A water turbine is placed at the bottom of a hill. It receives Q = 30...

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A water turbine is placed at the bottom of a hill. It receives Q= 30 m3/s of water from a large lake at the top of thehill. The elevation difference between the turbine and the freesurface of the lake is h = 100 m. Water leaves turbine with thespeed V2 = 2 m/s. Head loss in the water supply pipeconnecting turbine and the lake is 20 m. Calculate power (in MW)transferred from the water to the turbine.

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