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Mechanical Engineering :: Steam Nozzles and Turbines

  1. The turbine, in which the general direction of the steam flow is parallel to the turbine axis, is called axial flow turbines

  2. A.

    True

    B.

    False


  3. The critical pressure gives the velocity of steam at the throat equal to the velocity of sound.

  4. A.

    Agree

    B.

    Disagree


  5. The reheat factor is the ratio of the

  6. A.

    cumulative heat drop to the isentropic heat drop

    B.

    isentropic heat drop to the heat supplied

    C.

    total useful heat drop to the total isentropic heat drop

    D.

    none of the above


  7. The turbine blades do not change the direction of steam issuing from the nozzle.

  8. A.

    True

    B.

    False


  9. Thermal equilibrium means that the flow of steam is

  10. A.

    isothermal

    B.

    isentropic

    C.

    hyperbolic

    D.

    polytropic