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A _________ in a boiler is used to put off fire in the furnace of the boiler when the level of water in the boiler falls to an unsafe limit.

A. Blow off cock

B. Fusible plug

C. Stop valve

D. Safety valve

Correct Answer :

B. Fusible plug


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The diameter of a cylindrical shell of a Scotch marine boiler varies from

A. 1.5 to 2 m

B. 2.5 to 3.5 m

C. 3.5 to 4.5 m

D. None of these

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A closed vessel made of steel and used for the generation of steam is called a

A. Steam boiler

B. Steam turbine

C. Steam condenser

D. Steam injector

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The principal function of a stop valve is to

A. Control the flow of steam from the boiler to the main pipe and to shut off the steam completely when required

B. Empty the boiler when required and to discharge the mud, scale or sediments which are accumulated at the bottom of the boiler

C. Put off fire in the furnace of the boiler when the level of water in the boiler falls to an unsafe limit

D. Increase the temperature of saturated steam without raising its pressure

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The diagram efficiency is the ratio of

A. Workdone on the blades to the energy supplied to the blades

B. Workdone on the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg of steam

C. Energy supplied to the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg of steam

D. None of the above

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The ratio of the useful heat drop to the isentropic heat drop is called

A. Condenser efficiency

B. Nozzle efficiency

C. Boiler efficiency

D. Vacuum efficiency

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The bituminous coal is no caking if its carbon content is

A. 78-81 %

B. 81-85 %

C. 85-90 %

D. 90-95 %

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The cylindrical shell of a Lancashire boiler has diameter from

A. 1 to 2 m

B. 1.25 to 2.25 m

C. 1.5 to 2.5 m

D. 1.75 to 2.75 m

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The basic job of feed water treatment in boilers is to overcome the problem of

A. Corrosion

B. Scale

C. Carryover

D. All of the above

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The specific volume of steam with increase in pressure decreases

A. Linearly

B. Slowly first and then rapidly

C. Rapidly first and then slowly

D. Inversely

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Primary air is the air used to

A. Provide air around burners for obtaining optimum combustion

B. Transport and dry the coal

C. Convert CO (formed in lower zone of furnace) into CO₂ at higher zone

D. Air delivered by forced draft fan

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Gradually increasing temperature of flue gases at inlet to chimney for given steam outputs is an indication of

A. Higher effectiveness of boiler

B. High calorific value coal being burnt

C. Fouling of heat transfer surfaces

D. Raising of steam temperature

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The pressure at which latent heat of vaporisation of water is zero, is

A. Below atmospheric pressure

B. 1 kg/cm²

C. 100 kg/cm²

D. 225.6 kg/cm²

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For a Parson's reaction turbine, if α₁ and α₂ are fixed blade angles at inlet and exit respectively and β₁ and β₂ are the moving blade angles at entrance and exit respectively, then

A. α₁ = α₂ and β₁ = β₂

B. α₁ = β₁ and α₂= β₂

C. α₁ < β₁ and α₂ > β₂

D. α₁ = β₂ and β₁ = α₂

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The object of producing draught in a boiler is

A. To provide an adequate supply of air for the fuel combustion

B. To exhaust the gases of combustion from the combustion chamber

C. To discharge the gases of combustion to the atmosphere through the chimney

D. All of the above

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The difference between Cornish boiler and Lancashire boiler is that

A. Former is fire tube type and latter is water tube type boiler

B. Former is water tube type and latter is fire tube type

C. Former contains one fire tube and latter contains two fire tubes

D. None/of the above

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In regenerative air preheaters, the heat is transferred

A. From a metal wall from one medium to another

B. From heating an intermediate material and then heating the air from this material

C. By direct mixing

D. Heat is transferred by bleeding some gas from furnace

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For burning 1 kg of carbon to CO as per chemically correct combustion, amount of air required is

A. 1 kg

B. 4/3 kg

C. 8/3 kg

D. 2 kg

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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 value of diagram factor depends upon

A. Initial conditions of steam

B. Back pressure

C. Initial pressure of steam

D. All of these

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Which of the following varieties of coals is mostly used in steam boilers?

A. Non-coking bituminous coal

B. Brown coal

C. Peat

D. None of the above

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The discharge of steam in a convergent-divergent nozzle __________ after the throat (i.e. in the divergent portion of the nozzle)

A. Remains constant

B. Decreases

C. Increases

D. None of these

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The main object of a boiler trial is

A. To determine the generating capacity of the boiler

B. To determine the thermal efficiency of the boiler when working at a definite pressure

C. To prepare heat balance sheet for the boiler

D. All of the above

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Vacuum for reciprocating steam engines compared to steam turbines is

A. More

B. Equal

C. Less

D. Could be more or less depending on the size of plant

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The chimney draught varies with

A. Climatic conditions

B. Temperature of furnace gases

C. Height of chimney

D. All of these

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The proximate analysis of fuel lists

A. Various chemical constituents, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen etc, plus ash as percents by volume

B. Various chemical constituents, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, etc, plus ash as percents by weight

C. Fuel constituents as percents by volume of moisture, volatile, fixed carbon and ash

D. Fuel constituents as percents by weight of moisture, volatile, fixed carbon and ash

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Pick up wrong statement about desired properties of a good fuel

A. High calorific value

B. Produce minimum smoke and gases

C. Ease in storing

D. High ignition point

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An impulse turbine as compared to a reaction turbine, for a given power has _________ row of blades.

A. Equal

B. Less

C. More

D. None of these

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The condition of steam in boiler drum is always

A. Dry

B. Wet

C. Saturated

D. Supersaturated

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In reaction turbines, the axial thrust is due to

A. Pressure drop across the rotor

B. Change in axial velocity

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. None of these

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One kilowatt-hour energy is equivalent to

A. 1000 J

B. 360 kJ

C. 3600 kJ

D. 3600 kW/sec