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  • For maximum efficiency of an impulse turbine, the steam should leave the blades at right angles to their motion.


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  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect

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    • 1. Which of the following statement is correct for steam turbines as compared to reciprocating steam engines?

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    • A. A steam turbine develops higher speeds
    • B. The efficiency of steam turbine is higher
    • C. The steam consumption is less
    • D. all of these
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    • 2. The ratio of the isentropic heat drop to the heat supplied, is called

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    • A. reheat factor
    • B. stage efficiency
    • C. internal efficiency
    • D. Rankine efficiency
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    • 3. A nozzle is said to be a divergent nozzle

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    • A. when the cross-section of the nozzle increases continuously from entrance to exit
    • B. when the cross-section of the nozzle decreases continuously from entrance to exit
    • C. when the cross-section of the nozzle first decreases from entrance to throat and then increases from its throat to exit
    • D. none of the above
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    • 4. A stage, in reaction turbine, is represented by

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    • A. number of casing
    • B. number of entries of steam
    • C. number of exits of steam
    • D. each row of blades
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    • 5. When the cross-section of a nozzle first increases from its entrance to throat, and then decreases from its throat to exit, it is not a convergent-divergent nozzle.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
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    • 6. The effect of friction on the flow of steam through a nozzle is to

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    • A. decrease the mass flow rate and to increase the wetness of steam
    • B. increase the mass flow rate and to increase the exit temperature
    • C. decrease the mass flow rate and to decrease the wetness of steam
    • D. increase the exit temperature without any effect on mass flow rate
    • Discuss
    • 7. The effect of supersaturation is that the

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    • A. mass of the steam discharged increases
    • B. entropy and specific volume of the steam increases
    • C. exit velocity of steam reduces
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. De-Laval turbine is a

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    • A. simple impulse turbine
    • B. simple reaction turbine
    • C. impulse-reaction turbine
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The pressure velocity compounded impulse turbine allows a bigger pressure drop and hence __________ number of stages are required.

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    • A. more
    • B. less
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    • 10. In velocity compounding of an impulse turbine, the expansion of steam takes place in a nozzle or a set of nozzles from the boiler pressure to condenser pressure.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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