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- Question
A __________ in a boiler is used to put off fire in the furnace of the boiler when the level of water in the boiler falls to an unsafe limit.
Options- A. blow off cock
- B. fusible plug
- C. stop valve
- D. safety valve
- Correct Answer
- fusible plug
- 1. The function of an eccentric is to provide __________ motion to the slide valve.
Options- A. reciprocating
- B. rotary Discuss
- 2. There is always some steam left in the clearance space from the previous stroke. This steam left in the clearance space is called
Options- A. wet steam
- B. saturated steam
- C. superheated steam
- D. cushion steam Discuss
- 3. In cross compounding, the cylinders are arranged
Options- A. side by side and each cylinder has common piston, connecting rod and crank
- B. side by side and each cylinder has separate piston, connecting rod and crank
- C. at 90° and each cylinder has common piston, connecting rod and crank
- D. at 90° and each cylinder has separate piston, connecting rod and crank Discuss
- 4. Throttle governing of steam engines is a method of controlling the engine output by varying
Options- A. volume of intake steam
- B. pressure of intake steam
- C. temperature of intake steam
- D. all of these Discuss
- 5. The Locomotive boiler has
Options- A. 137 fire tubes and 44 superheated tubes
- B. 147 fire tubes and 34 superheated tubes
- C. 157 fire tubes and 24 superheated tubes
- D. 167 fire tubes and 14 superheated tubes Discuss
- 6. The clearance in the engine cylinder
Options- A. increases the mean effective pressure
- B. increases the workdone
- C. decreases the efficiency of the engine
- D. all of these Discuss
- 7. The shell of the Cochran boiler is made hemispherical
Options- A. to give maximum space and strength
- B. to withstand the pressure of steam inside the boiler
- C. both (a) and (b)
- D. none of the above Discuss
- 8. The main object of a boiler trial is
Options- A. to determine the generating capacity of the boiler
- B. to determine the thermal efficiency of the boiler when working at a definite pressure
- C. to prepare heat balance sheet for the boiler
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 9. The damper in a steam boiler is provided to control the draught (i.e. rate of flow of air) and thus regulate the rate of generation of steam.
Options- A. Correct
- B. Incorrect Discuss
- 10. The actual vacuum in a condenser is equal to
Options- A. barometric pressure + actual pressure
- B. barometric pressure - actual pressure
- C. gauge pressure + atmospheric pressure
- D. gauge pressure - atmospheric pressure Discuss
Steam Boilers and Engines problems
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Correct Answer: reciprocating
Correct Answer: cushion steam
Correct Answer: side by side and each cylinder has separate piston, connecting rod and crank
Correct Answer: pressure of intake steam
Correct Answer: 157 fire tubes and 24 superheated tubes
Correct Answer: all of these
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: Correct
Correct Answer: barometric pressure - actual pressure
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