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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 Equal to
B Less than
C More than
D None of these
When steam after doing work in the cylinder passes into a condenser, the engine is said to be a
A Slow speed engine
B Vertical steam engine
C Condensing steam engine
D Non-condensing steam engine
The distillation carried out in such a way that the liquid with the lowest boiling point is first evaporated and re-condensed, then the liquid with the next higher boiling point is then evaporated and re-condensed, and so on until all the available liquid fuels are separately recovered in the sequence of their boiling points. Such a process is called
A Cracking
B Fractional distillation
C Full distillation
D Carbonisation
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
A Back pressure turbine
B Pass out turbine
C Low pressure turbine
D Impulse turbine
The process of removing the burnt gases from the engine cylinder by the fresh charge coming into the engine cylinder from the crankcase, is known as
A Cleaning
B Priming
C Scavenging
D Detonation
In a steam engine, superheated steam from the boiler is fed into the steam chest at a pressure of
A 10 atmospheres
B 20 atmospheres
C 30 atmospheres
D 40 atmospheres
The height of a cylinder is four times the radius of the cylinder. If the volume of the cylinder is 256 cm², what is the radius of the cylinder.
A 4 cm
B 8 cm
C 16 cm
D 24 cm
The weight per horse power ratio for gas in Turbine as compared to I.C. engine and steam turbine is
A Same
B Higher
C Lower
D None of these
When the speed of the engine is controlled by means of a valve in a steam pipe, which regulates the pressure of steam entering the engine, then the governing is known as
A Throttle governing
B Cut-off governing
C By-pass governing
D None of these
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:
A ΔH = 0 and ΔS = 0
B ΔH ≠ 0 and ΔS = 0
C ΔH ≠ 0 and ΔS ≠ 0
D ΔH = 0 and ΔS ≠ 0

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