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  • In a single acting steam engine


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  • A. the steam is admitted on one side of the piston and one working stroke is produced during each revolution of the crankshaft
  • B. the steam is admitted, in turn, on both sides of the piston and one working stroke is produced during each revolution of the crankshaft
  • C. the steam is admitted on one side of the piston and two working strokes are produced during each revolution of the crankshaft
  • D. the steam is admitted, in turn, on both sides of the piston and two working strokes are produced during each revolution of the crankshaft.

  • Correct Answer
  • the steam is admitted on one side of the piston and one working stroke is produced during each revolution of the crankshaft 


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    • 1. Which of the following boiler works on a forced circulation of water?

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    • A. La-mont boiler
    • B. Benson boiler
    • C. Loeffler boiler
    • D. all of these
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    • 2. Willian's law states that the steam consumption per hour provided with a throttled governor is proportional to (where I.P. = Indicated power)

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C. I.P.
    • D. (I.P.)2
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    • 3. The ratio of heat actually used in producing the steam to the heat liberated in the furnace, is known as

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    • A. equivalent evaporation
    • B. factor of evaporation
    • C. boiler efficiency
    • D. power of a boiler
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    • 4. The cylindrical shell of a Lancashire boiler has diameter from

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    • A. 1 to 2 m
    • B. 1.25 to 2.25 m
    • C. 1.5 to 2.5 m
    • D. 1.75 to 2.75 m
    • Discuss
    • 5. Babcock and Wilcox boiler is a stationary type of water tube boiler.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
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    • 6. The diameter of internal flue tubes of a Lancashire boiler is about __________ that of its shell.

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    • A. one-fourth
    • B. one-third
    • C. two-fifth
    • D. one-half
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    • 7. A compound steam engine in which piston rods of high pressure and low pressure cylinders are attached to two different cranks set at 90° 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)
    • Discuss
    • 8. A throttle governed steam engine develops 15 kW with 280 kg per hour of steam and 35 kW with 520 kg per hour of steam. The steam consumption in kg per hour when developing 20 kW will be nearly

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    • A. 150 kg/h
    • B. 210 kg/h
    • C. 280 kg/h
    • D. 340 kg/h
    • Discuss
    • 9. The capacity and working pressure.of a Cornish boiler is __________ as compared to Lancashire boiler.

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    • A. low
    • B. high
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    • 10. When the circulation of water, in a boiler, is by convection currents which are set up during the heating of water, then the boiler is known as

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    • A. internally fired boiler
    • B. externally fired boiler
    • C. natural circulation boiler
    • D. forced circulation boiler
    • Discuss


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