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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • for small power purposes and high speeds 


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    • 1. 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
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    • 2. 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
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    • 3. 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
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    • 4. Curtis turbine is a

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    • A. simple reaction turbine
    • B. velocity compounded turbine
    • C. pressure compounded turbine
    • D. pressure-velocity compounded turbine
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    • 5. 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
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    • 6. Blading efficiency is also known as

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    • A. stage efficiency
    • B. diagram efficiency
    • C. nozzle efficiency
    • D. none of these
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    • 7. The Rankine efficiency depends upon total useful heat drop and total isentropic heat drop.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
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    • 8. The critical pressure ratio for initially dry saturated steam is

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    • A. 0.546
    • B. 0.577
    • C. 0.582
    • D. 0.601
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    • 9. The ratio of the work delivered at the turbine shaft to the heat supplied is called overall thermal efficiency of turbine.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 10. The process of maintaining the speed of the turbine constant for various load conditions, is known as

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    • A. bleeding
    • B. reheating
    • C. governing
    • D. none of these
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