Assignment

Turbomachinery
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2K19/THE/01
1. Which principle is used in Hydraulic turbines?
a. Faraday law
b. Newton’s second law
c. Charles law
d. Braggs law
Answer: b
2. The overall efficiency of a reaction turbine is the ratio of
a. Actual work available at the turbine to the energy imparted to the wheel
b. Work done on the wheel to the energy actually supplied to the turbine
c. Power produced by the turbine to the energy actually supplied to the turbine
d. None of these
Answer: a
3. In an axial flow compressor, the pressure rise occurs in
a. fixed blades only
b. Moving blades only
c. Both fixed and moving blades
d. none of the above
Answer: c
4. An axial flow compressor is suitable for
a. high volume flow rates with a small pressure rise
b. high volume flow rates with high pressure rise
c. low volume flow rates with low pressure rise
d. low volume flow rates with high pressure rise
Answer: a
5. The blade passages in a compressor are ________
a. converging
b. diverging
c. constant
d. unpredictable
answer: b
6. ___________ can be defined as the ratio of the pressure rise in rotor blades to the pressure
rise in stages in an axial flow compressor.
a. Degree of pressure
b. Degree of reaction
c. Pressure ratio
d. Reaction ratio
answer: b
7. The blade speed ratio of impulse turbine is given as ___________
a. (Blade velocity) / (Steam velocity at inlet)
b. (Blade velocity) / (Steam velocity at exit)
c. (Steam velocity at inlet) / (Blade velocity)
d. (Steam velocity at exit) / (Blade velocity)
answer: a
8. The pressure of water is atmospheric and remains constant while passing over the runner in
_________
a. Impulse turbine
b. Reaction turbine
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
answer: a
9. In reaction turbine work is done_______________.
a. totally due to change in kinetic energy of jet
b. totally due to change in pressure head
c. mostly due to change in pressure head and small amount of work is due to change in
kinetic energy
d. mostly due to change in kinetic energy and small amount of work is due to change in
pressure head
answer: c
10. In which turbine the pressure energy of water is first converted into kinetic energy by means
of nozzle kept close to the runner?
a. Impulse turbine
b. Reaction turbine
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
answer: a
11. Which of the following is a pressure compounded turbine?
a. Parson's turbine
b. Curtis turbine
c. Rateau turbine
d. All of the above
Answer: c
12. In a velocity compounded steam turbine, as steam moves along moving and guide blades
a. pressure is low and velocity gradually decreases
b. pressure gradually increases and velocity is low
c. both pressure and velocity gradually decrease
d. Both pressure and velocity gradually increase.
Answer: a
13. In an axial flow compressor, the pressure rise occurs in
a. fixed blades only
b. Moving blades only
c. Both fixed and moving blades
d. none of the above
Answer: c
14. in a reaction turbine fixed nozzle is replaced by __________
a. guide blades
b. fixed blades
c. moving vanes
d. none of the mentioned
answer: b
15. A curtis stage, rateau stage and a 50% reaction stage in a steam turbine are examples of
a. Different types of impulse stages
b. Different types of reaction stages
c. A simple impulse stage, a velocity compounded impulse stage and reaction stage
d. A velocity compounded impulse stage, a pressure compounded impulse stage and a
reaction stage
Answer: d
16. Considering the variation of static pressure and absolute velocity in an impulse steam turbine,
across one row of moving blades
a. Both pressure and velocity decrease
b. Pressure decreases but velocity increases
c. Pressure remains constant, while velocity increases
d. Pressure remains constant, while velocity decreases
Answer: d
17. The blade efficiency is
a. Ratio of Rotor blade work to the energy supplied to the rotor blades
b. Ratio of energy supplied to the rotor blades to the rotor blade work
c. Product of energy supplied to the rotor blades to the rotor blade work
d. Product of Rotor blade work to the energy supplied to the rotor blades
Answer: a
18. Degree of reaction of a turbine stage can be defined as
a. Ratio of isentropic change in enthalpy in the rotor to the of isentropic change in
enthalpy in the stage
b. Product of isentropic change in enthalpy in the rotor to the of isentropic change in
enthalpy in the stage
c. Ratio of isentropic change in enthalpy in the stage to the isentropic change in
enthalpy in the rotor
d. Product of isentropic change in enthalpy in the stage to the isentropic change in
enthalpy in the rotor
Answer: a
19. The total-to-total efficiency of the stage is defined by
a. Ratio of ideal stage work between total conditions at entry and exit to the actual stage
work
b. Product of ideal stage work between total conditions at entry and exit to the actual
stage work
c. Ratio of actual stage work to the of ideal stage work between total conditions at entry
and exit
d. Product of actual stage work to the of ideal stage work between total conditions at
entry and exit
Answer: c
20. An axial flow compressor has
a. larger blades at gas entry and smaller blades at exit
b. smaller blades at gas entry and larger blades at exit
c. identical blades at exit as well as entry
d. size of blades remains same only angles changes
Answer: a
21. For efficient operation of axial flow compressor the blades are made
a. straight
b. slightly curved
c. aerofoil section
d. forward curved
Answer: c
22. In an impulse turbine.......
a. The steam is expanded in nozzles only and there is a pressure drop and heat drop
b. The steam is expanded both in fixed and moving blades continuously
c. The steam is expanded in moving blades only
d. The pressure and temperature of steam remains constant
Answer: a
23. The stage efficiency (ηs) is given by (where ηb=blading efficiency and ηn =nozzle
efficiency) ........
a. ηb /ηn
b. ηn /ηb
c. ηb* ηn
d. none of these
Answer: c
24. What is the ratio of isentropic work to Euler work in an centrifugal compressor called?
a. Work coefficient
b. Velocity coefficient
c. Pressure coefficient
d. Flow coefficient
answer: c

25. The ratio of actual whirl velocity to the ideal whirl velocity in the centrifugal compressor is
called as _________.
a. velocity factor
b. slip factor
c. work factor
d. none of the above
answer: b
26. A diffuser is used to
a. increase velocity and decrease pressure
b. increase velocity as well as pressure
c. decrease velocity and increase pressure
d. decrease velocity as well as pressure
Answer: c
27. Exit velocity of the gas in the centrifugal compressor is equal to __________
a. speed of sound
b. double the speed of sound
c. half the speed of sound
d. none of the above
answer: a
28. Vaneless diffusers are suitable for ___________.
a. only low pressure rise
b. only high pressure rise
c. both low as well as high pressure rise
d. None of the above
Answer: a
29. In a centrifugal compressor, an increase in speed at a given pressure ratio causes
a. Increase inflow and increase in efficiency
b. Increase inflow and decrease in efficiency
c. Decrease inflow and increase in efficiency
d. Decrease in flow and decrease in efficiency
Answer: a
30. Given:
VW2 = velocity of whirl at outlet
u2 = peripheral velocity of the blade tips. Then 1-VW2/2u2 will be
a. Specific work
b. Degree of reaction
c. Isentropic work
d. None of these
Answer: b
31. Assertion (A) : in centrifugal compressors, sometimes guide vanes are provided at inlet.
Reason (R) : the guide vanes provide prewhirl which helps in restricting mach number at
inlet to an acceptable value, below supersonic.
a. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but R is not correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false bur R is true
Answer: a
32.  ________ are used as stationary compressors in steam turbines.
a. moving vanes
b. Guide vanes
c. moving & Guide vanes
d. None of the mentioned
Answer: b
33. The mass flow rate of air compressed in axial flow compressor is _____________centrifugal
compressor.
a. lower than
b. higher than
c. same as
d. unpredictable
answer: b
34. Vaneless diffusers are suitable for ___________.
a. only low pressure rise
b. only high pressure rise
c. both low as well as high pressure rise
d. none of these
answer: a
35. When aerofoil shape moves through fluid it produces _____
a) Thrust force
b) Drag force
c) Aerodynamic force
d) None of the above
answer: c
36. The lift to the aerofoil is mainly the result of ____
a) angle of attack
b) shape
c) angle of attack & shape
d) none of the above
answer: c

37. Cambered airfoil generates lift at _________ angle of attack.

a) high
b) low
c) zero
d) none of the above
answer: c
38. For an airfoil fluid velocity will be ______ on upper surface when compared to lower
surface.
a) higher
b) lower
c) equal
d) none of the above
answer: a
39. Cascades __________ the efficiency.
a) decreases
b) increases
c) does not effect
d) none of the above
answer: b
40. Due to formation of boundary layers on blades friction losses ______
a) remains the same
b) decreases
c) increases
d) none of the above
answer: c
41. What is the general energy equation for transfer of energy between the fluid and machine?
Where,
Vw1 = Tangential component of the velocity of fluid at the entry of the rotor
Vw2 = Tangential component of the velocity of fluid at the exit of the rotor
u1 = Peripheral velocity of fluid at the entry of the rotor
u2 = Peripheral velocity of fluid at the exit of the rotor
ṁ = Flow rate of fluid

a. E = ṁ (Vw1 – Vw2) x (u1 – u2)

b. E = ṁ (Vw1 – Vw2) / (u1 – u2)
c. E = ṁ (Vw1 u1 – Vw2 u2)
d. E = ṁ (Vw1 u1 – Vw2 u2)2
answer: c
42. The nozzle efficiency can be defined as the ratio of
a. isentropic enthalpy drop to actual enthalpy drop
b. actual enthalpy drop to isentropic enthalpy drop
c. isothermal enthalpy drop to isentropic enthalpy drop
d. isentropic enthalpy drop to isothermal enthalpy drop
answer: b
43. Turbine performance is ____________ proportional to isentropic efficiency.
a) directly
b) inversely
c) not proportional
d) none of the above
answer: a
44. Availability of a system at any given state is
a. A property of the system
b. The maximum work obtainable as the system goes to dead state
c. The total energy of the system
d. The maximum useful work obtainable as the system goes to dead state
Answer: d
45. The efficiency of a turbine is defined as
a. ratio of the actual work to the ideal work
b. ratio of the ideal work to the actual work
c. product of actual work to the ideal work
d. product of ideal work to the actual work
answer: a
46. It is impossible to produce a heat engine, whose sole effect is to absorb energy in the form of
heat from a heat source and produce an equal amount of work. This statement is
a. Kelvin-Planck statement
b. Clausius statement
c. Third law of thermodynamics
d. none of the above
 answer: a
47. A turbine stage is made up of a ring of fixed nozzle blades followed by the ring.
a. Diffuser blade
b. Rotor blade
c. Inlet guide vanes
d. None of the above
Answer: b
48. The diffuser efficiency is defined by
a. Ratio of static pressure rise in the actual process to the static pressure rise in the
isentropic process
b. Product of static pressure rise in the actual process to the static pressure rise in the
isentropic process
c. Ratio of static pressure rise in the isentropic process to the static pressure rise in the
actual process
d. Product of static pressure rise in the isentropic process to the static pressure rise in the
actual process
Answer: a

49. The actual work at the turbine shaft can be determined by

a. difference in actual stagnation enthalpies at the entry and exit.
b. Multiplication of in actual stagnation enthalpies at the entry and exit.
c. Addition of actual stagnation enthalpies at the entry and exit.
d. None of the above
Answer: a
50. The ratio of actual velocity to the local velocity of sound is called
A. Velocity ratio
B. Velocity factor
C. Speed ratio
D. Mach number
Answer: d