FOURTEEN
SIMILARITY LAWS AND
_ FACTORS FOR TURBOMACHINES
In tis ant the next bree chapters oer dacuson wil be conf 1
‘machines (ey thon that flats) conveying constant Sensty tide Chas
fnd 16 deal with bydraube turbines while centrfugal and aual-fow
onsen Chap. 17 tn Ses. 69,610, and 611 there em dscaion
tongue developed in rtiing machinery and of flow i rlaing channel
‘sagt that the reader review that material before proeeding further.
Iypes of fid machinery, one of which wil be considered in ths text,
seam turbine. lowers, compressors, and positvedsplacement pumps
Fotary pumps and pston-n--eyinder reciprocating pumps
141 EFFICIENCY DEFINITIONS
‘The eine) of turbiae or up canbe broken doen nto tre coms
tolumerc eeny,hydroal eiency, and mechancalefleny.
Turbine
‘The overall effceny of «turbine is died as
_vower delivered tothe sa (bake power) _ To
ower taken rom the water (work power) ~ 70h
140 pny Deftns 7
ere Tis the torque delivered tothe sat by the turbine, i the roaive speed
radaoe per seco, Q is the Row rte and hi he et bead on the UPIDE
rs 154 and 167)
‘he vollmeti efisiency 9, refer 9 the possible loss of eficiency through
ge aod the outs ofthe rotor or rotating element Ta ober words not
tn id owing i eceary elective nthe nergy tran proces In he
of turbine Oy represeat dis leakage while represents the net flow
sing through the turbine. Then Q~ Qy epresets tbe fow thal i eBeately
ing on the rotor. Conequenty, the vlumetieefiiecy
0-0
an
inary this leakage isa very small percentage of the Now and for some
chines i does oot exit, but under nlavorble conditions it may be
he hydrle efiiency no turbine i the aio of 40 ~ 0, the power
ured fom the wate othe ott 10712 ~ QU the aaable power inthe
ist that efetivly Bows through the rote, In See. 610 twas showa that the
i ied by the tor, =u; co8 ay ~ ws Yso8 aM. TS ca also be
rowed ae hy, where hy the Ao-cin head oss io ow though
Torte isading at atthe eit Thus the byeraui eieny of turbie Is
4)
eet 43}
nat eee aa)
mechanical efceney na ofa turbine the ratio ofthe power available at he
i to tt exerted bythe wat on the rotor. This
Top
T+ Tw” b+ Te
Where; represents the Logue requied to overome mechanical ton. The
fo bp represents the brake power” or power avilable atthe shal of the
Innhin, while fp (Tyo) ropeeents the power ised up in overcoming mecha
[et rion wich includes fiction in the bearings and suing boxes and dik
fhision betwee te ses ofthe rotor andthe fd in the adjacent easing The
feng eicency of hydra rine sully elaely high, abou 9519
The total, or ovealheficieney can be found by acting that bp +f the
ower that strafed om the Waler tO he rotor, can be expresed as
444)
copie me 8 wat pw ohh pens foe a fe gay + ae{14 Sime Lat nd Fat for Tabane:
0-0) x hh). Subsitating thie ino Ea. (144) and comparing
4, (41) ge forthe overall cen of « trhing,
1 Ne «
Pump
For s pump the eficicocies ae analogous to those fora turbine but they
eel inverted I theres keakage at arate Q, back fom the high pe
fide tothe low-pressre side ofa pump, there ifs of energy xa wok
ane upon the fd that has leaked. Foe pump the volume eiceny
0
ae
where Q represents the fw actualy dived. The hydtaale efcency of
amp is
. a
noe 0g
wher eprescns the net head delivered tthe fui by the ump while Ma
tend transferred from the rotor othe Bu. In this case hh hy he
the Hydraulic head tos. The mechanical eficney af « pup
4
Where pis the power atte pump sat (= T) while fp epreseats te powe
lost to mechanical fection ia te bearings abd sulin bows wel sn te
fcton.
The total, or overall een of 1 pump can be found by noting hat
= J. the power that i tans fom the oir tothe mac, Be
8 10+ Oth WA. Relating thi tthe preog equations pve ko
‘overaleieny of «pump,
dered 10 the Rui work power) _ 70h
ito the sat (rake power) ~ Tor
‘Thee same equations apply to compreiors blowers and an, but i thee i
porecibl change inthe density ofthe fi, sre meieations nay be oes
sary In Fig 1713 the various loses of power and, Bence, of ener) how
forthe cae ofa pomp. Deas onthe nature ofthe hydric loses ae presen
For trbines in See 1611 aad for pump in See 178
ab La rs opt
Similarity laws permit the prediction of the performance of protoype machiag|
ftom the tet ofa sealed model. These aws so permit preeton of the pero
‘ance of 1 given machine under dierent conditions of operation fom thom
142 SIMILARITY LAWS
Yi dineint ace — A fells ate
ich it may have been ested. Similarity laws are tase on the conept
vo geometcaly similar machines with similar vlosty diagram at en.
Whe fs
beara resemblance to one athe.
Siraty ws can be derived by dimension
es! afeting the operation oft tarbomachine sete ead hth dcharge
ihe toate spend m the diameter ofthe rotor D, and the acsleration of
iy 9. Thus fom the Buckingham Theorem (Se 77, sine thee ae Bye
roa ars ad ams ines nd Dee wil
JO.nP.0=0 8 ET got
0 rouping these variables into dimensiones quanti we get
a5 a 8) 2 ae
Aorie3)-"_. bre Bony
oratory tess on turbomachines have demonstrated thatthe second dimen
richer eh gee
(310)
9 shal examine the turbine andthe pump individually to confirm the
cing relationship
ia Pie
ie 144 i'shown the profile of turbine runner, and in Fig. 6.10 i shown &
ton ofthe sae runner in'a plane at ight angles tothe runt shaft A
rilona to an afe"Umes a elo and the Iter i rome
"The net icumfeeaial areas 4,= fRDB, where fi the
sional arf the are that fe space the vanes aking up the es. The
‘of fs ustaly about 095. For x sees of homologous, nner
= contin, aad therefore = fem
The radial component of the Welosty catering the runner (Fig 610)
Wisin, Ca/2ah where C, ia factor determined by tt nd nflensed{4 14 Srty Las and Factors fr Tibomachies 145 Resrcono Uo of Sry Laws 418.
Pomp
Me same Fig 141 wil serve toute the cae of » pump, but for the
vial pump the ow is outward. There, howevet, a peaccaldierene i
Wage Fora turbine we ae usualy interested ints opeation under a certain
ead which i fied by nature For a pump we are usualy interested in its
eration ata cetin rotave speed, determined by the moter which dies i
or this reason, when dealing with pumps ii coneaiet to have m in the
vi pends, HI LTS
From Bg, (1413)
a2 koe st
jh substiaing this expression for h in Eas. (1411) re Samia we
Fea 4 Pre tae reo pomp
bythe type of runner, though is substantially constant fora series of
hos runners. AS
= A = emca/ 300"
the elpreision within the parentheses may be replaced by K, 40 that
OK pi O= Kin (419)
Where K; 2 constant for a series of homologous runners. Note that Ky T= Ky30'et a7)
Same dimensions as V/s" P= Kahn? csi)
rom Bq. (621)forgue «fenton ofp, fas Ys dV. Now
‘are proportional to D, and V, and V, are both fncios of s/h Henge
proportional to 9Q°V which is proportional i p(D*/hD,Jh, or
T=Kyo%
hee K, lato consti fr a series of homologous runners
“The tolatve speed i = ul, where o Wt exprevod in radian por
‘houth for practical engineering purposes iis customary to use eee
tminate for most hydraulic machinery. AS
For any one design of turbine or» pimp these constants can be evaluated,
ably from tet da, and then Wd oe & seis of aiflrent sizes, provided
) a0 all Homologous. Abo, note thatthe relations predicted ia Eq (1410)
confirmed in Eg. (14.16) and (1415)
Bin de B2 YER” Pettet vty fin
) RESTRICTION ON’ USE OF SIMILARITY LAWS
laity Laws are of geet practical valu, bat cate mast be exered when
nf voation becuse power output vais wh dhe cbe of the speed we
hail loses serease only asthe square ofthe speed
Typical peformanoe cures for homologous tries and pumps are shown
Hig 142/and 143. In Fig. 142 is shown the discharge through a turbine
wen otalv speeds under a constant ead, which we shal assume tobe hy.
fess o simple or accurate theory which wil determiae the shape ofthis
he so it must be established by test. Suppote we have the complete ue from,
fet Tor the case where Fh and me wi to compute the corespoading
ome other head such ai h- Ths may be dane by the we of Fah
Wand (1413) tet Thus ite we d
toa 1 give Qs = Quy hh thi value wl Be ound ony at speed
5 bi eee eee ee a ee
12 Feet ate ah niet cae
a ‘For example, a machine which operates satisfactorily at low speeds may
I seen 06 Foc crn Ts cst eras en eid lea
o a ee =f
Power P = To, and as «0 = 2an/ it follows that
P= KD?
Since P = Qh, Eq (14.14) couhl slo ave been obtained by meri
cexpresion the value of Q trom Eq, (1811)
Seve pce aa or tpl a oll
copia peelplesapeier amin ipe belie14S Specie Syed 7
498-14 Smarty Las and Facts for Tabomacines
Pt ar & cokes pcs
Pa
y= 60h or 429
Inasmuch a8 u, and a ate the designations of the peripheral specds of these
Fepasve machine. Foran axialow machine ithe rani speedo tha it
Snaat To the case of an emp whee (Chap. 15 ui defined athe speedo
hc bucket at the cenertne ofthe moze. Omitting subsp,
eer pa ye oat S38
oil As bth @ an nar sent vay a8 JR flows hat keer
‘ending pois are on siright lines though te ona These Ens pas Onset
represent end in S148) Yur oo
sider Fig. 143, which shows the relation between h and @ for a
entnfgal pump runing at some constant sped my Apain hs cove pone ae oa
which stant be calculated by any simple or toarat cory nd sd w= Ws6i oa
{perimental Atsone other ped my, Bg] hs shy = sn
fae ins Ea (10) ees Siam St aes wind For any machine its peripheral velocity might be any value fom 20 up 10
5m soteponding values of abd Q fr herologou pei sho, ne maximum unde 4 gven Rea. and @ would conboqenty ary Cough a8
Passing tough the origin. Thee paraboas represen hae of comtgat ji a range: But the peed which of ost paca signcane that
empate the performance of two homologous machines, he values beh th eieay is a maximum. Theva of this dimeasols ctor for tis
De eee
he mmareal ac of ttl moe a 2
Th mame so 9 pets pe hep a te tone tt os
144 PERIPHERAL-VELOCITY FACTOR Dc ietegs ee te oe
i pny betty sy bt pata ond by
ttn ume (Fig 610 or «py pet Fi 1, te
Ftp ayo Sh wad i he pontoons atl
toe 4 Ts for Yi MRE: seeciric spexp
rot ust practic factor for turbine i the expesion commonly Known 3
ie speed. Using the expresin for Q rom Sec. 142 we can expres the bake
vcr (power dived othe bine sha) as
= mah fared mc; ow in BW.
b= ooo ~ (“roa
ren the overall etiiney of the turbine, i introduced 0 account for the
rece between the power avaiable inthe Bowing wate aod the power ouput
gee 13 Peano + yp he tube sa
ay oon can ed(814 Sint Ls and Factor for Thomas
Subsiting in his equation the vale of D? as obtid rm E (1421
oy [USA ae]
obuin
Is sen that. in addon to numerical constants, the expression in
contains eran design factors. I the expression within the brackets is
Sented by then taking the square soot of hs equation sod rearranging
bun 5 quantity Enown a the specif ped, which
Py
ot a
Although unde a given ead ny valve of rotate ped and coesponding
ower igh be wad, he only ots that wil yet» sitio val em ae
fo which he eicieny is matin. Hence the vel of m0 Be ed hol
mot econ sped forthe given ead. andthe bake power shoul be
‘matin elicency that spend
“The only sification for the trmiolony “apecte spot” He tat Hf
tute is made of sich ale sw develop | KW under | m bea then
tthe revolutions pet minus bu he desis of mare relly "LT
‘An inspection of the ters inthe bracts wil show that funtion of
ddign factors ¢/mC, and therfore i value depends on the dei Of
turbine In ft, might beter be called the type character, some
fame, because it does indicate the typeof turbine. In Fig. 155 is shown
funme of an impale whe! wih a pete sec, = 21.3 wile n Fg. 162
fecon views of the ner fraction tbinee with specie spends of 81,208,
Pompe
1 spetcped cers ogo wo pug at twit pai
foo du ofs fe bae or ee pny te pore
dine, wheas in he ene os pup oar mine we
ier inthe gunty rat x whch tl Se ud Subst te
{0 tom Eq) mt te cxpenson Q = 41 as 13) ne obtain
0 - [LPO gmc, |
‘ain tics of het, te cpeion inks conan nt ol
‘alcomtants beta donna a ith expresso oped By
Sookie tec ed
9
nae
145 Specie Seed 9
Jor sven pump this expression might have any value from 220 at no ow to
ty at maim and seo head tthe oy vale that icant tha
"ie poi of muaimam elbdescy, tat i, =m, the speed for maxims
ieny
icy woth wine, he specie speed fa path revo pe ioe or a
pf sucha sz ao liver ui lume of Bu er ni ne a ead of | mete
hth cl dnenson a "47 The eal eof the expression i ht i
"Fora mulstage pump the valve of kobe sed in computing specie peed
ts head per stage. Fora doublesucton pump the specie sped is sometimes
on the ttl eapaty, but in general ls prea to caoputet by usa
half ofthe total capacity 0a the bas tha a doublesuction impel the
valent of to singlesuction impellers paced back to ack
woke Sano Son Gtmes Bah of pon solan ffuehed fe loca
a tency yer aa hae pou he vig
(hits Sms pp auger de 93290, a
the cab lps Ane ump pre sane ee
"compet spe os pam
1 ease
5 1a
em o-0(8)((38) esa
tp 21ND so
eee)
n= dn)(2R)