Water enters a hydraulic turbine through a 30-cm-diameter pipe at a rate of 1.1 m3/s and exits through a 25-cm-diameter pipe. The pressure drop in the turbine is measured by a mercury manometer to be 1.2 m. For a combined turbine-generator efficiency of 83 percent, determine the net electric power output. Disregard the effect of the kinetic energy correction factors. Take the density of water to be 1000 kg/m³ and the density of mercury to be 13,560 kg/m3. 30 cm Turbine

Water enters a hydraulic turbine through a 30-cm-diameter pipe at a rate of 1.1 m3/s and exits through a 25-cm-diameter pipe. The pressure drop in the turbine is measured by a mercury manometer to be 1.2 m. For a combined turbine-generator efficiency of 83 percent, determine the net electric power output. Disregard the effect of the kinetic energy correction factors. Take the density of water to be 1000 kg/m³ and the density of mercury to be 13,560 kg/m3. 30 cm Turbine

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