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Which one of the following statements regarding a Rankine cycle is FALSE?

The INCORRECT statement about regeneration in vapor power cycle is that

Which of the following statements regarding a Rankine cycle with reheating are TRUE? (i) increase in average temperature of heat addition (ii) reducti...

In a power plant, water (density $$ = 1000\,\,kg/{m^3}$$ ) is pumped from $$80$$ $$kPa$$ to $$3$$ $$MPa$$. The pump has an isentropic efficiency of $$...

In a Rankine cycle, regeneration results in higher efficiency because

Considering the variation of static pressure and absolute velocity in an impulse stream turbine, across one row of moving blades

The Rateau turbine belongs to the category of

Which of the following is a pressure compounded turbine?

If $$\,\,{V_N}\,\,$$ and $$\alpha $$ are the nozzle exit velocity and nozzle angle in an impulse turbine, the optimum blade velocity is given by

A Curtis stage, Rateau stage and a $$50$$% reaction stage in a steam turbine are examples of

Which among the following is the boiler mounting?

In adiabatic flow with friction, the stagnation temperature along a streamline ____________ (increase / remains constant)

Consider a Rankine cycle with superheat. If the maximum pressure in the cycle is increased without changing the maximum temperature and the minimum pr...

For a given set of operating pressure limits of a Rankine cycle, the highest efficiency occurs for

For a single stage impulse turbine with rotor diameter of $$2$$ $$m$$ and a speed of $$3000$$ $$rpm$$ when the nozzle angle is $${20^0},$$ the optimum...

In a steam power plant based on Rankine cycle, steam is initially expanded in a high-pressure turbine. The steam is then reheated in a reheater and fi...

In the Rankine cycle for a system power plant the turbine entry and exit enthalpies are $$2803$$ $$kJ/kg$$ and $$1800$$ $$kJ/kg$$, respectively. The e...

In a steam power plant operating on an ideal Rankine cycle, super-heated steam enters the turbine at $$3$$ $$MPa$$ and $${350^ \circ }C.$$ The condens...

In a Rankine cycle, the enthalpies at turbine entry and outlet are $$3159$$ $$kJ/kg$$ and $$2187$$ $$kJ/kg$$ respectively. If the specific pump work i...

Steam enters a well insulated turbine and expands isentropically throughout. At an intermediate pressure, $$20$$ percent of the mass is extracted for ...

Steam with specific enthalpy $$\left( h \right)\,\,3214\,\,kJ/kg$$ enters an adiabatic turbine operating at steady state with a flow rate $$10kg/s.$$ ...

Steam at a velocity of $$10$$ $$m/s$$ enters the impulse turbine stage with symmetrical blading having blade angle $${30^ \circ }.$$ The enthalpy drop...

At the inlet of an axial impulse turbine rotor, the blade linear speed is 25 m/s, the magnitude of absolute velocity is 100 m/s and the angle between ...

An ideal reheat Rankine cycle operates between the pressure limits of $$10$$ $$kPa$$ and $$8$$ $$MPa,$$ with reheat being done at $$4$$ $$MPa.$$ The t...

The values of enthalpy of steam at the inlet and outlet of a steam turbine in a Rankine cycle are $$2800$$ $$kJ/kg$$ and $$1800$$ $$kJ/kg$$ respective...

In a steam power plant operating on the Rankine cycle, steam enters the turbine at $$4$$ $$MPa,$$ $${350^ \circ }C$$ and exits at a pressure of $$15$$...

In a steam power plant operating on the Rankine cycle, steam enters the turbine at $$4$$ $$MPa,$$ $${350^ \circ }C$$ and exits at a pressure of $$15$$...

The inlet and the outlet conditions of steam for an adiabatic steam turbine are as indicated in the figure. The notations are as usually followed. ...

The inlet and the outlet conditions of steam for an adiabatic steam turbine are as indicated in the figure. The notations are as usually followed. ...

A thermal power plant operates on a regenerative cycle with a single open feed water heater, as shown in the figure. For the state points shown, the s...

Which combination of the following statements is correct? The incorporation of re-heater in a steam power plant. $$P:$$ always increases the thermal e...

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion $$(a)$$ and the Reason$$(r).$$ Assertion(A): In a power plant working on a Rankine ...

Assertion (A): Condenser is an essential equipment in a steam power plant. Reason(R): For the same mass flow rate and the same pressure rise, a water...

In the velocity diagram shown below, $$u=$$ blade velocity, $$C=$$ absolute fluid velocity and $$W = $$ relative velocity of fluid and the subscripts...

Consider a steam power plant using a reheat cycle as shown. Steam leaves the boiler and enters the turbine at $$4$$ $$MPa,$$ $${350^ \circ }C$$ $$\lef...

Consider a steam power plant using a reheat cycle as shown. Steam leaves the boiler and enters the turbine at $$4$$ $$MPa,$$ $${350^ \circ }C$$ $$\lef...

Match the following ...

The efficiency of superheat Rankine cycle is higher than that of simple Rankine cycle because

For a compressible fluid, sonic velocity is

The isentropic heat drop in the nozzle of an impulse steam turbine with a nozzle efficiency $$0.9,$$ blade velocity ratio $$0.5,$$ and mean blade velo...

Consider an actual regenerative Rankine cycle with one open feed water heater. For each $$kg$$ steam entering the turbine, if $$m$$ $$kg$$ steam with ...

The following data pertain to a single stage impulse steam turbine: Nozzle angle $$=$$ $${20^ \circ };$$ Blade velocity $$= 200$$ $$m/s;$$ Relative s...

Match the following ...

A steam plant has the boiler efficiency of $$92\% $$, turbine efficiency (mechanical) of $$94\% $$, generator efficiency of $$92\% $$ and cycle effici...

The equivalent evaporation $$(kg/hr)$$ of a boiler producing $$2000$$ $$kg/hr$$ of steam with enthalpy content of $$2426$$ $$kJ/kg$$ from feed water a...

A steam turbine operating with less moisture is ____________ (more/less) efficient and ________ (less/more) prone to blade damage.

Boiler rating is usually defined in terms of:

Subsonic and supersonic diffusers have the following geometry:

In stream and other vapor cycles, the process of removing non-condensables is called

Velocity compounded steam turbine known as ___________ (Curtis / Rateau ) turbine uses the principle of converting entire __________ (pressure / veloc...

In a Rankine cycle heat is added

When initially dry and saturated steam flows through a nozzle, the ratio of actual discharge to calculated discharge is

In the Rankine cycle when super-heated steam is used:

A economizer in a steam generator performs the function of

The fundamental objective of employing the condenser in a steam power plant is to (reducce / increase ) the ______________of steam

Stream at $$300$$ $$kPa$$ and $${500^ \circ }C\,\,\left( {h = 3486.0\,\,kJ/kg} \right)$$ enters a steam turbine and exits at atmospheric pressure and ...

A simple impulse turbine expands steam frictionlessly from $$12$$ bar, $${250^0}C$$ with an enthalpy of $$2935$$ $$kJ/kg$$ to an enthalpy of $$2584$$ ...

An adiabatic steam turbine receives dry saturated steam at $$1.0\,\,\,MN/{m^2}$$ and discharges it $$0.1\,\,\,MN/{m^2}.$$ The steam flow rate is $$3$$...

A Rankine cycle operates between pressures of $$80$$ bar and $$0.1$$ bar. The maximum cycle temperature is $${600^ \circ }C.$$ If the steam turbine an...

Dry saturated steam enters a friction-less adiabatic nozzle with negligible velocity at a temperature of $${300^ \circ }C.$$ It is expanded to a press...

In a single stage single row impulse turbine, the steam is entering at a velocity of $$1200$$ $$m/s$$ with a nozzle angle of $${20^ \circ }$$ and leav...

In a steam power plant operating with simple Rankine cycle, the turbine is fed with steam at $$100$$ bar and $$673$$ $$K.$$ Determine the actual entha...

In a single heater regenerative cycle, steam enters the turbine at $$30$$ bar, $${300^0}C$$ and condenser pressure is $$0.096$$ bar. The feed water he...

A power station produces $$500$$ $$MW$$ of power. Assuming a plant thermal efficiency of $$33.3$$ percent, calculate the rate of cooling water flow re...

The layout of a steam power plant working on the Rankine Cycle with single stage regeneration is shown in figure. Assuming the exit stream from the re...