10.24 The runners on the Francis turbines installed at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River...

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10.24 The runners on the Francis turbines installed at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River have diameters of 32.6 ft in diameter. At the rated conditions, each turbine develops 820,000 hp at 72 rpm under 285 ft of head at an efficiency of 95 percent. Calculate the specific speed at this condition and estimate the water flow rate through each turbine.

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Fox And McDonald S Introduction To Fluid Mechanics

ISBN: 9781119721024

10th Edition

Authors: Robert W. Fox, Alan T. McDonald, John W. Mitchell

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