ME312-Power Plant Engineering (B) belts

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UNIT I (D) manually.
1. Out of the following which one is not a Ans:B
unconventional source of energy ? 8. Live storage of coal in a power plant means
(A) Tidal power (A) coal ready for combustion
(B) Geothermal energy (B) preheated coal
(C) Nuclear energy (C) storage of coal sufficient to meet 24 hour demand
(D) Wind power. of the plant
Ans:C (D) coal in transit.
2. Pulverized coal is Ans:C
(A) coal free from ash 9. Pressure of steam in condenser is
(B) non-smoking coal (A) atmospheric pressure
(C) coal which bums For long time (B) more than pressure
(D) coal broken into fine particles. (C) slightly less than pressure
Ans:D (D) much less than pressure.
3. Heating value of coal is approximately Ans:D
(A) 1000-2000 kcal / kg 10. Equipment used for pulverizing the coal is known
(B) 2000-4000 kcal / kg as
(C) 5000-6500 kcal / kg (A) Ball mill
(D) 9000-10,500 kcal / kg. (B) Hopper
Ans:C (C) Burner
4. Water gas is a mixture of (D) Stoker.
(A) CO2 and O2 Ans:A
(B) O2and H2 11. Power plants using coal work closely on known
(C) H2, N2 and O2 which of the following cycle ?
(D) CO, N2 and H2. (A) Otto cycle
Ans:D (B) Binary vapor cycle
5. Coal used in power plant is also known as (C) Brayton cycle
(A) steam coal (D) Rankine cycle.
(B) charcoal Ans:D
(C) coke 12. Critical pressure of water is
(D) soft coal. (A) 1 kg / cm2
Ans:A (B) 100 kg / cm2
6. Which of the following is considered as superior (C) 155 kg / cm2
quality of coal ? (D) 213.8 kg / cm2.
(A) Bituminous coal Ans:D
(B) Peat 13. The efficiency of a thermal power plant improves
(C) Lignite with
(D) Coke. (A) increased quantity of coal burnt
Ans:A (B) larger quantity of water used
7. In a power plant, coal is carried from storage place (C) lower load in the plant
to boilers generally by means of (D) use of high steam pressures.
(A) bucket Ans:D
14. Which of the following contributes to the (B) Hot water
improvement of efficiency of Rankine cycle in a (C) Wet steam
thermal power plant ? (D) Super-heated steam.
(A) Reheating of steam at intermediate stage Ans:C
(B) Regeneration use of steam for heating boiler feed 21. Super heated steam is always
water (A) at a temperature higher than the saturation
(C) Use of high pressures temperature corresponding to a steam pressure
(D) All of the above. (B) at a pressure more than the boiler steam pressure
Ans:D (C) separated from water particles before being
15. Steam pressures usually used in thermal power supplied to turbine
plants are (D) at a pressure less than the maximum cycle
(A) 5 kg/cm2 to 10 kg / cm2 pressure.
(B) 50 kg/cm2 to 100 kg / cm2 Ans:A
(C) 110 kg/cm2 to 170 kg / cm2 22. The equipment installed in power plants to reduce
(D) 200 kg/cm2 to 215 kg / cm2 air pollution due to smoke is
Ans:C (A) Induced draft fans
16. When pulverized fuel is not used, the equipment (B) De-super heaters
used for supplying coal to the boiler is (C) Electrostatic precipitators
(A) Heater (D) Re-heaters.
(B) Stoker Ans:C
(C) Burner 23. Permissible pH value of water for boilers is
(D) Skip hoist. (A) 1
Ans:B (B) 7
17. Burning of low grade fuel can be improved by (C) slightly more than 7
(A) Blending with better quality (D) 10.
(B) Oil assisted ignition Ans:C
(C) Pulverizing 24. A condenser in a thermal power plant condenses
(D) Any of the above. steam combing out of
Ans:D (A) Boiler
18. As steam expands in turbine (B) Super-heater
(A) its pressure increases (C) Economizer
(B) its specific volume increases (D) Turbine.
(C) its boiling point increases Ans:D
(D) its temperature increases. 25. Which of the following, is not a high pressure
Ans:B boiler ?
19. Water is supplied to a boiler (A) Loeffler boiler
(A) at atmospheric pressure (B) Lancashire boiler
(B) at slightly more than atmospheric pressure (C) Velox boiler
(C) at 100 cm/kg2 (D) Lamont boiler.
(D) at more than the steam pressure on the boiler. Ans:B
Ans:D 26. What is the maximum size of steam turbine
20. Which of the following enters the super heater of a usually being installed, for thermal power plants ?
boiler ? (A) 120 MW
(A) Cold water (B) 250 MW
(C) 500 MW (D) capacity of the part of the plant that remains under
(D) 1000 MW. maintenance.
Ans:C Ans:B
27. Overall thermal efficiency of a steam power 33. Bagasse is
station is in the range (A) low quality coal
(A) 18-24% (B) a fuel consisting of wood
(B) 30-40% (C) fibrous portion of sugarcane left after extracting
(C) 44-62% the juice
(D) 68-79%. (D) a kind of rice straw.
Ans:A Ans:C
28. Which of the following is not the voltage at which 34. Low grade fuels have
power is usually transmitted (A) low moisture content
(A)132 kV (B) low ash content
(B) 66 kV (C) low calorific value
(C) 33 kV (D) low carbon content.
(D) 20 kV. Ans:C
Ans:D 35. Which variety of coal has lowest calorific value?
29. Most of the generators in thermal power plants run (A) Steam-coal
at (B) Bituminous coal
(A) 3000 rpm (C) Lignite
(B)1500 rpm (D) Anthracite.
(C) 1000 rpm Ans:C
(D) 750 rpm. 36. In a steam locomotive the engine is
Ans:A (A) Single cylinder
30. In regenerative cycle, bled steam is (B) Vertical
(A) discharged to atmosphere (C) Condensing
(B) condensed in steam condenser (D) Non-condensing.
(C) used to beat feed water for boiler Ans: D
(D) is mixed with steam supplied to turbine. 37. The boilers using lignite as fuel do not use
Ans:C (A) under feed stoker
31. Standard frequency usually for electric supply is (B) traveling grate stoker
(A) 50 Hz (C) spreader stoker
(B) 60 Hz (D) all of the above.
(C) 50 to 60 Hz Ans:A
(D) 50 to 55 Hz. 38. In a steam turbine cycle, the lowest pressure
Ans:A occurs in
32. In power station practice "spinning reserve" is (A) turbine inlet
(A) reserve generating capacity that is in operation but (B) boiler
not in service (C) condenser
(B) reserve generating capacity that is connected to (D) super heater.
bus and ready to take the load Ans:C
(C) reserve generating capacity that is available for 39. Steam pressure in modem thermal plants of 100
service but not in operation MW and above capacity may be exacted to be
(A) 10 kg/cm2
(B) 50 kg/cm2 (A) 1-2 kgs
(A) up to 100kg/cm2 (B) 2-4 kgs
(D) more than 100 kg/cm2. (C) 5-7 kgs
Ans:D (D) 10-12 kgs.
40. The overall efficiency of a boiler in a thermal Ans:C
power plant is of the order of 47. For low head and high discharge, the hydraulic
(A)10% turbine used is
(B) 25 to 30% (A) Kaplan turbine
(C) 40 to 50% (B) Francis turbine
(D) 70 to 80%. (C) Pelton wheel
Ans:D (D) Jonual turbine.
41. Chemical composition of coal is given by Ans:A
(A) Proximate analysis 48. Soot is virtually nothing but
(B) Ultimate analysis (A) ash
(C) Orast analysis (B) cinder
(D) All of the above. (C) gas
Ans:B (D) carbon
42. Which coal will have highest ash content ? Ans:D
(A) Bituminous coal
(B) Grade I steam coal
(C) Coking coal
(D) Lignite.
Ans:D
43. Ash content of most of the Indian coals is around
(A) 1%
(B) 5%
(C) 10%
(D) 20%.
Ans:D
44. Ash content of coal can be reduced by
(A) slow burning
(B) washing
(C) pulverizing
(D) mixing with high grade coal.
Ans:B
45. A 100 MW thermal power-plant will consume
nearly how many tonnes of coal in one hour ?
(A) 50 tonnes
(B) 150 tonnes
(C) 1500 tonnes
(D) 15,000 tonnes.
Ans:A
46. The steam consumption per kWh of electricity
generated in a modem power plant is of the order of