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The ratio of the clearance volume to the swept volume is called
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Thermal efficiency of a thermal power plant is of the order of
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Steam exhaust from high pressure turbine is reheated in
D. A separate coil located in convection path.
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The three Ts for good combustion are
A. Temperature, time, and turbulence
B. Total air, true fuel, and turbulence
C. Thorough mixing, total air and temperature
D. Total air, time, and temperature
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The latent heat of steam at pressures greater than atmospheric in comparison to latent heat at atmospheric pressure is
D. May be less or more depending on temperature
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When the cross-section of a nozzle __________ continuously from entrance to exit, it is called a convergent nozzle.
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A boiler in India should conform to safety regulations of
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Which of the following coals has the highest calorific value?
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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
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Efficiency of a thermal cycle increases by
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The high pressure boiler is one, which produces steam at a pressure more than
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In order to obtain superheated steam, a superheater is added in an existing boiler. As as result, furnace vacuum will
D. May improve/worsen depending on size
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Cut-off governing of steam engines is a method of controlling the engine output by varying
A. Volume of intake steam
B. Pressure of intake steam
C. Temperature of intake steam
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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.
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A safety valve mainly used with locomotive and marine boilers is
B. Dead weight safety valve
C. High steam and low water safety valve
D. Spring loaded safety valve
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Which of the following is a fire tube boiler?
B. Babcock and Wilcox boiler
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O₂ content in atmospheric air on volume basis is
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The amount of water evaporated in kg per kg of fuel burnt is called
A. Evaporative capacity of a boiler
B. Equivalent evaporation from and at 100° C
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In a Woolf type compound engine, the high pressure and low pressure cylinders
A. Have common piston rod
C. Have separate piston rod
D. Are set in V-arrangement
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In impulse turbines, when friction is neglected, the relative velocity of steam at outlet tip of the blade is __________ the relative velocity of steam at inlet tip of the blade.
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Latent heat of dry steam at atmospheric pressure is equal to
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A device in which some portion of waste heat of flue gases is recovered to heat the air before it passes to the furnace for combustion purpose, is known as
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Curtis turbine is a
A. Simple reaction turbine
B. Velocity compounded turbine
C. Pressure compounded turbine
D. Pressure-velocity compounded turbine
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The diameter of Cornish boiler is of the order of
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The ratio of the useful heat drop to the isentropic heat drop is called
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The draught (in mm of water), for maximum discharge of flue gases through the chimney, is given by (where H = Height of the chimney in metres, and T1 = Absolute temperature of air outside the chimney in K)
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Tertiary air is the air used to
A. Provide air around burners for obtaining optimum combustion
B. Transport and dry the coal
D. Convert CO (formed in lower zone of furnace) into CO₂ at higher zone.
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By compounding the expansion of steam in two or more cylinders, the ratio of expansion
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Boiler stays are used to
A. Prevent flat surfaces under pressure from tearing apart
B. Take care of failure in shear
C. Take care of failure in compression
D. Provide support for boiler
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The size of a boiler drum in pulverised fuel fired boiler, as its size and capacity, (steam pressure and flow ratings) increase
D. Increases/decreases depending on steam temperature requirements