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  • In a velocity compounded impulse turbine, when steam flows through the second row of moving blades,


  • Options
  • A. velocity increases
  • B. velocity decreases
  • C. velocity remains constant
  • D. pressure remains constant

  • Correct Answer
  • velocity decreases 


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    • 1. Reheating of steam in a turbine

    • Options
    • A. increases the workdone through the turbine
    • B. increases the efficiency of the turbine
    • C. reduces wear on the blades
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. In a De-Laval impulse turbine, the nozzle is kept very close to the blades.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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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    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. Rateau turbine is

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    • A. simple reaction turbine
    • B. velocity compounded turbine
    • C. pressure compounded turbine
    • D. pressure-velocity compounded turbine
    • Discuss
    • 7. The purpose of governing in steam turbines is to

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    • A. maintain the speed of the turbine
    • B. reduce the effective heat drop
    • C. reheat the steam and improve its quality
    • D. completely balance against end thrust
    • Discuss
    • 8. When the cross-section of a nozzle increases continuously from entrance to exit, it is called a

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    • A. divergent nozzle
    • B. convergent nozzle
    • C. convergent-divergent nozzle
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. A steam nozzle converts

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    • A. heat energy of steam into kinetic energy
    • B. kinetic energy into heat energy of steam
    • C. heat energy of steam into potential energy
    • D. potential energy into heat energy of steam
    • Discuss
    • 10. The impulse turbine rotor efficiency will have a maximum value of 0.5 cos2 ?, where ? is the nozzle exit flow angle, if the

    • Options
    • A. blades are equiangular
    • B. blade velocity coefficient is unity
    • C. blades are equiangular and frictionless
    • D. blade solidity is 0.65
    • Discuss


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