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Steam Nozzles and Turbines problems


  • 1. In a single stage impulse turbine, the velocity of steam approaching nozzles is negligible.

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  • A. True
  • B. False
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  • 2. When the cross-section of a nozzle first increases from its entrance to throat, and then decreases from its throat to exit, it is not a convergent-divergent nozzle.

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  • A. Yes
  • B. No
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  • 3. A stage, in reaction turbine, is represented by

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  • A. number of casing
  • B. number of entries of steam
  • C. number of exits of steam
  • D. each row of blades
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  • 4. A nozzle is said to be a divergent nozzle

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  • A. when the cross-section of the nozzle increases continuously from entrance to exit
  • B. when the cross-section of the nozzle decreases continuously from entrance to exit
  • C. when the cross-section of the nozzle first decreases from entrance to throat and then increases from its throat to exit
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss
  • 5. The ratio of the isentropic heat drop to the heat supplied, is called

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  • A. reheat factor
  • B. stage efficiency
  • C. internal efficiency
  • D. Rankine efficiency
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  • 6. Which of the following statement is correct for steam turbines as compared to reciprocating steam engines?

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  • A. A steam turbine develops higher speeds
  • B. The efficiency of steam turbine is higher
  • C. The steam consumption is less
  • D. all of these
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  • 7. For maximum efficiency of an impulse turbine, the steam should leave the blades at right angles to their motion.

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  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 8. The effect of friction on the flow of steam through a nozzle is to

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  • A. decrease the mass flow rate and to increase the wetness of steam
  • B. increase the mass flow rate and to increase the exit temperature
  • C. decrease the mass flow rate and to decrease the wetness of steam
  • D. increase the exit temperature without any effect on mass flow rate
  • Discuss
  • 9. The effect of supersaturation is that the

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  • A. mass of the steam discharged increases
  • B. entropy and specific volume of the steam increases
  • C. exit velocity of steam reduces
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. De-Laval turbine is a

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  • A. simple impulse turbine
  • B. simple reaction turbine
  • C. impulse-reaction turbine
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss

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