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A Pelton wheel develops 1750 kW under a head of 100 meters while running at 200 r.p.m. and discharging 2500 liters of water per second. The unit discharge of wheel is

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KARTAVYA SAGAR
KARTAVYA SAGAR 5 years ago
Unit diacharge = Q / √H
1000 litre = 1 cubic meter
So, Unit Discharge = 2.5 / √100
= 0.25 cubic meter per second
Sumeet Sadawarti
Sumeet Sadawarti 6 years ago
Solution please
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