A Pelton wheel develops 750 kW under ahead of 200 m. Its nozzie has a diameter of 10 cm and losses in the pipeline due to friction amount to 90 Qʻ, where Q is discharge in cubic meters per second. Assuming the gross head and efficiency of the wheel to be constant and Cy for the nozzle as 0.98. Find the discharge and overall efficiency. If the power developed is reduced to 650 kW by (1) Operating the needle in the nozzle and

A Pelton wheel develops 750 kW under ahead of 200 m. Its nozzie has a diameter of 10 cm and losses in the pipeline due to friction amount to 90 Qʻ, where Q is discharge in cubic meters per second. Assuming the gross head and efficiency of the wheel to be constant and Cy for the nozzle as 0.98. Find the discharge and overall efficiency. If the power developed is reduced to 650 kW by (1) Operating the needle in the nozzle and

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