When the speed of the engine is controlled by means of a valve in a steam pipe, which regulates the pressure of steam entering the engine, then the governing is known as
Throttle governing
Cut-off governing
By-pass governing
None of these
- The equivalent evaporation of a boiler is a measure to compare
- A single acting steam engine produces ________ power than that of double acting steam engine.
- The fittings mounted on the boiler for its proper and safe functioning is a
- The ratio of the workdone on the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg…
- The high steam and low water safety valve is used to blow off steam when the
- A safety valve in a locomotive starts leaking. The leaking medium will be
- Mechanical equivalent of heat for 1 kcal or Joule's equivalent is equal to
- The value of the reheat factor varies from
- The pressure at which latent heat of vaporisation of water is zero, is
- The dry saturated steam at very low pressure, (510 kg/cm²) when throttled to atmosphere will become
- A binary vapour plant consists of
- A closed vessel made of steel and used for the generation of steam is called a
- By compounding the expansion of steam in two or more cylinders, the ratio of expansion
- The variation of steam pressure in the nozzle depends upon
- In forced circulation type boiler
- The water tubes in a simple vertical boiler are
- The dry saturated steam at very high pressure (150200 kg/cm²) when throttled to atmosphere will…
- The impulse turbine rotor efficiency will have a maximum value of 0.5 cos 2α, where α is the…
- The length of Cornish boiler varies from
- A boiler in India should conform to safety regulations of
- An economiser is generally placed between
- In a uniflow engine
- The ratio of the isentropic heat drop to the heat supplied, is called
- The chimney draught varies with
- Blading efficiency is also known as
- Natural water circulation, by convection in water tube boilers, with increase in pressure of boiler
- Which of the following boilers is best suited to meet fluctuating demands?
- For the same diameter and thickness of tube, a water tube boiler compared to a fire tube boiler has
- The friction present between the steam and the nozzle surfaces reduces the heat drop by
- The function of a valve rod is