A receiver type compound engine, requires a lighter flywheel.

More Questions from Steam Boilers and Engines

• The device attached to the steam chest for preventing explosions due to excessive internal pressure of steam is called
• The high steam and low water safety valve is not used in
• A device used to put off fire in the furnace of the boiler when the level of water in the boiler falls to an unsafe limit, is called
• The actual power generated in the engine cylinder is called
• The ratio of heat actually used in producing the steam to the heat liberated in the furnace is known as equivalent evaporation from and at 100° C.
• The length of Cornish boiler varies from
• An economiser is generally placed between
• The amount of water evaporated from and at 100° C into dry and saturated steam is called evaporative capacity of a boiler.
• The function of a piston in a steam engine is
• There is about 15 to 20% of coal saving when an economiser is used in a boiler.

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