2. A Francis turbine has inlet wheel diameter of 2 m and outlet diameter of 1.2 m. The runner runs at 250 rpm and water flows at 8 cumecs. The blades have a constant width of 200 mm. If the vanes are radial at inlet and the discharge is radially outwards at exit, make calculations for the angle of guide vane at inlet and blade angle at outlet

2. A Francis turbine has inlet wheel diameter of 2 m and outlet diameter of 1.2 m. The runner runs at 250 rpm and water flows at 8 cumecs. The blades have a constant width of 200 mm. If the vanes are radial at inlet and the discharge is radially outwards at exit, make calculations for the angle of guide vane at inlet and blade angle at outlet

Elements Of Electromagnetics

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