Dipartimento Energia

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Applied lecture 2 - Fundamentals of thermal and hydraulic machines and fluid power


1) The rotor and stator blades of a turbo-machine have a mean
diameter d =0.5 m and display constant height along the axis.
The rotor moves as indicated in the figure and displays an angular
velocity of 240 rad/s. The machine admits water along its axis at
a speed of 50 m/s. Plot the velocity diagrams of the machine,
determine its internal specific work and work out whether it
behaves as an operating machine or as a motor machine.
Determine the probable angular velocity that would differentiate
the operating from the motor functioning.

Proposed exercise

2) The rotor blades of a hydraulic axial turbo-machine
display a mean diameter d =1 m and height l =0.2d
which both result to be constant along the axis. The
tangential velocity is u =30 m/s whereas the inlet
velocity of the fluid is c
1
=60 m/s along the axis.
Plot the velocity triangles and determine its internal
specific work. Work out whether it behaves as an
operating machine or as a motor machine.
Solution: motor machine; P
i
= 33.25 MW