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Steam at 680 m/s is supplied to the single stage impulse turbine through a nozzle with an angle of 21" The turbine is considered to operate in a condition of maximum power with a blade coefficient of 0.82. If there is no axial thrust and if the steam flow rate is 8 kg/s find:

3.1 the blade angles a

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Final answer:

The question revolves around calculating the blade angles for an impulse turbine given certain operating conditions and a fixed steam velocity and flow rate. The blade angles cannot be directly determined with the information provided, as additional data or equations are required.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is inquiring about specific parameters related to a single-stage impulse turbine which operates with steam as its working fluid.

The scenario provided describes a condition where maximum power is being delivered by the turbine without any axial thrust, and the steam entering the turbine has a known velocity and mass flow rate.

To calculate the blade angles for the turbine, one must consider the steam velocity, nozzle angle, blade speed ratio (which is related to the blade coefficient), and tangential velocity components.

The provided information is not sufficient to directly calculate the blade angles, as it appears to be missing some critical data such as the wheel speed of the turbine, which is necessary to determine the tangential component of steam velocity.

Additional data or the use of derived equations from the conservation of angular momentum and energy principles are essential to solve for the blade angles. The remainder of the provided references point to various applications and conditions of steam-based systems and their efficiencies, or to physics problems involving angular momentum and work calculations, but do not pertain to the specific calculation of blade angles of a steam turbine.

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