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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
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for small power purposes and high speeds
Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems
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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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Correct Answer: all of these
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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Correct Answer: True
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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Correct Answer: workdone on the blades to the energy supplied to the blades
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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Correct Answer: pressure-velocity compounded turbine
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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Correct Answer: in the divergent portion of the nozzle
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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Correct Answer: diagram efficiency
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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Correct Answer: Incorrect
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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Correct Answer: 0.577
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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Correct Answer: True
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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Correct Answer: governing
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