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Steam Boilers, Engines, Nozzles And Turbines
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The device attached to the steam chest for preventing explosions due to excessive internal pressure of steam is called

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At critical point, i.e. p = 225.65 kg/cm2, the latent enthalpy of vaporization is

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The high steam and low water safety valve is used to blow off steam when the

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In a boiler, feed water supplied per hour is 205 kg while coal fired per hour is 23 kg. The net enthalpy rise per kg of water is 145 kJ. If the calorific valve of the coal is 2050 kJ/kg, then the boiler efficiency will be

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Steam turbines may be classified according to

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For the same diameter and thickness of tube, a water tube boiler has ________ heating surface as compared to fire tube boiler.

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Which of the following is a fire tube boiler?

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Which of the following is a fire tube boiler?

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Pick up the wrong statement about water tube boiler in comparison to fire tube boilers

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In fire tube boilers

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Alkaline pyrogallate is used in Orsat's apparatus for absorption of

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The draught produced by a steam jet issuing from a nozzle placed in the ash-pit under the fire grate of the furnace is called

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The pressure velocity compounded impulse turbine allows a bigger pressure drop and hence __________ numbers of stages are required.

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The effect of friction on the flow of steam through a nozzle is to

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The maximum discharge through a chimney occurs when the height of chimney is

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When the speed of the crankshaft is between 100 r.p.m. and 250 r.p.m., the engine said to be a

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The cylindrical shell of a Lancashire boiler has diameter from

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The diameter of internal flue tubes of a Lancashire boiler is about _________ that of its shell.

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The diameter of flue tube in a Cornish boiler is _________ that of the shell.

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Locomotive boiler is of the following type

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