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  • The clearance in the engine cylinder has no effect on the steam consumption.


  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False

  • Correct Answer
  • False 


  • Steam Boilers and Engines problems


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    • 1. The draught may be produced by a

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    • A. mechanical fan
    • B. chimney
    • C. a steam jet
    • D. all of these
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    • 2. The pressure of feed water has to be raised before its entry into the boiler. The pressure is raised by a device known as

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    • A. feedpump
    • B. injector
    • C. feed check valve
    • D. pressure gauge
    • Discuss
    • 3. Combustuion of fuel takes place __________ the engine cylinder of a steam engine.

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    • A. outside
    • B. inside
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    • 4. A device used to heat feed water by utilising the heat in me exhaust flue gases before leaving through the chimny, is known as

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    • A. economiser
    • B. fusible plug
    • C. superheater
    • D. stop valve
    • Discuss
    • 5. The factor of evaporation for all boilers is always

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    • A. equal to unity
    • B. less than unity
    • C. greater than unity
    • Discuss
    • 6. The fire tubes in a Locomotive boiler has __________ diameter.

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    • A. 4.75 mm
    • B. 5.47 mm
    • C. 7.45 mm
    • D. 47.5 mm
    • Discuss
    • 7. The high pressure and low pressure cylinders in a Woolf type compound engine are regarded as having cranks

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    • A. 180° to each other
    • B. 90° to each other
    • C. 0° to each other
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The ratio of heat equivalent to brake power to the energy supplied in steam is known as

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    • A. mechanical efficiency
    • B. overall efficiency
    • C. indicated thermal efficiency
    • D. brake thermal efficiency
    • Discuss
    • 9. A condenser in a steam power plant

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    • A. increases expansion ratio of steam
    • B. reduces back pressure of steam
    • C. reduces temperature of exhaust steam
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a compound steam engine, the first stage of expansion is carried out in a high pressure cylinder whereas the last expansion is completed in low pressure cylinder. The diameter of high pressure cylinder is __________ the lowpressure cylinder.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. more than
    • Discuss


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