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Steam Nozzles and Turbines
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Rateau turbine is
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A. simple reaction turbine
B. velocity compounded turbine
C. pressure compounded turbine
D. pressure-velocity compounded turbine
Correct Answer
pressure compounded turbine
Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems
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1. In a velocity compounded impulse turbine, when steam flows through the second row of moving blades,
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A. velocity increases
B. velocity decreases
C. velocity remains constant
D. pressure remains constant
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Correct Answer: velocity decreases
2. Reheating of steam in a turbine
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A. increases the workdone through the turbine
B. increases the efficiency of the turbine
C. reduces wear on the blades
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: all of these
3. In a De-Laval impulse turbine, the nozzle is kept very close to the blades.
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A. Yes
B. No
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Correct Answer: Yes
4. 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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Correct Answer: choked
5. 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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Correct Answer: Yes
6. 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
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Correct Answer: maintain the speed of the turbine
7. 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
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Correct Answer: divergent nozzle
8. 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
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Correct Answer: heat energy of steam into kinetic energy
9. The impulse turbine rotor efficiency will have a maximum value of 0.5 cos
2
?, where ? is the nozzle exit flow angle, if the
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A. blades are equiangular
B. blade velocity coefficient is unity
C. blades are equiangular and frictionless
D. blade solidity is 0.65
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Correct Answer: blades are equiangular and frictionless
10. The density of supersaturated steam is about __________ that of the ordinary saturated vapour at the corresponding pressure.
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A. same as
B. 2 times
C. 4 times
D. 8 times
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Correct Answer: 8 times
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