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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 speed of the wheel is

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Omkar Sabade
Omkar Sabade 6 years ago
Speed of pelton wheel = Speed of wheel in r.p.m. x square root of power in KW divided by head in Meter rest to power 5/4
200 x √1750 divided by 100^5/4
26.45 ~20 to 30
Answer is near to 20
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