problem: A Pelton wheel has a mean bucket speed of 10 meters per second with a jet ofwater flowing at the rate of 700 liter/s under a head of 30 meters. The buckets deflectthe jet through an angle of 160°. Calculate the power given by water to the runner andthe hydraulic efficiency of the turbine. Assume co-efficient of velocity as 0.98.

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A 15-kilometer-long pipe with a pipe diameter of one meter transports water at a speed of one meter per second. The pipe has a friction coefficient of 0.005. Calculate the frictional head loss?

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water flowing at the rate of 700 liter/s under a head of 30 meters. The buckets deflect
the jet through an angle of 160°. Calculate the power given by water to the runner and
the hydraulic efficiency of the turbine. Assume co-efficient of velocity as 0.98.

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