NATED: INTERNAL CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
TEST 1 VERSION 3
EXAMINER Mrs NP Ngwenya
MODERATOR Mr N Mbhele
TEST NO 1 Version 3
PROGRAMME Engineering Nated
SUBJECT Power Machines
LEVEL N6
DATE 2024
DURATION 1 Hour
TOTAL MARKS 35
NO. OF QUESTIONS 2
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read ALL the questions carefully.
3. Number the answers according to the numbering system used in this question
paper.
4. Round ALL calculations off to THREE decimal places.
5. Keep subsections of questions together.
6. Use the correct symbols and units.
7. Start each new question on a new page.
8. Write neatly and legibly.
ETVET POWER MACHINES N6 TEST 1 V3 2024
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QUESTION 1
A steam plant consist of an economiser ,an evaporator and a superheater
generates 9.5 kg of steam per kg of fuel burned at a pressure of 2MPa
The following data was recorded about the steam plant:
Calorific value of the fuel 31 MJ/kg
Thermal efficiency of the plant 82%
Temperature of the flue gases at the chimney base 200 °C
Air fuel ratio 18:1
Specific heat capacity of the superheated steam 2,6 kJ/kg.K
Temperature of the feed water entering the evaporator 107,1 °C
Temperature of the flue gases leaving the evaporator 465 °C
Temperature of the flue gases leaving the superheater 300 °C
Specific heat capacity of the flue gases 1,05 kJ/kg.K
Temperature of the boiler room 24 °C
Calculate the following quantities by using steam tables only:
1.1 Heat absorbed by the economiser in kj/kg fuel (3)
1.2 Heat absorbed by the superheater in kj/kg fuel (3)
1.3 Heat absorbed by the evaporator in kj/kg fuel (3)
1.4 Dryness fraction of the steam entering the superheater (4)
1.5 Temperature of the superheated steam leaving the supersuperheater (4)
(17)
QUESTION 2
A gas expands in a convergent – divergent nozzle from 500 kPa to 143 kPa.
The initial temperature is 537 °C and the adiabatic efficiency of the nozzle is 92%.
ETVET POWER MACHINES N6 TEST 1 V3 2024
Assume that all losses take place after the throat of the nozzle.
Take gamma = 1, 4 R = 0,288 kJ/kg.K and Cp = 1,008 kJ/kg.K
Calculate the following:
2.1 The pressure and the temperature at the throat of the nozzle. (6)
2.2 The specific volume in m³ per kg of gas, the velocity in m/s and the
area in mm² per kg of gas at the throat of the nozzle. (6)
2.3 The adiabatic and actual temperatures at the exit of the nozzle. (6)
(18)
TOTAL MARKS [35]
ETVET POWER MACHINES N6 TEST 1 V3 2024
