The nozzle which furnished the water to a certain hydraulic turbine 275mm in diameter and has coefficients of velocity and discharge of 0.975 and 0.96, respectively. The nozzle is supplied from a 60cm pipe in which the water approached the nozzle with a total head of 330m. Compute the following: a. Energy per second delivered by the jet to the turbine. b. Energy measured in hp lost in passing through the nozzle.

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The nozzle which furnished the water to a certain hydraulic turbine 275mm in diameter and has
coefficients of velocity and discharge of 0.975 and 0.96, respectively. The nozzle is supplied from a
60cm pipe in which the water approached the nozzle with a total head of 330m. Compute the
following:
a. Energy per second delivered by the jet to the turbine.
b. Energy measured in hp lost in passing through the nozzle.

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