Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259696534
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 147P
In a hydroelectric power plant. water at 20°C is supplied to the turbine at a rate of 0.55 m3/s through a 200-m-long, 0.35-m-diaitieter cast iron pipe. The elevation difference between the free surface of the reservoir and the turbine discharge is 140 m, and the combined turbine-generator efficiency is 85 percent. Disregarding the minor losses because of the large length-to-diameter ratio. Determine the electric power output of this plant.
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