 of 140 m. 9M

b. A 4 cm diameter jet having a velocity of 20 m/s strikes a flat plate, the (or)
normal of which is inclined at 30° to the axis of jet. If the plate itself is
moving with a velocity of 8 m/s parallel to itself and in the direction of With a neat diagram explain the working of a oil pressure governor?
normal to its surface, calculate: 7M
i) Normal force exerted on the plate,
A turbine is to operate under a head of 3 0 m at 300 rpm. The discharge
ii) Work done per second and 3
is 10 m /s. If the efficiency is 90%, determine:
iii) Efficiency of the j et. 8M
i) specific speed of the machine
ii) power generated
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iii) type of the turbine. 8M
2. a. Show that for a curved radial vane, the work done per second is given
UNIT-III
r
by, » = p A V [ V i / + V
1 w l 1 W 2 i/ ]
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Compare the salient features of centrifugal pump and reciprocating
b. A jet of water 50 mm diameter and moving with a velocity of 25 m/s pump. 6M
strikes a fixed flat plate in such a way that the angle between the jet
axis and the plate is 60°. The impeller of a centrifugal pump has 1.2 m outside diameter. It
Calculate for the force exerted on the plate is used to lift 1800 litres of water per second against a head of 6 m.
i) in the direction normal to the plate and Its vane makes an angle of 150° with the direction of motion at
ii) in the direction of the jet. 8M outlet and runs at 200 rpm. If the radial velocity of the flow at outlet is
2.5 m/s, find the manometric efficiency. Also find the lowest speed to
start the pump, if the diameter of the impeller at inlet is equal to
half the diameter at exit. 9M
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