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In case of non-condensing steam engines, the pressure of steam in the cylinder during exhaust stroke is _________ the condenser pressure.
In case of condensing steam engines, the pressure of steam in the cylinder during exhaust stroke is _________ the atmospheric pressure.
High pressure steam is expanded adiabati-cally and reversibly through a well insulated turbine, which produces some shaft work. If the enthalpy change and entropy change across the turbine are represented by ΔH and ΔS respectively for this process:
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 low pressure cylinder.
A steam turbine, in which a part of the steam after partial expansion, is used for process heating and the remaining steam is further expanded for power generation, is known as
In a steam engine, one method of obtaining the earlier cut-off with a simple slide valve is by increasing the angle of advance of the eccentric while the throw of the eccentric, steam lap and exhaust lap are kept constant. This method will
In a steam engine, superheated steam from the boiler is fed into the steam chest at a pressure of
There is a certain pressure ratio (optimum) for a gas turbine at which its thermal efficiency is maximum. With increase in turbine temperature, the value of pressure ratio for the peak efficiency would
The efficiency of a pressure-velocity compounded impulse turbine is __________ as compared to pressure compounded impulse turbine.
The specific speed of a turbine is the speed of an imaginary turbine, identical with the given turbine, which