BOILER EFFICIENCY QUESTIONS DeeTaf College of Engineering
DeeTaf College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part II
Plant Maintenance and work service – Theory (Thermodynamics)
BOILER EFFICIENCY- (10 QUESTIONS)
Q1
During a boiler trial the following were obtained: feed water 4500kg/h at20°C,
coal 600Kg/boiler pressure 1.2MN/m², steam condition 2.5% wet, calorific value
30MJ/Kg.
Calculate:
a. Boiler efficiency
b. Equivalent evaporation F and A 100C per kg of coal.
c. If an economizer was fitted and feed water heated at 110C by the fuel gases
determine rate of consumption for the same rate of steam production
assuming the boiler efficiency and steam condition remain as before.
Q2.
A boiler receives feedwater at 55°C and delivers 35000kg/h of steam at
2MN/m²at 275°C.The fuel consumption is 3400kg having a calorific value of
35MJ/kg. Calculate:
a. Equivalent evaporation from and at 100°C
b. Efficiency of the boiler
c. Velocity of steam in a 50mm
Q3.1992
A boiler uses 750kg/h of coal of CV 28MJ/Kg and produce 6000kg/h of dry
saturated steam at pressure 1.2MN/m² each kg of fuel burnt produce14.6kg dry
fluid gases at a temperature 420°C.The feed water temp.50°C and the boiler has
air 10°C, take specific heat capacity of fluid 1.005kJ/kg
Calculate
a. Heat lost by dry fluid gas per kg fuel
b. Boiler efficiency
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Q4.
A boiler burns 350kg/h of CV 30MJ/Kg. If 3300kg of dry saturated steam is
produce at a pressure 0.6MN/m² per hour from a feed water of 37°C.
Calculate the boiler efficiency.
Q5 1995
An oil-fired boiler used oil having cv of 43MJ/kg and relative density of 0.85 at a
rate of 123litres per hour. Steam is generated at 10bar with dry fraction 0.97.
Water feed to the boiler is at 25°C and the rate of steam generation is 1600Kg/h.
Calculate boiler efficiency.
Q6. Nov 2013 Repeated May 2017
Mass of steam (Ms.) =31500kg/h
Pressure(P1) =30bar @350°C
Feed water temp = 125°C
Mass of coal =4680kg/h
CV = 21600kJ/kg
Calculate:
a. Boiler efficiency
b. Equivalent evaporation
Q7.
A steam boiler plant includes a superheater and an economizer. Feed-water
enters the economizer at 55C and leaves at 150C.In the boiler the steam is
generated at a temperature of 300C.
Determine the fuel consumption(kg/h) using oil of CV=42MJ/kg, when the boiler
is steaming at the rate of 2500kg/h, with an overall efficiency 78%
Determine the percentage increase of oil consumption.
What is the equivalent evaporation from and at 100°C.?
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Q8.
A boiler burnt a coal at calorific value o 32500kJ/kg and consumed 2800kg/h. The
steam is producing at a pressure of 1.4MN/m², 96% dry from a feed water at
38°C.
Calculate the efficiency of the boiler if the steam is generated at the rate of
30000kg/h.
Q9.
A boiler burns 1350kg/h of CV 30MJ/Kg if 3300kg of dry saturated steam is
produce at a pressure of 0.6MN/m² per hour from a feed water of 35°C.
Calculate the boiler efficiency
Q10.
A boiler working at a pressure of 1.4MN/m² evaporates 8kg of water per kilogram
of coal from feedwater entering at 39C.The steam at the stop valve is 0.95 dry.
Determine the equivalent evaporation, from and at 100°C, in kg steam/kg coal.
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