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  • The efficiency of reaction turbine is maximum when (where ? = Angle made by the absolute velocity (V) at inlet)


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  • A. Vb = 0.5 V cos ?
  • B. Vb = V cos ?
  • C. Vb = 0.5 V2 cos ?
  • D. Vb = V2 cos ?

  • Correct Answer
  • Vb = V cos ? 


  • Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems


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    • 1. In a nozzle, whole frictional loss is assumed to occur between

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    • A. inlet and thoroat
    • B. inlet and outlet
    • C. throat and exit
    • D. all of these
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    • 2. The ratio of total useful heat drop to the total isentropic heat drop, is called

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    • A. stage efficiency
    • B. internal efficiency
    • C. Rankine efficiency
    • D. none of these
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    • 3. The turbine blades do not change the direction of steam issuing from the nozzle.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 4. In a De-Laval nozzle expanding superheated steam from 10 bar to 0.1 bar, the pressure at the minimum cross-section (i. e. pressure at throat, p2) will be

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    • A. 3.3 bar
    • B. 5.46 bar
    • C. 8.2 bar
    • D. 9.9 bar
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    • 5. The turbine, in which the general direction of the steam flow is parallel to the turbine axis, is called axial flow turbines

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 6. Thermal equilibrium means that the flow of steam is

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    • A. isothermal
    • B. isentropic
    • C. hyperbolic
    • D. polytropic
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    • 7. The variation of steam pressure in the nozzle depends upon

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    • A. velocity of steam
    • B. specific volume of steam
    • C. dryness fraction of steam
    • D. all of these
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    • 8. The discharge of steam in a convergent-divergent nozzle __________ after the throat (i.e. in the divergent portion of the nozzle)

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    • A. remains constant
    • B. decreases
    • C. increases
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    • 9. A regenerative steam cycle renders

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    • A. increased work output per unit mass of steam
    • B. decreased work output per unit mass of steam
    • C. increased thermal efficiency
    • D. decreased work output per unit mass of steam as well as increased thermal efficiency
    • Discuss
    • 10. The ratio of the useful heat drop to the isentropic heat drop is called

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    • A. condenser efficiency
    • B. nozzle efficiency
    • C. boiler efficiency
    • D. vacuum efficiency
    • Discuss


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