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  • Curtis turbine is a


  • Options
  • A. simple reaction turbine
  • B. velocity compounded turbine
  • C. pressure compounded turbine
  • D. pressure-velocity compounded turbine

  • Correct Answer
  • pressure-velocity compounded turbine 


  • Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems


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    • 1. The flow of steam is super-sonic

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    • A. at the entrance to the nozzle
    • B. at the throat of the nozzle
    • C. in the convergent portion of the nozzle
    • D. in the divergent portion of the nozzle
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • Discuss
    • 3. The impulse turbine rotor efficiency will have a maximum value of 0.5 cos2 ?, 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. The diagram 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
    • 7. The velocity of steam, in reaction turbines, is increased in the fixed blades as well as in moving blades.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 8. In order to reduce the rotor speed of an impulse turbine, the method employed is

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    • A. velocity compounding
    • B. pressure compounding
    • C. pressure-velocity compounding
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. De-Laval turbines are mostly used

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    • A. where low speeds are required
    • B. for small power purposes and low speeds
    • C. for large power purposes
    • D. for small power purposes and high speeds
    • Discuss
    • 10. Blading efficiency is also known as

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    • A. stage efficiency
    • B. diagram efficiency
    • C. nozzle efficiency
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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