POKHARA UNI VERSI TY

Level: Bachelor Semester Spring Year : 2009

Programme: BE Full Marks : 00
Pass Mark : !"
#ourse: $ater %esource Engineering && 'ime : ( hrs
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
) For a concrete gravit* +am as sho,n in -igure .elo,/ calculate:
a) 'he total vertical -orces acting on the +am)
.) 'he total hori0ontal -orces acting on the +am)
c) Factor o- sa-et* against sli+ing)
'ake 1 0)20 an+ concrete 1 2()" 345m(/ ,ater 1 9)6
345m(
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2) a) $hat is meant .* economical +iameter o- penstock pipe 7
8o, can it .e -oun+ out using anal*tical metho+7
.) 9esign a settling .asin to remove particle si0e greater
than )"mm +iameter -rom the ,ater carr*ing mainl* san+ having
+esign +ischarge o- !0 m
(
5sec/ consi+ering the retar+ing e--ect o-
tur.ulence provi+e+ that the +epth o- .asin +oes not e:cee+ 6)2"m)
#heck the length o- the .asin using ;elikanov<s =-or $ 1 66>?
-ormula) =@ssume settling velocit* -or )"mm +ia 12cm5s an+ A 1
0)6 -or $ 1 66>?
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() a) $hat is the -unction o- spill ,a*7 8o, ,ill *ou +esign

an ogee spill,a*7
.) 9iscuus a.out the cavitaion an+ erosion phenomenon in
spill,a*)
c) 9escri.e various t*pes o- tur.ine use+ in h*+ropo,er
proCect7
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!) a) @ pelton ,heel has to .e +esigne+ -or the -ollo,ing +ata)
Po,er to .e +evelope+ 1 B)M$
4et rate+ hea+1 (00 m
%ate+ spee+1 ""0 rpm
%atio o- Cet +iameter to the ,heel +iameter1 0)
Dverall e--icienc*1 90>
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10)!B)
.) Starting -rom the historical +evelopment o- h*+ropo,er
in 4epal e:plain the potential in terms o- gross/ economical an+
technical)
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") a) 9escri.e in .rie- the issues that shoul+ .e covere+ .*
micro h*+ropo,er plant)
.) Mean monthl* -lo, o- a river in a t*pical *ear are as
-ollo,s)
Month Ean Fe. Mar) @pr) Ma* Eune Eul*
Flo,/ m(5ses !B 2" (! 2B6 !2 !0 6"0
Months @ug) Sept) Dct) 4ov) 9ec)
Flo,/ m(5s 20B 602 2B2 !(9 266
'he e--ective hea+ o- the plant is 00m F can .e assume+
constant)
Energ* price: G HSI !05M$h -or primar* as ,ell as secon+ar*
energ*)
#ost:G
Fi:e+: G HSI "0 : 0
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;aria.le: G HSI "0053$
@nnual D F M: G 2 > o- varia.le cost
&nterest %ate: G 0 >
E--icienc*: G 6" > =Dverall?
Economic li-e time o- the proCect 1 !0 *ears)
9etermine:G
i? Best installe+ #apacit*
ii? Firm energ*)
B) a) $hat are the +i--erent stages o- h*+ropo,er
+evelopment7 9escri.e a.out the reconnaissance an+ preG
-easi.ilit* stu+*)
.) $hat is meant .* pressure tunnel an+ nonGpressure
tunnel7 E:plain the possi.le hea+ losses in pressure tunnels)
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2) $rite short notes on (Any Two):
a) po,er gri+ s*stem
.) reservoir regulation
c) Pumpe+ Storage Plant
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