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  • A compound steam engine in which piston rods of high pressure and low pressure cylinders ' are attached to two different cranks set at 180° to each other, is called


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  • A. receiver type compound engine
  • B. Tandem type compound engine
  • C. Woolf type compound engine
  • D. both (a) and (b)

  • Correct Answer
  • Woolf type compound engine 


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    • 1. In case of non-condensing steam engines, the pressure of steam in the cylinder during exhaust stroke is __________ the condenser pressure.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. lower than
    • C. higher than
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    • 2. The fire tubes in a Cochran boiler usually have __________ diameter.

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    • A. 6.25 mm
    • B. 62.5 mm
    • C. 72.5 mm
    • D. 92.5 mm
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    • 3. The diagram factor is the ratio of the

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    • 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
    • 4. The diameter of a cylindrical shell of a Scotch marine boiler varies from

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    • 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
    • 5. Which of the following is a water tube boiler?

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    • A. Lancashire boiler
    • B. Babcock and Wilcox boiler
    • C. Locomotive boiler
    • D. Cochran boiler
    • Discuss
    • 6. The actual power supplied by the engine crankshaft is called

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    • A. indicated power
    • B. brake power
    • C. frictional power
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The draught produced by a steam jet issuing from a nozzle placed in the chimney is called

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    • A. induced steam jet draught
    • B. chimney draught
    • C. forced steam jet draught
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The equivalent evaporation is defined as

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    • A. the ratio of heat actually used in producing the steam to the heat liberated in the furnace
    • B. the amount of water evaporated or steam produced in kg per kg of fuel burnt
    • C. the amount of water evaporated from and at 100° C into dry and saturated steam
    • D. the evaporation of 15.653 kg of water per hour from and at 100° C
    • Discuss
    • 9. The water tubes in a Babcock and Wilcox boiler are

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    • A. vertical
    • B. horizontal
    • C. inclined
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a compound steam engine, the temperature range per cylinder is reduced, with corresponding reduction in the condensation.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
    • Discuss


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