Answer the following questions in detail.
Question 1) What do you mean by impulse turbine?
Question 2) Why is a notch cut off from the bottom portion of the bucket in case of pelton turbine?
Question 3) What is the role of a draft tube?
Question 4) What is priming and why it is essential?
Question 5) What do you understand by degree of reaction?
Question 6) What do you mean by submersible pump?
Question 7) What do you understand by a fluid coupling?
Question 8) Explain Thoma's cavitation parameter.
Question 9) What are the factors that influence the speed of reciprocating pump?
Question 10) What do you understand by speed ratio of a pelton wheel'.