Questionnaire on Model testing of Hydraulic Turbines & CFD,Transient Calculation , Field Efficiency Testing of Prototype. By Mr.V.K.Pande Sr.

Technical Advisor Voith Hydro Pvt Ltd Noida,India Mr.S.D.Dwivedi Head of Turbine Engg&Valves Voith Hydro Pvt Ltd Noida,India

25th July 2012.

1) Component of Hydraulic Power (Q & H) are determined using a) Differential pressure transducers / Manometers , Electromagnetic flowmeters b) Lever arm , Manometers , Electromagnetic flowmeters c) Differential pressure transducers , Lever arm , Electromagnetic flowmeters d) none of the above. 2) The measure principle involved in determining Turbine efficiency is a) = Mech.Power - Hyd Power b) = Mech.Power + Hyd Power c) = Mech.Power * Hyd Power d) = Mech.Power / Hyd Power 3) Net head is a) Pressure head - Velocity head + datum head b) Pressure head + Velocity head - datum head c) Pressure head + Velocity head + datum head d) Velocity head - datum head - Pressure head 4) The efficiency curve for a Pelton turbine is a) flat b) steep c) raises linearly d) none of the above 5) Which of the following statement is true a) Francis turbines have better part load efficiencies compared to Pelton Turbines b) Pelton turbines have better peak load efficiencies compared to Francis turbines c) Francis Turbines have better peak load efficiencies compared to Pelton turbines. d) None of the above. 6) Which of the following statement is true for Francis turbines a) These turbines cannot operate if 300<H<400 b) These turbines are preferred choice if H>800 m c) These turbines cannot operate for speeds higher than 500 rpm d) none of the above 7) With regard to Pelton turbines which of the statement is true a) These turbines cannot operate if 300<H<400 b) These turbines are preferred choice if H>800 m c) These turbines cannot operate for speeds higher than 500 rpm d) none of the above 8) Which of the following is true for a Pelton Turbine a) No of jets are limited to 4 b) More Cavitation prone compared to Francis machines

c) change in no of jets during part load operation is restricted d) none of the above. 9) For 250<H<450, which of the following statement is true a) Either Pelton or Francis machine can be an option b) Neither Pelton nor Francis machine can be an option c) Kaplan turbine is to be preferred over Pelton and Francis machines d) none of the above 10) Unit speed N1 and Unit flow Q1 are designated as a) (N*D*H) ; (Q2*D*H) b) (N*D*H0.75) ; (Q*D2*H) c) (N *H*D0.75) ; (Q*H*D-2) d) (N*D*H-0.5) ; (Q* H-0.5*D-2) 11) In a water conductor system,occurance of pressure change can be due to a) changes of flow w.r.t time b) increase in length of components involved in the water conductor system ( eg ; 500 m changed to 1500 m) c) reduction in diameter of components inolved in the water conductor system ( eg ; 5 m diameter changed to 2 m ) d) all the above 12) the head losses in a water conductor system are defined by Darcy-Weisbach equation as Hl (L/D)*V2 ; the diameter of a pipe is tripled ie D1 = D ; D2 = 3D,which of the following statements is true a) H1/H2 = 35 b) H1/H2 = 36 c) H1/H2 = 37 d) H1/H2 = 38 13) in the above indicated Darcy Weisbach equation , L1 = L & L2 = 3L ;D1 = D & D2 = 3D, which of the following statements is true a) H1/H2 = 37 b) H1/H2 = 36 c) H1/H2 = 38 d) H1/H2 = 34 14) Which of the following statements is true a) longer the wicket gate closing time , lower is the speed rise b) shorter the wicket gate closing time , lower is the pressure rise and higher is the speed rise. c) longer the wicket gate closing time, lower are the speed rise and pressure rise values. d) none of the above. 15) For a Typical 100 MW Francis machine , which of the following statements is true

a) The inertia contributed by Turbine and Generator are usually the same. b) The inertia contributed by Turbine is greater than that contributed by Generator. c) Generator does not contribute to Inertia. d) none of the above. 16) Which of the following statements is true a) Purpose of surge shaft in a Francis machine is to act as a water storage area b) To reduce the presure rise values upstream the machine during sudden load rejection. c) a and b d) none. 17) The losses due to friction in a conduit a) are proportional to the discharge b) are proportional to the square of discharge c) are proportional to the cube of discharge d) none of the above. 18) Transient changes in the power plant can be noticed when a) loading a machine b) there is a load rejection ie the electrical machine is disconnected from the grid. c) a and b d) none of the above. 19) Water colum seperation occurs a) when there is a pressure drop in the water conveying system b) when there is a pressure rise in the water conveying system. c) pressure rise / drop has no relation d) none of the above. 20) Surge shaft a) is necessary when the water conductor system is long b) is necessary when the water conductor system is short. c) acts as a reservoir to provide flow to the turbines during load acceptance. d) none of the above.