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

A. Decrease the mass flow rate and to increase the wetness of steam

B. Increase the mass flow rate and to increase the exit temperature

C. Decrease the mass flow rate and to decrease the wetness of steam

D. Increase the exit temperature without any effect on mass flow rate

Correct Answer :

C. Decrease the mass flow rate and to decrease the wetness of steam


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

A. Remains the same

B. Increases

C. Decreases

D. Is unpredictable

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The diameter of superheated tubes in a locomotive boiler is

A. 13 mm

B. 31 mm

C. 130 mm

D. 230 mm

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The cylinder dimensions of a compound engine may be designed on the basis of

A. Equal power developed in each cylinder for uniform turning moment

B. Equal initial piston loads on all pistons for obtaining same size of piston rod, connecting rod etc. for all cylinders

C. Equal temperature drop in each cylinder for economy of steam

D. All of the above

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In a receiver type compound engine, the high pressure and low pressure cylinders

A. Have common piston rod

B. Are set at 90°

C. Have separate piston rods

D. Are set in V-arrangement

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In a throttling process

A. Steam temperature remains constant

B. Steam pressure remains constant

C. Steam enthalpy remains constant

D. Steam entropy remains constant

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Presence of moisture in fuel oil would

A. Keep the burner tips cool

B. Aid in proper combustion

C. Because sputtering, possibly extinguishing flame

D. Clean the nozzles

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Fire tube boilers are limited to a maximum design working pressure of

A. 1 kg/cm

B. 6 kg/cm

C. 17 kg/cm²

D. 100 kg/cm²

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The evaporation of 15.653 kg of water per hour from and at 100°C is called

A. Evaporative capacity

B. Factor of evaporation

C. Equivalent evaporation

D. One boiler h.p.

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The velocity of steam leaving the nozzle (V) is given by (where K = Nozzle coefficient or nozzle efficiency, and hd = Enthalpy or heat drop during expansion of steam in a nozzle)

A. V = 44.72 hd K

B. V = 44.72 K hd

C. V = 44.72 K hd

D. V = 44.72 K hd

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Superheating of steam is done at

A. Constant volume

B. Constant temperature

C. Constant pressure

D. Constant entropy

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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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In a single acting steam engine

A. The steam is admitted on one side of the piston and one working stroke is produced during each revolution of the crankshaft

B. The steam is admitted, in turn, on both sides of the piston and one working stroke is produced during each revolution of the crankshaft

C. The steam is admitted on one side of the piston and two working strokes are produced during each revolution of the crankshaft

D. The steam is admitted, in turn, on both sides of the piston and two working strokes are produced during each revolution of the crankshaft

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When the circulation of water, in a boiler, is by convection currents which are set up during the heating of water, then the boiler is known as

A. Internally fired boiler

B. Externally fired boiler

C. Natural circulation boiler

D. Forced circulation boiler

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Pick up the wrong statement about critical condition of steam

A. Latent heat is zero

B. Liquid directly becomes steam

C. Specific volume of steam and liquid is same

D. This is the maximum pressure limit

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The ratio of the temperature rise of cooling water to the vacuum temperature minus inlet cooling water temperature is called

A. Condenser efficiency

B. Vacuum efficiency

C. Nozzle efficiency

D. Boiler efficiency

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When steam after doing work in the cylinder passes into a condenser, the engine is said to be a

A. Slow speed engine

B. Vertical steam engine

C. Condensing steam engine

D. Non-condensing steam engine

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The draught in locomotive boilers is produced by a

A. Chimney

B. Centrifugal fan

C. Steam jet

D. None of these

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The number of water level indicators in a boiler are generally _________ in number.

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. A fire tube boiler occupies less space than a water tube boiler, for a given power.

B. Steam at a high pressure and in large quantities can be produced with a simple vertical boiler.

C. A simple vertical boiler has one fire tube.

D. All of the above

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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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The pressure of reheat steam after passing through reheater compared to inlet condition is

A. More

B. Less

C. Equal

D. May be more or less depending on capacity of reheater

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In a glass tube type water indicator for a boiler, one end of the tube is connected to water space and the other end is connected to

A. Water space also

B. Chimney

C. Steam space

D. Superheater

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Which of the following gases has the highest calorific value?

A. Producer gas

B. Coal gas

C. Water gas

D. Blast furnace gas

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In an impulse turbine, steam expands

A. Wholly in blades

B. Wholly in nozzle

C. Partly in the nozzle and partly in blades

D. None of these

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Over fire burning is the phenomenon of

A. Supply of excess, air

B. Supply of excess coal

C. Burning CO and unburnts in upper zone of furnace by supplying more air

D. Fuel bed firing

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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 performance of a boiler is measured by the

A. Amount of water evaporated per hour

B. Steam produced in kg/h

C. Steam produced in kg/kg of fuel burnt

D. All of these

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The ratio of the energy required to produce the artificial draught (expressed in metres head or J/kg of flue gas) to the mechanical equivalent of extra heat carried away per kg of flue gases due to natural draught, is known as

A. Efficiency of the boiler

B. Efficiency of the chimney

C. Efficiency of the fan

D. Power of the boiler

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The pressure compounded impulse turbine as compared to velocity compounded turbine require __________ number of stages.

A. Same

B. Less

C. More

D. None of these

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Adiabatic process is

A. Essentially an isentropic process

B. Non-heat transfer process

C. Reversible process

D. Constant temperature process