S/2005

1- Layout of thermal power plant, explain different circuits. Factors for selecting site of thermal
power station.
2- Major advantage of HPB.
3- Neat diagram of any HPB and explain its working.
4- Difference between boiler mounting & accessories.
W/2005
1- Explain consideration which leads to choice of temp & pressure of steam in HPB Vacuum
in the condenser number of feed water heater for regeneration.
2- Why feed water heater always an open heater.
3- Dry bottom natural circulation pulverized coal fired steam generation full schematic with all
equipment.
4- How to control right amount of excess air maintain optimum combustion efficiency.
5- Explain Balanced drought pressurized furnace.
S/2006
1- Numerical
2- Operation of cyclone separator
3- Principle of any one supercritical boiler
4- Diff between open & closed cycle
5- Numerical
6- Different methods by which temp of heat addition can be increased in a vapour cycle.
7- Advantage of reheating in a gas turbine power plant.
8- What is internal treatment of feed-water? How it is done?
9- What is a super heater? Describe 3 types of super heater? State the advantages of
superheated steam?
W/2006
1- Numerical
2- Regenerative feed water heating cost factor
3- Feed water heater briefly describe.
4- Function of drought system. Why FD & ID fan used. How is the output of fans controlled?
What is balanced drought?
5- What are the different types of pulverized coal burners? Discuss the different arrangements
in a p.c. fired furnace. Merit & demerit of tangential firing.
6- Dry bottom natural circulation pulverized coal fired steam generation full schematic with all
equipment.
7- What is pressure head developed for natural circulation?
8- When & why down comers placed outside the furnace?
9- What is circulation ratio and what is its range of values? Why is too much steam formation
not desired in a riser tube?
10- Why are downcommers fewer in number and bigger in diameter, while risers are more in
number and smaller in diameter?
11- Function of steam drum in a water tube boiler? Why drum internal required? Why trisodium
phosphate injected into the drum? Why is blowdown needed?
12- Why is steam turbine compounded? How is the number of stages in a turbine estimated?
S/2007
1- Numerical
2- What are the advantage of burning fuels in pulverised form?
3- Advantage of burning fuels in pulverised.
4- Application of diesel engine in power plant? Draw line diagram of diesel engine power plant?
5- Discuss effect of intercooling and reheating in an open cycle gas turbine.
6- Numerical
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W/2007
1- Describe the Rankine cycle applied to steam power plant and state the methods of
increasing the efficiency of Rankine cycle.
2- What are the requirement of good coal handling plant? Explain the working of cyclone
separator.
3- Unique features of HPB
4- Explain with neat sketch working of Benson boiler, and Velox boiler.
5- What is supercritical boiler? What the merit & demerit.
6- What is the function of air preheater? Explain recuperative air preheater.