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  • A steam turbine, in which a part of the steam after partial expansion, is used for process heating and the remaining steam is further expanded for power generation, is known as


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  • A. back pressure turbine
  • B. pass out turbine
  • C. low pressure turbine
  • D. impulse turbine

  • Correct Answer
  • pass out turbine 


  • Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems


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    • 1. The maximum efficiency of a De-Laval turbine is (where ? = Nozzle angle)

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    • A. sin2 ?
    • B. cos2 ?
    • C. tan2 ?
    • D. cot2 ?
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    • 2. Degree of reaction is defined as the ratio of

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    • A. heat drop in fixed blades to the heat drop in moving blades
    • B. heat drop in moving blades to the heat drop in fixed blades
    • C. heat drop in moving blades to the heat drop in fixed blades plus heat drop in moving blades
    • D. heat drop in fixed blades plus heat drop in moving blades to the heat drop in moving blades
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    • 3. In a reaction turbine when the degree of reaction is zero, then there is

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    • A. no heat drop in moving blades
    • B. no heat drop in fixed blades
    • C. maximum heat drop in moving blades
    • D. maximum heat drop in fixed blades
    • Discuss
    • 4. The friction present between the steam and the nozzle surfaces reduces the heat drop by

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    • A. 10 to 15 percent
    • B. 15 to 25 percent
    • C. 25 to 40 percent
    • D. 40 to 60 percent
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    • 5. In impulse turbines, when friction is neglected, the relative velocity of steam at outlet tip of the blade is __________ the relative velocity of steam at inlet tip of the blade.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. greater than
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    • 6. The critical pressure ratio is given by (where p1 = Initial pressure of steam, and p2 = Pressure of steam at throat or critical pressure)

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    • A. p1 p2
    • B. p1/p2
    • C. p2/p1
    • D. p1 + p2
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    • 7. The effect of friction in the nozzle __________ dryness fraction of steam.

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    • A. has no effect on
    • B. decreases
    • C. increases
    • Discuss
    • 8. In a reaction turbine, when steam flows through the moving blades,

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    • A. pressure increases while velocity decreases
    • B. pressure decreases while velocity increases
    • C. pressure and velocity both decreases
    • D. pressure and velocity both increases
    • Discuss
    • 9. In turbines, the fluid undergoes a continuous steady flow process and the speed of flow is

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    • A. low
    • B. very low
    • C. high
    • D. very high
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    • 10. Stage efficiency is also known as

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    • A. diagram efficiency
    • B. nozzle efficiency
    • C. gross efficiency
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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