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ME 5118 - FLUID ENERGY CONVERSION |
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| SYLLABUS - 5th SEMESTER - SCRA |
| TOPIC | CONTENTS |
| Hydraulic Turbines | euler's equation, impulse and reaction turbines, pelton; francis and kaplan turbines, bulb turbines, velocity triangles; power and efficiency calculation, constructional details and general hydraulic design, draft tubes, performance characteristics and governing of turbines. |
| Pumps | reciprocating pump:-theory of indicator diagram, slip effect of friction and acceleration, air vessels; centrifugal pumps:-classification, vector diagram, heads, power and efficiency calculation, blade profiles, starting speed, cavitation; performance characteristics:-gear pump, jet pump, screw pump, vane pump. |
| Fluid coupling and Torque converter | theory, characteristics and uses. |
| Selection of Turbine and Pumps | model testing of turbines and pump, principle of similarity, specific quantities, unit quantities. |
| Boundary Layer Theory | boundary layer equation, boundary layer growth over a flat plate, boundary layer thickness. laminar and turbulent boundary layers. momentum integral equations and its solutions. separation of boundary layer and its control. |
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SUGGESTED BOOKS |
1.)Fluid Mechanics by R.K.Bansal 2.)Hydraulic Machines by Jagdish Lal 3.)Fluid Mechanics by V.L.Streeter 4.)Fluid Mechanics by A.K.Jain 5.)Fluid Mechanics and Machinery by S.K.Agrawal
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