A single acting steam engine produces __________ power than that of double acting steam engine.
A. Equal
B. Half
C. Double
D. Four times
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During storage, the heating value of coal
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain constant
D. May increase or decrease depending upon the method of storage
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The equivalent evaporation is defined as
A. The ratio of heat actually used in producing the steam to the heat liberated in the furnace
B. The amount of water evaporated or steam produced in kg per kg of fuel burnt
C. The amount of water evaporated from and at 100°C into dry and saturated steam
D. The evaporation of 15.653 kg of water per hour from and at 100°C
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A safety valve usually employed with stationary boilers is
A. Lever safety valve
B. Dead weight safety valve
C. High steam and low water safety valve
D. All of these
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The process of maintaining the speed of the turbine constant for various load conditions, is known as
A. Bleeding
B. Reheating
C. Governing
D. None of these
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A device used in a boiler to control the flow of steam from the boiler to the main pipe and to shut off the steam completely when required, is known as
A. Blow off cock
B. Fusible plug
C. Superheater
D. Stop valve
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Boiler H.P. is defined as the
A. Steam evaporation rate per kg of fuel fired
B. Work done in evaporating 1 kg of steam per hour from and at 100°C into dry saturated steam
C. The evaporation of 15.65 kg of water per hour from and at 100°C into dry saturated steam
D. Work done by 1 kg of steam at saturation condition
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The relative efficiency is defined as the
A. Ratio of thermal efficiency to Rankine efficiency
B. Ratio of brake power to the indicated power
C. Ratio of heat equivalent to indicated power to the energy supplied in steam
D. Product of thermal efficiency and Rankine efficiency
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The indicated thermal efficiency is defined as the
A. Ratio of thermal efficiency to the Rankine efficiency
B. Ratio of brake power to the indicated power
C. Ratio of heat equivalent to indicated power to the energy supplied in steam
D. Product of thermal efficiency and Rankine efficiency
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On Mollier chart, free expansion, or throttling process from high pressure to atmosphere is represented by
A. Horizontal straight line
B. Vertical straight line
C. Straight inclined line
D. Curved line
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On Mollier chart, flow through turbine is represented by
A. Horizontal straight line
B. Vertical straight line
C. Straight inclined line
D. Curved line
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A stage, in reaction turbine, is represented by
A. Number of casing
B. Number of entries of steam
C. Number of exits of steam
D. Each row of blades
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At very low temperature, the melting and boiling temperatures become equal. This temperature is
A. 373°K
B. 273.16°K
C. 303°K
D. 0°K
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Carbonization of coal is the process of
A. Pulverizing coal in inert atmosphere
B. Heating wood in a limited supply of air at temperatures below 300°C
C. Strongly heating coal continuously for about 48 hours in the absence of air in a closed vessel
D. Binding the pulverized coal into briquettes
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When the inlet pressure of steam is equal to the exit pressure, then
A. There is a pressure drop in the nozzle
B. Fluid flows through the nozzle
C. Pressure drops and fluid flows through the nozzle
D. There is no pressure drop and fluid does not flow through the nozzle
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The impulse reaction turbine has its driving force
A. As an impulsive force
B. As a reaction force
C. Partly as an impulsive force and partly as a reaction force
D. None of the above
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The efficiency of reaction turbine is maximum when (where α = Angle made by the absolute velocity 'V' at inlet)
A. Vb = 0.5Vcosα
B. Vb = Vcosα
C. Vb = 0.5V2 cosα
D. Vb = V2 cosα
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The function of injector used in small capacity boilers is to
A. Create vacuum
B. Inject chemical solution in feed pump
C. Pump water, similar to boiler feed pump
D. Add make up water in the system
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Stoichiometric quantity of air is the
A. Air present in atmosphere at NTP conditions
B. Air required for complete combustion of fuel with no excess air
C. Air required for optimum combustion so as to have reasonable excess air
D. Air required to convert CO into CO2
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Which is not correct statement about pulverized fuel firing?
A. High burning rate is possible
B. Heat release can be easily controlled
C. Fuel burns economically
D. It is the best technique for burning high ash content fuel having low fusion ash
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