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Question
Overall efficiency of a centrifugal pump is the ratio of
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A. energy available at the impeller to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
B. actual workdone by the pump to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
C. energy supplied to the pump to the energy available at the impeller
D. manometric head to the energy supplied by the impeller per kN of water
Correct Answer
actual workdone by the pump to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
Hydraulic Machines problems
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1. In a mixed flow reaction turbine, the flow of water is partly radial and partly axial.
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A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Correct
2. The unit power developed by a turbine is (where
P
= Power developed by the turbine under a head of water (
H
))
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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3. In a reciprocating pump, air vessels are used to
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A. smoothen the flow
B. reduce suction head
C. increase delivery head
D. reduce acceleration head
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Correct Answer: reduce acceleration head
4. Which type of the pump is different from others in the same group?
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A. Screw pump
B. Gear pump
C. Cam and piston pump
D. Plunger pump
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Correct Answer: Plunger pump
5. In a Francis turbine, the pressure at inlet is __________ that at outlet.
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A. less than
B. more than
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Correct Answer: more than
6. A hydraulic ram is a device used to
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A. store the energy of water
B. increase the pressure of water
C. to lift water from deep wells
D. to lift small quantity of water to a greater height when a large quantity of water is available at a smaller height
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Correct Answer: to lift small quantity of water to a greater height when a large quantity of water is available at a smaller height
7. A Kaplan turbine is an axial flow reaction turbine.
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A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Correct
8. In a mixed flow centrifugal pump, the flow through the impeller is a combination of radial and axial flows.
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A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Correct
9. The cavitation in reaction turbines is avoided, to a great extent by
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A. installing the turbine below the tail race level
B. using stainless steel runner of the turbine
C. providing highly polished blades to the runner
D. all of the above
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Correct Answer: all of the above
10. Dynamic similarity is said to exist between the model and the prototype, if both of them
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A. have identical velocities
B. are equal in size and shape
C. are identical in shape, but differ only in size
D. none of the above
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Correct Answer: none of the above
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