Department of Mechanical Engineering

B. Tech. VI Semester
Subject – Steam Engineering
Unit test-1 (SetT-B)
Name of student- Correct Questions-
Roll No.- Incorrect Questions-
Time: 30 Min. Max Marks: 20 Total marks-

Instruction: Each right answer fetches1 marks, and for each wrong answer ¼ mark will be deducted

1. Which of the following contributes to the
improvement of efficiency of Rankine cycle in a thermal
power plant ?
(a) Reheating of steam at intermediate stage
(b) Regeneration use of steam for heating boiler
feed water
(c) Use of high pressures
(d) All of the above.
2. In binary vapor cycle
(a) steam at 2 different pressures is used
(b) steam is expanded in 2 turbines
(c) two fluids are used
(d) vapor and liquid are used as working substances.
3. In a thermal power plant cooling towers are used to
(a) condense low pressure steam
(b) cool condensed steam
(c) cool water used in condenser for condensing steam
(d) cool feed water of boiler.
4. Which ideal process is carried out at the turbine in
vapour power cycle?
(a) reversible adiabatic compression
(b) reversible adiabatic expansion
(c) reversible constant pressure heat addition
(d) reversible constant pressure heat rejection
(b) the rate of heat input in kJ required to produce unit
turbine work (1 kW)
(c) the rate of heat input in kJ required to produce unit
net shaft work (1 kW)
(d) none of the above
7. How can we differentiate Rankine cycle from Carnot
cycle?
(a) Heat addition process of Rankine cycle is reversible
isothermal whereas heat addition process of Carnot cycle
is reversible isobaric
(b) Heat addition process of Rankine cycle is reversible
isobaric whereas heat addition process of Carnot cycle is
reversible isothermal
(c) Heat addition process of Rankine cycle is reversible
isentropic whereas heat addition process of Carnot cycle
is reversible isothermal
(d) both cycles are identical except the working fluid
used
8. If T m be the mean temperature of heat addition in
Rankine cycle as shown in diagram,
what will the formula for efficiency of Rankine cycle?

5. In the following T-s diagram of Rankine cycle, What

is the formula for efficiency of Rankine cycle?

(a) ηRankine = ( T3 / Tm)

(b) η Rankine = 1 – (T3 / Tm)
(c) ηRankine = 1 – (T2 / Tm)
(d) ηRankine = (T2 / Tm)
(a) ηRankine = ((h2 – h3) + (h 1 – h 4)) / (h2 – h1)
(b) ηRankine = ((h2 – h3) – (h1 – h 4)) / (h 2 – h1) 9. What is the purpose of reheat cycle?
(c) ηRankine = (h 2 – h 3) / (h 2 – h 1) (a) to limit the pump work
(d) none of the above (b) to decrease heat input in the Rankine cycle
(c) to limit the quality of steam to 0.85 at the turbine
6. What is heat rate in steam power plant? exhaust
(a) the rate of heat input in kJ per heat input in kW (d) none of the above
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10. The below diagram is the T-s diagram of the Rankine 15. What is the critical pressure of steam?
cycle with reheat. (a) 221.2 bar (b) 220 bar
(c) 120 bar (d) 300 bar

16. In a shell and tube surface condenser

(a) Steam and cooling water mix to give the condensate
(b) Cooling water passes through the tubes and steam
surrounds them
(c) Steam passes through the cooling tubes and Cooling
Which process represents the reheat? water surrounds them
(a) process 1 – 2 (d) All of the above varying with situation
(b) process 2 – 2 ′
(c) process 2 ′ – 2 ″ 17. A simple Rankine cycle produces 40 MW of power,
(d) process 2 – 3 ′ 50 MW of process heat and rejects 60 MW of heat to the
surroundings. What is the utilization factor of this co
11. How are the effect of reheat and effect of generation cycle neglecting the pump work?
regeneration on the efficiency of steam power plant (a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80
compared?
(a) effect of reheat is greater that the effect of 18. What is the efficiency of an ideal regenerative
regeneration on plant efficiency Rankine cycle power plant using saturated steam at
(b) effect of regeneration is greater that the effect of 3270C and pressure is 135 bar at inlet to the turbine, and
reheat on plant efficiency condensing temperature of 27 0C (corresponding
(c) both the reheat and regeneration have same effect on
saturation pressure of 3.6 kPa)?
efficiency of steam power plant
(d) cannot say (a) 92% (b) 50%
(c) 33% (d) 42%
12. The feedwater heater in which the extracted steam
and feedwater have thermal contact for exchanging heat 19. What is the unit of Steam rate?
but the extracted steam is not allowed to mix with the (a) kg/kW (b) kW/kg (c) kJ (d) kg
feedwater is called as
(a) open type feedwater heater 20. What is the effect of reheat on steam quality?
(b) contact type feedwater heater (a) increases
(c) closed type feedwater heater (b) decreases
(d) none of the above
(c) does not change
13. For maximum efficiency of vapour power cycle, (d) depends on several parameters
what should be the critical temperature of working fluid?
(a) the working fluid should have critical temperature as
low as possible
(b) the working fluid should have critical temperature as
high as possible Qu
(c) the critical temperature does not affect the efficiency 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
e.
of the vapour power cycle An
(d) none of the above s.
Qu
14. What should be the dryness fraction at the time of 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
e.
exhaust? An
(a) 0.88 (b) 0.80 s.
(c) 0.90 (d) 0.75