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Steam Nozzles and Turbines
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The pressure of steam, in reaction turbines, is reduced in the fixed blades as well as in moving blades.
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B. Incorrect
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1. The maximum discharge of steam through a convergent-divergent nozzle depends upon
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A. area of nozzle at throat
B. initial pressure and volume of steam
C. final pressure ofsteam leaving the nozzle
D. both (a) and (b)
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Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. The ratio of the energy supplied to the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg of steam is called mechanical efficiency.
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A. Yes
B. No
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Correct Answer: No
7. The pressure of steam at throat of a steam nozzle is called critical pressure.
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A. Agree
B. Disagree
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Correct Answer: Agree
8. The friction in the nozzle __________ exit velocity of steam.
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A. has no effect on
B. decreases
C. increases
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Correct Answer: decreases
9. The efficiency of a pressure-velocity compounded impulse turbine is __________ as compared to pressure compounded impulse turbine.
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A. same
B. less
C. more
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Correct Answer: less
10. The pressure of steam __________ while flowing through a nozzle.
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A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains constant
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Correct Answer: decreases
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