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- Question
When steam after doing work in the cylinder passes into a condenser, the engine is said to be a
Options- A. slow speed engine
- B. vertical steam engine
- C. condensing steam engine
- D. non-condensing steam engine
- Correct Answer
- condensing steam engine
- 1. The theoretical indicator diagram of a simple steam engine is based upon the assumption that
Options- A. there is no pressure drop due to condensation
- B. steam is admitted at boiler pressure and exhausted at condenser pressure
- C. the expansion (or compression) of the steam is hyperbolic
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 2. The performance of a boiler is measured by the
Options- A. amount of water evaporated per hour
- B. steam produced in kg/h
- C. steam produced in kg/kg of fuel burnt
- D. all of these Discuss
- 3. Locomotive boiler is a __________ boiler.
Options- A. fire tube
- B. water tube Discuss
- 4. Water tube boilers produce steam at a __________ pressure than that of fire tube boilers.
Options- A. lower
- B. higher Discuss
- 5. The missing quantity per stroke is equal to
Options- A. cylinder feed - indicated mass of steam
- B. cylinder feed + indicated mass of steam
- C. mass of cushion steam + indicated mass of steam
- D. mass of cushion steam + cylinder feed Discuss
- 6. The heat balance sheet for the boiler shows the
Options- A. complete account of heat supplied by 1 kg of dry fuel and the heat consumed
- B. moisture present in the fuel
- C. steam formed by combustion of hygrogen per kg of fuel
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 7. Which of the following is a water tube boiler?
Options- A. Lancashire boiler
- B. Babcock and Wilcox boiler
- C. Locomotive boiler
- D. Cochran boiler Discuss
- 8. The diameter of a cylindrical shell of a Scotch marine boiler varies from
Options- A. 1.5 to 2 m
- B. 2.5 to 3.5 m
- C. 3.5 to 4.5 m
- D. none of these Discuss
- 9. The diagram factor is the ratio of the
Options- A. area of the actual indicator diagram to the area of theoretical indicator diagram
- B. actual workdone per stroke to the theoretical workdone per stroke
- C. actual mean effective pressure to the theoretical mean effective pressure
- D. any one of the above Discuss
- 10. The fire tubes in a Cochran boiler usually have __________ diameter.
Options- A. 6.25 mm
- B. 62.5 mm
- C. 72.5 mm
- D. 92.5 mm Discuss
Steam Boilers and Engines problems
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Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: all of these
Correct Answer: fire tube
Correct Answer: higher
Correct Answer: cylinder feed - indicated mass of steam
Correct Answer: complete account of heat supplied by 1 kg of dry fuel and the heat consumed
Correct Answer: Babcock and Wilcox boiler
Correct Answer: 2.5 to 3.5 m
Correct Answer: any one of the above
Correct Answer: 62.5 mm
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