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Steam Boilers, Engines, Nozzles And Turbines
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The number of water level indicators in a boiler are generally __________ in number.

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The fire tubes in a Cochran boiler usually have _________ diameter.

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The fire tubes in a Locomotive boiler has __________ diameter.

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Which of the following is correct?
(Where pa = Actual mean effective pressure, pm = Theoretical mean effective pressure and K = Diagram factor)

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The critical pressure ratio is given by

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The main object of a boiler trial is

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The pressure of feed water has to be raised before its entry into the boiler. The pressure is raised by a device known as

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The function of a safety valve is

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The function of a piston in a steam engine is

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Adiabatic process is

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The maximum efficiency of a reaction turbine is

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The value of the reheat factor varies from

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The shell of the Cochran boiler is made hemispherical

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The supersaturated flow of steam through a nozzle as compared to a stable flow, the available heat drop

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The overall efficiency of thermal power plant is

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Mechanical equivalent of heat for 1 kcal or Joule's equivalent is equal to

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The critical pressure ratio for initially wet steam is

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The purpose of governing in steam turbines is to

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An air preheater

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Besides mean effective pressure, the data required to determine the indicated power of an engine include

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