Test/Date and Time Semester/year Course/Course Code Max Marks

II TEST/ 9-10 AM IV SEM Year: 2016- HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS

01-02-2017 2017 20
15ME41T
Name of Course coordinator : Jayadevappa E Units: 03,04 COs: CO3,CO4
Q.No Question MARKS CL CO PO
Section I Answer any two questions
1 Explain with the help of a line diagram H.G.L and T.E.L 05 A 03 1,2,3,6,10
2 A town having a population of 1, 20,000 is to be supplied with water from
a reservoir at 5 km distance. It is stipulated that one half of the daily supply
of 150 litres per head should be delivered within 8 hours. What must be the
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size of the pipe to furnish the supply, if the head available is 12 metres.
Take C = 45 in Chezys formula.

3 Find the diameter of the nozzle and the maximum power transmitted by a
jet of water discharging freely out of a nozzle, fitted to a pipe 300 m long
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and 100 mm diameter with coefficient of friction as 0.01. The available
head of nozzle is 90 m.
Section II Answer any two questions
4 Explain with the help neat sketch, the working principle of Impulse turbine. 05 A 04 1,2,3,4,6,10
5 A Kaplan turbine working under a head of 5.5 m develops 7500 KW. The
speed ratio and flow ratio are 2.1 and 0.71 respectively. If the boss diameter
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is 1/3 of that of the runner and overall efficiency is 85%. Find the diameter
of the runner and speed of the turbine.
6 A centrifugal pump delivers water at 30 ltrs/sec to a height of 18 m through
a pipe of 90 m long and 100 mm diameter. If the overall efficiency of the 05 A 04 1,2,3,4,6,10
pump is 75%, find the power required to drive the pump. Take f = 0.012.

Scheme of valuation

1. Neat Line diagram with labels 2 marks

Explanation H.G.L 1 marks

Explanation T.E.L 1 marks

2. Calculation of discharge (Q) 2 marks

Chezys formula 1 mark

Calculation of D 2 marks

3. Calculation of diameter of the nozzle (d) 2 marks

Calculation of discharge (Q) 1 mark

Calculation of max. power (P) 2 marks

4. Neat diagram of Pelton wheel 3 marks

Explanation 2 marks
5. Calculation of discharge (Q) 2 marks
Calculation of diameter of wheel (D) 2 marks
Calculation of speed (N) 1 mark
6. Calculation of velocity V) 1 mark
Calculation of manometric head (Hm) 2 marks
Calculation of power (P) 2 marks
Model Answers Test II
Working: Pelton wheel, named after an eminent engineer, is an impulse turbine wherein the flow is tangential to the
runner and the available energy at the entrance is completely kinetic energy. Further, it is preferred at a very high head
and low discharges with low specific speeds. The pressure available at the inlet and the outlet is atmospheric. the high
velocity jet of water from the nozzle strikes the buckets at splitter as result of the momentum of water striking the buckets
the wheel starts rotating thus converting hydraulic energy to mechanical energy. The water after doing the work will be
discharged to the tail race.