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    1. The document discusses various concepts related to centrifugal and axial compressors as well as impulse and radial turbines. It includes questions about slip factor, losses, volute objectives, surge and stall, reference velocity, aircraft applications of axial compressors, applications of radial flow gas turbines, and more. 2. Additional questions cover degree of reaction definition and variation with flow coefficient for centrifugal stages, construction details of centrifugal compressors, performance calculations for axial and centrifugal compressor stages, and performance characteristics study of axial compressors. 3. Further questions address impulse turbine stage calculations, single and double volute casing designs, reaction levels in compressors, efficiency derivation and proportionality for impulse radial turbines, losses in inward

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    1. The document discusses various concepts related to centrifugal and axial compressors as well as impulse and radial turbines. It includes questions about slip factor, losses, volute objectives, surge and stall, reference velocity, aircraft applications of axial compressors, applications of radial flow gas turbines, and more. 2. Additional questions cover degree of reaction definition and variation with flow coefficient for centrifugal stages, construction details of centrifugal compressors, performance calculations for axial and centrifugal compressor stages, and performance characteristics study of axial compressors. 3. Further questions address impulse turbine stage calculations, single and double volute casing designs, reaction levels in compressors, efficiency derivation and proportionality for impulse radial turbines, losses in inward

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    1. The document discusses various concepts related to centrifugal and axial compressors as well as impulse and radial turbines. It includes questions about slip factor, losses, volute objectives, surge and stall, reference velocity, aircraft applications of axial compressors, applications of radial flow gas turbines, and more. 2. Additional questions cover degree of reaction definition and variation with flow coefficient for centrifugal stages, construction details of centrifugal compressors, performance calculations for axial and centrifugal compressor stages, and performance characteristics study of axial compressors. 3. Further questions address impulse turbine stage calculations, single and double volute casing designs, reaction levels in compressors, efficiency derivation and proportionality for impulse radial turbines, losses in inward

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    1. The document discusses various concepts related to centrifugal and axial compressors as well as impulse and radial turbines. It includes questions about slip factor, losses, volute objectives, surge and stall, reference velocity, aircraft applications of axial compressors, applications of radial flow gas turbines, and more. 2. Additional questions cover degree of reaction definition and variation with flow coefficient for centrifugal stages, construction details of centrifugal compressors, performance calculations for axial and centrifugal compressor stages, and performance characteristics study of axial compressors. 3. Further questions address impulse turbine stage calculations, single and double volute casing designs, reaction levels in compressors, efficiency derivation and proportionality for impulse radial turbines, losses in inward

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    PART A

    1 How does the slip factor affect the efficiency of centrifugal compressor?
    2 List the losses occurring in a centrifugal compressor.
    3 List the objective of volute.
    4 Draw the effect of axial velocity in the stage velocity triangles.
    5 State surging and stalling.
    6 Define reference velocity.
    7 Why axial compressor is most preferred in aircraft applications?
    8 What are the applications of radial flow gas turbines?
    9 In a gas turbine power plant, air enters the compressor at 1 bar and 15ºC and leaves the
    compressor at 6 bar. Then it leaves the combustion chamber at 600ºC. Calculate the thermal
    efficiency of the cycle and temperature at the end of compression.
    10 Draw the velocity diagram for ninety- degree IFRT.

    PART B
    1 i. How is the degree of reaction of a centrifugal stage defined? Show graphically the
    variation of the degree of reaction with the flow co-efficient for various values of the
    impeller exit angle?
    ii. Explain about construction details of centrifugal air compressor with neat sketch.
    2 An axial compressor stage has a mean diameter of 60cm and runs at 15000rpm. If the actual
    temperature rise and pressure ratio developed are 40ºC and 1.4 respectively , determine: The
    power required to drive the compressor while delivering 57kg/s of air; assume mechanical
    efficiency of 86% and an initial temperature of 35ºC,The stage loading coefficient, The stage
    efficiency and
    The degree of reaction if the temperature at the rotor exit is 55ºC.Take atmospheric pressure
    and assume that stagnation and static conditions are same.
    3 A centrifugal air compressor stage has the following date: radial tipped impeller
    speed= 16000rpm, impeller tip diameter = 50cm, mass flow rate =6kg/s, slip factor= 0.88,
    stage efficiency=0.80, entry conditions: P01=1.03bar T01=300K, determine the total pressure
    ratio developed, degree of reaction , stage pressure coefficient and power required to drive
    the compressor. If CO2 is working medium, Assume Cp=820J/kgK and γ=1.18
    4 Explain the performance characteristics study of axial flow compressor.
    5 An IFR turbine impulse stage with cantilever blades has a flow coefficient of 0.4 and
    develops 100Kw with a total-to-total efficiency of 90% at 12000rpm. If the flow rate of air is
    2kg/s at an entry temperature of 400K determine the rotor diameters and air angles at the
    entry and exit, the nozzle exit air angle and the stagnation pressure ratio across the stage.
    Take d3= 0.8d2, zero exit swirl and constant meridional velocity.
    6 Describe the following in details:
    a) Single volute casing design
    b) Double volute casing design
    Prove that air angle at inlet is equal to blade angle at outlet vice versa for fifty percent
    7
    reaction compressor.
    8 Derive the efficiency for an IFRT and then prove ηst is proportional to (1-R).Also list
    the similarities between IFRT and centrifugal compressor.
    9 Describe briefly the various losses occurring in an inward flow radial turbine stage.
    10 Show the sketch of a double rotation outward flow radial steam turbine stage.

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