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  • Question
  • When the cross-section of a nozzle __________ continuously from entrance to exit, it is called a convergent nozzle.


  • Options
  • A. increases
  • B. decreases

  • Correct Answer
  • decreases 


  • Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems


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    • 1. For a Parson's reaction turbine, if ?1 and ?2 are fixed blade angles at inlet and exit respectively and ?1 and ?2 are the moving blade angles at entrance and exit respectively, then

    • Options
    • A. ?1 = ?2 and ?1 = ?2
    • B. ?1 = ?1 and ?2 = ?2
    • C. ?1 < ?1 and ?2 > ?2
    • D. ?1 = ?2 and ?1 = ?2
    • Discuss
    • 2. In a nozzle, the effect of supersaturation is to

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    • A. decrease dryness fraction of steam
    • B. decrease specific volume of steam
    • C. increase the entropy
    • D. increase the heat drop
    • Discuss
    • 3. In a nozzle, the effect of supersaturation is to increase the dryness fraction of steam.

    • Options
    • A. Yes
    • B. No
    • Discuss
    • 4. Steam turbines may be classified according to

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    • A. direction of steam flow
    • B. number of stages
    • C. mode of steam action
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following statement is correct?

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    • A. The efficiency of steam turbines is greater than steam engines.
    • B. A flywheel is a must for steam turbine.
    • C. The turbine blades do not change the direction of steam issuing from the nozzle
    • D. The pressure of steam, in reaction turbines, is increased in fixed blades as well as in moving blades
    • Discuss
    • 6. The efficiency of an impulse turbine is maximum when (where Vb = Blade speed, V = Absolute velocity of steam entering the blade, and ? = Nozzle angle)

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    • A. Vb = 0.5 V cos ?
    • B. Vb = V cos ?
    • C. Vb = 0.5 V2 cos ?
    • D. Vb = V2 cos?
    • Discuss
    • 7. The expansion of steam in a nozzle follows

    • Options
    • A. Carnot cycle
    • B. Rankine cycle
    • C. Joule cycle
    • D. Stirling cycle
    • Discuss
    • 8. In a 50% reaction turbine stage, tangential component of absolute velocity at rotor inlet is 537 m/s and the blade velocity is 454 m/s. The power output in kW of steam will be

    • Options
    • A. 260 kW
    • B. 282 kW
    • C. 296 kW
    • D. 302 kW
    • Discuss
    • 9. The stage efficiency is the ratio of energy supplied to the blades per kg of steam to the total energy supplied per stage per kg of steam.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 10. The pressure compounded impulse turbine as compared to velocity compounded turbine require __________ number of stages.

    • Options
    • A. same
    • B. less
    • C. more
    • Discuss


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