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For the same diameter and thickness of tube, a water tube boiler has ________ heating surface as compared to fire tube boiler.
A More
B Less
C Equal
D None of these
For the same diameter and thickness of tube, a water tube boiler compared to a fire tube boiler has
A More heating surface
B Less heating surface
C Equal heating surface
D Heating surface depends on other parameters
Steam in water tube boiler as compared to fire tube boiler
A Can be raised rapidly
B Is raised at slower rate
C Is raised at same rate
D Could be raised at fast/slow rate depending on design
The size of a boiler drum in pulverized fuel fired boiler, as its size and capacity, (steam pressure and flow ratings) increase
A Increases
B Decreases
C Remains unchanged
D Increases/decreases depending on steam temperature requirements
In most of the shell and tube heat exchangers, the tube pitch is generally __________ the tube diameter.
A Less than
B 1.25-1.50 times
C 2.5 times
D One-fourth of
Minimum tube pitch recommended for shell and tube heat exchangers is about __________ times the outside diameter of the tube.
A 1.25
B 1.75
C 2.5
D 3.5
A _________ in a boiler is used to put off fire in the furnace of the boiler when the level of water in the boiler falls to an unsafe limit.
A Blow off cock
B Fusible plug
C Stop valve
D Safety valve
In a shell and tube heat exchanger having square pitch, the shell side equivalent diameter is given by (where, P = pitch, d = outside diameter of the tube)
A $$\frac{{4\left( {{{\text{p}}^2} - \pi {{\text{d}}^2}/4} \right)}}{{\pi {\text{d}}}}$$
B $$\frac{{{{\text{p}}^2} - \pi {{\text{d}}^2}/4}}{{\pi {\text{d}}}}$$
C $$\frac{{4{{\text{p}}^2}}}{{\pi {\text{d}}}}$$
D $$\frac{{\pi {\text{d}}}}{{4{{\text{p}}^2}}}$$
Capillary rise of mercury in a small diameter tube is proportional to (where, d = diameter of the tube, σ = surface tension of mercury)
A d
B $$\frac{1}{{\text{d}}}$$
C $$\sigma $$
D $$\frac{l}{\sigma }$$
In a glass tube type water indicator for a boiler, one end of the tube is connected to water space and the other end is connected to
A Water space also
B Chimney
C Steam space
D Superheater

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