
by applying the same kind of analysis used with the sprinkler of Fig. 5.4. The is used with
mass flowrate into the control volume, and the is used with mass flowrate out of the
control volume, to account for the sign of the dot product, involved. Whether
is used with the product depends on the direction of A simple way to
determine the sign of the product is to compare the direction of and the blade speed, U. As
shown in the margin, if and U are in the same direction, then the product is positive. If
and U are in opposite directions, the product is negative. The sign of the shaft torque is
is in the same direction along the axis of rotation as , and otherwise.
The shaft power, is related to shaft torque, by
(5.51)
Thus, using Eqs. 5.50 and 5.51 with a sign for in Eq. 5.50, we obtain
(5.52)
or since
(5.53)
The is used for the product when U and are in the same direction; the
is used when U and are in opposite directions. Also, since was used to obtain Eq. 5.53,
when is positive, power is into the fluid 1for example, a pump2, and when is negative,
power is out of the fluid 1for example, a turbine2.
The shaft work per unit mass, can be obtained from the shaft power, by divid-
ing Eq. 5.53 by the mass flowrate, By conservation of mass,
From Eq. 5.53, we obtain
(5.54)
The application of Eqs. 5.50, 5.53, and 5.54 is demonstrated in Example 5.19. More exam-
ples of the application of Eqs. 5.50, 5.53, and 5.54 are included in Chapter 12.
w
shaft
1U
in
V
uin
2 1U
out
V
uout
2
m
#
m
#
in
m
#
out
m
#
.
W
#
shaft
,w
shaft
,
W
#
shaft
W
#
shaft
T
shaft
V
u
“”V
u
UV
u
“”
W
#
shaft
1m
#
in
21U
in
V
uin
2 m
#
out
1U
out
V
uout
2
rv U
W
#
shaft
1m
#
in
21r
in
vV
uin
2 m
#
out
1r
out
vV
uout
2
T
shaft
“”
W
#
shaft
T
shaft
v
T
shaft
,W
#
shaft
,
“”v“” if T
shaft
rV
u
V
u
rV
u
V
u
V
u
rV
u
1r ⴛ V2
axial
.rV
u
“” or “”
V ⴢ nˆ ,m
#
out
,
“”m
#
in
,
“”
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rV
>
0
r
U
Vr
V
V
W
rV
<
0
V
r
U
Vr
V
W
When shaft torque
and shaft rotation
are in the same
(opposite) direc-
tion, power is into
(out of) the fluid.
GIVEN An air fan has a bladed rotor of 12-in. outside di-
ameter and 10-in. inside diameter as illustrated in Fig.
E5.19a. The height of each rotor blade is constant at 1 in.
from blade inlet to outlet. The flowrate is steady, on a time-
average basis, at 230 ft
3
/min and the absolute velocity of the
air at blade inlet, V
1
, is radial. The blade discharge angle is
30 from the tangential direction. The rotor rotates at a con-
stant speed of 1725 rpm.
FIND Estimate the power required to run the fan.
S
OLUTION
Moment-of-Momentum—Power
From Eq. 1 we see that to calculate fan power, we need mass
flowrate, , rotor exit blade velocity, U
2
, and fluid tangential ve-
locity at blade exit, V
2
. The mass flowrate, , is easily obtained
from Eq. 5.6 as
(2)
Often, problems involving fans are solved using English Engi-
neering units. Since 1slug 32.174 lbm, we could have used as
the density of air
0.0766 lbm
ft
3
.
r
air
12.38 10
3
slug
ft
3
2132.174lbm
slug2
0.00912 slug/s
m
#
Q
12.38 10
3
slug/ft
3
21230 ft
3
/min2
160 s/min2
m
#
m
#
E
XAMPLE 5.19
We select a fixed and nondeforming control volume that includes
the rotating blades and the fluid within the blade row at an instant, as
shown with a dashed line in Fig. E5.19a. The flow within this con-
trol volume is cyclical, but steady in the mean. The only torque we
consider is the driving shaft torque, T
shaft
. This torque is provided by
a motor. We assume that the entering and leaving flows are each rep-
resented by uniformly distributed velocities and flow properties.
Since shaft power is sought, Eq. 5.53 is appropriate. Application of
Eq. 5.53 to the contents of the control volume in Fig. E5.19 gives
(1)W
#
shaft
m
#
1
1U
1
V
1
2 m
#
2
1U
2
V
2
2
0 1V
1
is radial2
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