Practice Test: Question Set - 19
1. Gas turbines for power generation are normally used
- (A) To supply base load
requirements
- (B) To supply peak load
requirements
- (C) To enable start
thermal power plant
- (D) In emergency
2. A closed cycle gas turbine works on
- (A) Carnot cycle
- (B) Rankine
cycle
- (C) Ericsson
cycle
- (D) Joule cycle
3. Mechanical efficiency of gas turbines as compared to I.C engines is
- (A) Higher
- (B) Lower
- (C) Same
- (D) None of the above
4. In a single stage, single acting reciprocating air compressor, without clearance volume, the work-done is minimum during
- (A) Isothermal
compression
- (B) Isentropic
compression
- (C) Polytropic
compression
- (D) None
of these
5. The ratio of specific weight/h.p. of gas turbine and I.C engines may be typically of the order of
- (A) 1: 1
- (B) 2: 1
- (C) 4: 1
- (D) 1: 6
6. The ideal efficiency of simple gas turbine cycle depends on
- (A) Pressure ratio
- (B) Maximum cycle temperature
- (C) Minimum cycle temperature
- (D) All of the above
7. The thermal efficiency of a simple gas turbine for a given turbine inlet temperature with increase in pressure ratio
- (A) Increases
- (B) Decreases
- (C) First increases and
then decreases
- (D) First decreases and then increases
8. The pressure of air at the beginning of the compression stroke is ________ the atmospheric pressure.
- (A) Equal to
- (B) Less than
- (C) More than
- (D) None of
these
9. As the turbine inlet temperature increases, the thermal efficiency of gas turbine for the optimum pressure ratio
- (A) Increases
- (B) Decreases
- (C) Remain same
- (D) First increases and then decreases
10. There is a certain pressure ratio (optimum) for a gas turbine at which its thermal efficiency is maximum. With increase in turbine temperature, the value of pressure ratio for the peak efficiency would
- (A) Remain same
- (B) Decrease
- (C) Increase
- (D) None of the above
11. A closed cycle gas turbine gives ________ efficiency as compared to an open cycle gas turbine.
- (A) Same
- (B) Lower
- (C) Higher
- (D) None of
these
12. If infinite number of heaters be used in a gas turbine, then expansion process in turbine approaches
- (A) Isothermal
- (B) Isentropic
- (C) Adiabatic
- (D) Isochoric
13. Pick up the correct statement
- (A) Gas turbine uses low
air-fuel ratio to economise on fuel
- (B) Gas turbine uses high
air-fuel ratio to reduce outgoing temperature
- (C) Gas turbine uses low
air-fuel ratio to develop the high thrust required
- (D) All of the above
14. Inter-cooling in gas turbine results in
- (A) Increase in net
output but decrease in thermal efficiency
- (B) Increase in thermal
efficiency but decrease in net output
- (C) Increase in both
thermal efficiency and net output
- (D) Decrease in both
thermal efficiency and net output
15. If V, U and Vr represent the absolute velocity of fluid, velocity of blade, and relative velocity of fluid, and suffix ‘I’ and ‘o’ stand for entry and exit conditions, then in a rotary machine whose degree of reaction is unity
- (A) Vi = Vo
- (B) Vt > Vo
- (C) U < Vo
- (D) V = Uo
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