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  • Question
  • The discharge is __________ at critical pressure.


  • Options
  • A. zero
  • B. minimum
  • C. maximum

  • Correct Answer
  • maximum 


  • Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems


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    • 1. In a reaction turbine, when steam flows through the fixed blades,

    • Options
    • A. pressure increases while velocity decreases
    • B. pressure decreases while velocity increases
    • C. pressure and velocity both decreases
    • D. pressure and velocity both increases
    • Discuss
    • 2. The value of the reheat factor varies from

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    • A. 1.02 to 1.06
    • B. 1.08 to 1.l0
    • C. 1.2 to 1.6
    • D. 1.6 to 2
    • Discuss
    • 3. The reheat factor is the ratio of the

    • Options
    • A. cumulative heat drop to the isentropic heat drop
    • B. isentropic heat drop to the heat supplied
    • C. total useful heat drop to the total isentropic heat drop
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The action of steam in a steam turbine is

    • Options
    • A. static
    • B. dynamic
    • C. static and dynamic
    • D. neither static nor dynamic
    • Discuss
    • 5. The efficiency of Stirling cycle is __________ Carnot cycle.

    • Options
    • A. greater than
    • B. less than
    • C. equal to
    • Discuss
    • 6. The stage efficiency (?S) is given by (where ?B = Blading efficiency, and ?N = Nozzle efficiency)

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    • A. ?S = ?B x ?N
    • B. ?S = ?B/?N
    • C. ?S = ?N/?B
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The steam enters the nozzle at a

    • Options
    • A. high pressure and a low velocity
    • B. high pressure and a high velocity
    • C. low pressure and a low velocity
    • D. low pressure and a high velocity
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following statement is correct?

    • Options
    • A. The expansion of steam in a nozzle follows Rankine cycle.
    • B. The friction in the nozzle increases the dryness fraction of steam.
    • C. The pressure of steam at throat is called critical pressure.
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. In reaction turbines, the axial thrust is due to

    • Options
    • A. pressure drop across the rotor
    • B. change in axial velocity
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The blade velocity coefficient is ratio of relative velocity of steam at outlet tip of the blade to the relative velocity of steam at inlet tip of the blade.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss


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