Steam Boilers and Engines - Mechanical Engineering Questions and Answers

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A compound steam engine in which the high pressure and low pressure cylinders have common piston rod, is called

receiver type compound engine

Tandem type compound engine

Woolf type compound engine

none of these

An economiser is used to increase the temperature of saturated steam without raising its pressure.

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Besides mean effective pressure, the data required to determine the indicated power of an engine include

piston diameter, length of stroke and calorific value of fuel

piston diameter, specific fuel consumption and Calorific value of fuel

piston diameter, length of stroke and speed of rotation

specific fuel consumption, speed of rotation and torque

The function of a governor is to keep the engine speed uniform at all load conditions.

increases

decreases

remains constant

The function of a governor is to keep the engine speed uniform at all load conditions.

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