NPTEL Online Certification Course

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Sub: Steam and Gas Power Systems
Instructor: Prof. Ravi Kumar

ASSIGNMENT #5 ANSWER KEY

1. The correct order in which energy is converted from one form to another, in steam
power plant is
(a) kinetic energy – potential energy – mechanical energy – electrical energy
(b) kinetic energy – potential energy– electrical energy – mechanical energy
(c) potential energy – kinetic energy –mechanical energy – electrical energy
(d) mechanical energy – potential energy – kinetic energy –electrical energy

2. The following are the method for compounding except

(a) velocity compounding
(b) pressure compounding
(c) pressure-velocity compounding
(d) volume compounding

3. In velocity compounding, steam is passed through

(a) fixed nozzle-moving blades-fixed blades-moving blades
(b) fixed nozzle-moving blades-fixed nozzles-moving blades
(c) moving blades-fixed nozzles- fixed blades-moving blades
(d) fixed blades-moving blades-fixed nozzles- moving blades

4. In pressure compounding, steam is passed through

(a) fixed nozzle-moving blades-fixed blades-moving blades
(b) fixed nozzle-moving blades-fixed nozzles-moving blades
(c) moving blades-fixed nozzles- fixed blades-moving blades
(d) fixed blades-moving blades-fixed nozzles- moving blades

5. In pressure velocity compounding

(a) moving blades are used
(b) fixed nozzles are used
(c) fixed blades are used
(d) All of the above are used

6. Which of the following is a steam turbine?

(a) De laval
(b) Kaplan
(c) Francis
(d) Bulb

7. Maximum efficiency in impulse steam turbine is

(a) 2cosα
(b) cos2α
(c) cos(α/2)
(d) cos2α
Where ‘α’ is nozzle angle.
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8. The ratio of the workdone on the blades to the energy supplied to the blades, is called
(a) mechanical efficiency
(b) blade efficiency
(c) diagram efficiency
(d) overall efficiency

9. De-Laval turbine is a
(a) simple impulse turbine
(b) simple reaction turbine
(c) impulse-reaction turbine
(d) none of these

10. A single stage impulse turbine with a diameter of 1.2 m runs at 3000 r.p.m. If the blade
speed ratio is 0.42, then the inlet velocity of steam will be
(a) 188 m/s
(b) 79 m/s
(c) 450 m/s
(d) 900 m/s

11. In an impulse turbine, steam expands

(a) partly in the nozzle and partly in blades
(b) wholly in nozzle
(c) wholly in blades
(d) none of these

Linked questions 12-15

At 15 bar and 300oC

h1= 3038.9 kJ/kg and s1=6.9224 Kj/kg-K (from mollier chart)
At 10 bar
S2g= 6.5828 Kj/kg-K
Also s1 (15 bar and 300oC) = s2s (10 bar)
So, point 2s is lying in superheated region. By extrapolating we get
T2s = 2500C and h2s = 2943.1 kJ/kg
So, inlet velocity is given by:
V1 = 44.72√(ℎ1 − ℎ2 ) × 𝜂 𝑛𝑜𝑧𝑧𝑙𝑒
V1 = 44.72√(3038.9 − 2943.1) × 0.95
V1 =426.63 m/s
𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠20°
= = = 0.4699
𝑣1 2 2
𝑢 = 0.4699 × 426.63
𝑢 = 200.45 𝑚/𝑠

𝑣1 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼1
tanβ1 =
𝑣1 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼1 −𝑢
426.63×𝑠𝑖𝑛20°
tanβ1 =
426.63×𝑐𝑜𝑠20°−200.45

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tanβ1 = 0.729
β1 =36.058o
β2 = 5-36.058o
β2 = 31.058o

𝑉1 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼1
𝑣𝑟1 =
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽1
426.63 × 𝑠𝑖𝑛20°
𝑣𝑟1 =
𝑠𝑖𝑛36.058°

𝑣𝑟1 = 247.94 𝑚/𝑠

𝑣𝑟2 = 𝑘 × 𝑣𝑟1
𝑣𝑟2 = 0.9 × 247.94
𝑣𝑟2 = 223.15 𝑚/𝑠
𝑣𝑓1 = 𝑉1 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼1
𝑣𝑓1 = 145.91 𝑚/𝑠
𝑣𝑓2 = 𝑉𝑟2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽2
𝑣𝑓2 = 115.124 𝑚/𝑠
Axial Thrust =(𝑣𝑓1 − 𝑣𝑓2 ) × 𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚
1350
Axial Thrust =(145.91 − 115.124) × 3600
Axial thrust =11.57 N
Tangential thrust=(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽2 𝑣𝑟2 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽1 𝑣𝑓2 ) × 𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚
Tangential thrust = 147.15 N
Diagram Power = Tangential thrust × blade speed
Diagram Power = 147.15× 200.45
Diagram Power = 29.43 kW
𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟
Diagram efficiency = = 1
𝐼𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 ×𝑚×𝑣1 2
2
29.43×1000
Diagram efficiency = 1 1350 = 86.3%
× ×426.63 2
2 3600

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