Fluid Mechanics...

A river carries a minimum flow of 26 cumecs and the plant receives a daily assured supply with a load factor of 75%. If the net head available to the plant is 20 m and if the plant efficiency is 60%, then what is the peak load generated? Assume unit weight of water as 10 kN/m³.

In a single-acting reciprocating pump, the acceleration head at the beginning of the suction stroke is 3.5 m. If the pump is 1.5 m below the water level in the supply reservoir, the pressure head at the cylinder at that instant, considering the atmospheric pressure as 10.0 m is

Match the pair:

A centrifugal pump develops 49 m head when operating at 1500 rpm, specific speed of a centrifugal pump is ______ .

Assume discharge flowing through the pump to be 82 cumecs.

A single-acting reciprocating pump has a stroke of 25 cm, speed of 135 rpm, and a piston of 30 cm diameter. If its slip has been estimated as 4% at a particular operating condition, what is the corresponding realized discharge through a height of 14 m?

At the point of operation with maximum efficiency, a turbine indicated unit power of 12 units and unit speed of 98 units and operates with 3300 kgf/s of flow, what are the speed in rpm and the specific speed of the machine respectively when its design head is 8.5 m?

The penstock supplies water from a reservoir to the Pelton wheel with a gross head of 600 m. One third of the gross head is lost in friction in the penstock. Pelton wheel is running at 1000 rpm. Determine the diameter of jet (in mm) if the speed ratio is 0.45 and jet diameter is not to exceed one sixth of the wheel diameter. Take C_V = 1.0.