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1. Turbines that are acted on by water, which changes pressure as it moves through the turbine
and gives up it energy. REACTION TURBINE
2. An instrument that determines the heating value of the fuel. CALORIMETER
3. It indicates the relation between total steam per hour and the load. WILLAN’S LINE
4. Is the energy chargeable per unit of work or the rate of energy chargeable per unit or power
HEAT RATE
5. Diesel engine fuels are rated by: CETANE NUMBER
6. An instrument for measuring force or power DYNAMOMETER
7. It is a heat exchanger which utilizes the heat of the flue gasses to preheat the air needed for
combustion. PREHEATER
8. It refers to the graph used to represent the relationship between the demanded load and time
sequence. LOAD CURVE
9. The heat exchanger that raise the temperature of the water leaving and the highest pressure
feedwater heater to the saturation temperature corresponding to the boiler pressure is
ECONOMIZER
10. The ratio of the sum of individual maximum demands of the system to the overall maximum
demand of the whole system DIVERSITY FACTOR
11. It is an inward flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts
FRANCIS TURBINE
12. Fuel oil boiling point ranging from 175 TO 600 ℃
13. Prony brake is used for the testing of torque in SMALL ENGINES
14. Flash point of a liquids is the temperature at which: THE FUEL EMITS VAPORS AT A
RATE WHICH PRODUCES AN INFLAMMABLE MISTURE WITH AIR
15. Represents the enthalpy and entropy diagram: MOLLIER CHART
16. The ratio of the kw-hr generated to the product of the capacity of the plant in kw to the number
of hours the plant has been in actual use LOAD FACTOR | (CAPACITY FACTOR?)
17. A device for determining the water level in the boiler: GAUGE COCK
18. Load curve refers to the plot of LOAD VS TIME
19. An Orsat Apparatus is used for **used to analyse a gas sample (typically fossil fuel flue gas)**
20. Barograph is an instrument used to measure the ____ of air. PRESSURE
21. It is the position of a piston in which it is farthest from the crankshaft TOP DEAD CENTER
22. In pumped storage plant: DOWNSTREAM WATER IS PUMPED UPSTREAM DURING
OFFLOAD PERIODS
23. It is the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and
useful heat. COGENERATION CYCLE
24. A boiler in which the products of combustion passes through the tubes which is surrounded by
water: FIRE TUBE BOILER

25. What is the reserve capacity of a plant? PLANT CAPACITY-MAXIMUM DEMAND

29. The area under the load curve divided by maximum demand represent DIVERSITY FACTOR
30. The ratio of the actual demand to the connected load DEMAND FACTOR
31. The ratio between the actual power and the apparent power I any circuit is known as the ____
of that circuit. POWER FACTOR
32. The locus of states which have the same value of stagnation enthalpy and mass flux are called:
FANNO LINE
33. Combination of mass and momentum equations into a single equation and plotted in an h-s plane
yields a curve called RALEIGH LINE
34. The relationship of the steam consumption and the load of steam-turbine generator
WILLAN’S LINE
35. An inventor proposes to develop electrical power by withdrawing heat from the geyser fields of
northern California and converting it all to work in power turbines. This scheme will not work
because: IT VIOLATES THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
36. State of a fluid where its pressure is higher than the saturation pressure corresponding to its
temperature. SUPERHEATED VAPOUR
37. A liquid boils when its vapor pressure equals AMBIENT PRESSURE
38. Diesel cycle consists of (2)ISENTROPIC, (1)const. VOLUME, (1)const. PRESSURE
39. Otto cycle consist of (2)ISENTROPIC, (2)const. VOLUME
40. Brayton cycle has (2)ISENTROPIC, (2)const. PRESSURE
41. The gas turbine operates on the principle of BRAYTON CYCLE
42. In a gas turbine combined cycle plant, a waste heat recovery boiler is used to
RECOVER HEAT FOM EXHAUST GASES
43. Heat exchanger used to provide heat transfer between the exhaust gases and the air prior to
its entrance to the combustor REGENERATOR
44. A cycle operating on two constant pressure and two constant temperature processes
ERICSSON CYCLE
45. A constant volume combustion gas turbine operates on ATKINSON CYCLE
46. A heat transfer device that reduces a thermodynamic fluid from its vapor phase to its liquid
phase such as in vapor compression refrigeration plant or in a condensing steam power plant
CONDENSER
47. A simultaneous generation of electricity and steam (or heat) in a single power plant
COGENERATION
48. What are the main components in a combined cycle power plant? GAS ENGINE AND
WASTE HEAT BOILER
49. What cycle is used in the vapor cycle of a steam power plant? RANKINE CYCLE
50. The primary purpose of a turbine in a fluid loop is to EXTRACT ENERGY FROM THE
FLOW
51. The fact that a fluid’s velocity increases as the cross-sectional area of the pipe through which
it flows decreases is due to: THE CONTINUITY EQUATION
52. The coefficient of velocity is equal to ACTUAL VELOCITY DIVIDED BY THE
THEORETICAL VELOCITY
53. The coefficient of contraction is he ratio of the AREA OF VENA CONTRACTA TO
THE ORIFICE AREA
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54. In parallel pipe system originating and terminating in common junctions, PRESSURE
DROPS THROUGH EACH BRANCH ARE EQUAL
55. In series pipe systems, all of the following parameters (pressure drop, friction loss, head loss)
vary from section to section except: MASS FLOW
56. A steam cycle wherein the steam produced is used for both power generation and process heating
COGENERATION CYCLE
57. Additional energy transfer to the working substance that can be achieved by either returning
the substance to the boiler or using a separate heat source REHEATING
58. A reheat-regenerative cycle has 3 stages of reheating and 2 stages of feedwater heating in open
heaters. What is the minimum number of pressure lines for this system? 5
59. Amount of energy of a natural gas equal to 29.3 kWh THERM
60. What is the actual air to fuel ratio when C4H10 is completely burned in 10% excess air? 16
61. Which of the following is the heating value of carbon in Btu/Ibm? 14,540
62. A fuel contains 88% carbon, 8% hydrogen, 1% sulfur, and 3 % ash. If this fuel is burned in air,
what is the ideal air-to-fuel ratio? 13
63. A certain fuel requires 3.5 kg of theoretical oxygen for every kilogram burned. What is the
theoretical air-to fuel ratio of this fuel? 15.2
64. If the draft is greater than the atmospheric pressure it is called PLENUM DRAFT
65. Mechanical draft is introduced in a draft system by the use of FANS ND BLOWERS
66. The pressure due to the difference in density between gases inside and outside a vertical duct
is called STACK EFFECT