Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals And Applications
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780073380322
Author: Yunus Cengel, John Cimbala
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 5, Problem 128P
The efficiency of a hydraulic turbine-generator unit is specified to be 85 percent. If the generator efficiency is 96 percent, the turbine efficiency is
(a) 0.8 16
(b) 0.850
(c) 0.862
(d) 0.885
(e) 0.960
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