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Turbomachinery Equation in Fluid Dynamics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Euler pump and turbine equations are the most fundamental equations in the field of turbomachinery. These equations govern the power, efficiencies and other factors that contribute to the design of turbomachines. With the help of these equations the head developed by a pump and the head utilised by a turbine can be easily determined. As the name suggests these equations were formulated by Leonhard Euler in the eighteenth century.[1] These equations can be derived from the moment of momentum equation when applied for a pump or a turbine.
A consequence of Newton's second law of mechanics is the conservation of the angular momentum (or the “moment of momentum”) which is fundamental to all turbomachines. Accordingly, the change of the angular momentum is equal to the sum of the external moments. The variation of angular momentum at inlet and outlet, an external torque and friction moments due to shear stresses act on an impeller or a diffuser.
Since no pressure forces are created on cylindrical surfaces in the circumferential direction, it is possible to write:
The color triangles formed by velocity vectors u,c and w are called velocity triangles and are helpful in explaining how pumps work.
Figures 'a' and 'b' show impellers with backward and forward-curved vanes respectively.
Based on Eq.(1.13), Euler developed the equation for the pressure head created by an impeller:
Yth : theoretical specific supply; Ht : theoretical head pressure; g: gravitational acceleration
For the case of a Pelton turbine the static component of the head is zero, hence the equation reduces to:
Euler’s pump and turbine equations can be used to predict the effect that changing the impeller geometry has on the head. Qualitative estimations can be made from the impeller geometry about the performance of the turbine/pump.
This equation can be written as rothalpy invariance:
where is constant across the rotor blade.
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