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  • 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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  • True 


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    • 1. 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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    • 2. 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
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    • 3. 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
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    • 4. 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
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    • 5. 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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    • 6. If the critical pressure ratio for steam is 0.546, then the steam is initially

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    • A. wet steam
    • B. dry saturated steam
    • C. superheated steam
    • D. none of these
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    • 7. In a Parson's turbine stage, blade velocity is 320 m/s at the mean radius and rotor blade exit angle is 30°. For minimum kinetic energy of the steam leaving the stage, the steam velocity at the exit of the rotor will be

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    • A. 160/3 m/s
    • B. 320/3 m/s
    • C. 640/3 m/s
    • D. 640 m/s
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    • 8. In an impulse turbine, steam expands

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    • A. wholly in blades
    • B. wholly in nozzle
    • C. partly in the nozzle and partly in blades
    • D. none of these
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    • 9. A nozzle is said to be a convergent-divergent nozzle, when the cross-section of a nozzle first decreases from its entrance to throat and then increases from its throat to exit.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 10. In an ideal impulse turbine, the

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    • A. absolute velocity at the inlet of moving blade is equal to that at the outlet
    • B. relative velocity at the inlet of the moving blade is equal to that at the outlet
    • C. axial velocity at inlet is equal to that at the outlet
    • D. whirl velocity at inlet is equalto that at the outlet
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