Q. A safety valve usually employed with stationary boilers is

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Q. Loeffler boiler is a water tube boiler using a forced circulation of water.

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Q. La-mont boiler, is a high pressure water tube steam boiler working on forced circulation.

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Q. The function of a connecting rod is not to convert reciprocating motion of the piston into rotary motion.

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Q. Which of the following statement is correct for a compound steam engine ?

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Q. When the speed of the crankshaft is between 100 r.p.m. and 250 r.p.m., the engine said to be a

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Q. The natural draught is produced by

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Q. Willian's line for the steam engine is a straight line relationship between the steam consumption per hour and

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Q. The temperature of condensate is __________ on leaving the condenser than that of circulating water at inlet.

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Q. A draught produced by a chimney due to the difference of densities between the hot gases inside the chimney and cold atmospheric air outside it, is called natural draught.

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Q. Which of the following statement is correct ?

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Q. The fire tubes in a Cochran boiler are

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Q. A double acting steam engine with a cylinder diameter of 190 mm and a stroke of 300 mm has a cut-off of 0.35. The expansion ratio for this engine is nearly

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Q. The aim of a compound steam engine is

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Q. The average operating pressure of Benson boiler is

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Q. The diameter of Cornish boiler varies from

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Q. Cut-off governing of steam engines is a method of controlling the engine output by varying

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Q. In a boiler, feed water supplied per hour is 205 kg while coal fired per hour is 23 kg. The net enthalpy rise per kg of water is 145 kJ. If the calorific valve of the coal is 2050 kJ/kg, then the boiler efficiency will be

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Q. A safety valve mainly used with locomotive and marine boilers is

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Q. Which of the following boiler is best suited to meet the fluctuating demand of steam ?

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