The steam from the nozzles of a single-wheel impulse turbine discharges with a velocity of 600 m/s and at 20° to the plane of the wheel. The blade wheel rotates at 300 rpm and the mean blade radius is 590 mm. The axial velocity of the steam at exit from the blade is 164 m/s and the blades are symmetrical.
a) Draw the velocity diagram.
b) Calculate the blade angles.
c) Calculate the work per unit mass flow rate of steam.
d) Calculate the diagram efficiency.
e) Calculate the blade velocity coefficient.