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  • In an impulse turbine


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  • A. the steam is expanded in nozzles only and there is a pressure drop and heat drop
  • B. the steam is expanded both in fixed and moving blades continuously
  • C. the steam is expanded in moving blades only
  • D. the pressure and temperature of steam remains constant

  • Correct Answer
  • the steam is expanded in nozzles only and there is a pressure drop and heat drop 


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    • 1. A single stage impulse turbine with a diameter of 1.2 m runs at 3000 r.p.m. If the blade speed ratio is 0.42, then the inlet velocity of steam will be

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    • A. 79 m/s
    • B. 188 m/s
    • C. 450 m/s
    • D. 900 m/s
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    • 2. The discharge through a nozzle is maximum for a certain value of exit pressure. This pressure is known as critical pressure.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 3. The ratio of the workdone on the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg of steam is called

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    • A. blading efficiency
    • B. nozzle efficiency
    • C. stage efficiency
    • D. mechanical efficiency
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    • 4. The reheat factor depends upon

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    • A. initial pressure and superheat
    • B. exit pressure
    • C. turbine stage efficiency
    • D. all of these
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    • 5. The velocity of steam at throat of the nozzle is __________ the velocity of sound.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. more than
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    • 6. The compounding of turbines is done in order to

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    • A. reduce speed of rotor
    • B. improve efficiency
    • C. reduce exit losses
    • D. all of these
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    • 7. The efficiency ratio is the ratio of total useful heat drop to the total isentropic heat drop.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 8. The nozzle efficiency is the ratio of

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    • A. workdone on the blades to the energy supplied to the blades
    • B. workdone on the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg of steam
    • C. energy supplied to the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg of steam
    • D. none of the above
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    • 9. The ratio of the cumulative heat drop to the isentropic heat drop is called reheat factor.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
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    • 10. When the nozzle operates with the maximum mass flow, the nozzle is said to be

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    • A. choked
    • B. underdamping
    • C. overdamping
    • D. none of these
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