Q. Depending on whether the back pressure is below or equal to the atmospheric pressure, how many types of turbines do exist?

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Q. The overall steam turbine generator arrangement of a power plant is designated as ________ compound on the basis of shaft orientation.

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Q. A ______ is a duct through which velocity of a fluid increases at the expense of pressure.

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Q. A duct which decreases the velocity of fluid & causes a corresponding increase in pressure is called?

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Q. A regenerative steam cycle renders ____________

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Q. The reheat factor is the ratio of the ____________

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Q. Thermal equilibrium means that the flow of steam is ____________

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Q. The ratio of the work done on the blades to the energy supplied to the blades is called ____________

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Q. A nozzle is said to be a convergent nozzle when?

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Q. Multi-stage steam turbines are of the ___________

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Q. The impulse reaction turbine has its driving force ___________

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Q. In a nozzle, whole frictional loss is assumed to occur between ___________

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Q. The ratio of total useful heat drop to the total isentropic heat drop is called?

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Q. What is the action of steam in a steam turbine?

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Q. The critical pressure gives the velocity of steam at the throat ___________

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Q. The isentropic enthalpy drop in moving blade is two-third of the isentropic enthalpy drop in fixed blades of a turbine. The degree of reaction will be ___________

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Q. The flow through a nozzle is regarded as ___________

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Q. The steam leaves the nozzle at a ____________

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Q. When the back pressure of a nozzle is below the designed value of pressure at exit of nozzle, the nozzle is said to be ____________

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Q. De-Laval turbine is a ____________

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