Blue book terms part 3

201-275
 After passing through a convergent-
divergent nozzle the temperature of air will:
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remains the same
D. None of these
 
 After passing through a convergent-
divergent nozzle the density of air will:
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remains the same
D. None of these
 
 After passing through a convergent-
divergent nozzle the mach number of air will:
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remains the same
D. None of these
 
 By increasing the temperature source of
Carnot cycle, which of the following will not
be affected?
A. Efficiency
B. Work
C. Heat added
D. Heat rejected
 
 By decreasing the temperature sink of Carnot
cycle, which of the following will not be
affected?
A. Efficiency
B. Work
C. Heat added
D. Heat rejected
 
 By superheating the refrigerant in vapor
compression cycle with useful cooling, which
of the following will increase? (use per unit
mass analysis)
A. Condenser pressure
B. Evaporator pressure
C. Quality after expansion
D. Heat rejected from condenser
 By superheating the refrigerant in vapor
compression cycle with useful cooling, which
of the following will decrease? (use per unit
mass analysis)
A. Refrigerated effect
B. COP
C. Compressor power
D. Mass flow rate
 
 By superheating the refrigerant in vapor
compression cycle without useful cooling,
which of the following will decrease? (use per
unit mass analysis)
A. Heat rejected
B. COP
C. Compressor power
D. Specific volume at suction
 
 By superheating the refrigerant in vapor
compression cycle without useful cooling,
which of the following will increase? (use per
unit mass analysis)
A. Heat rejected
B. COP
C. Compressor power
D. Specific volume at suction
 
 By superheating the refrigerant in vapor
compression cycle without useful cooling,
which of the following will not be affected?
(use per unit mass analysis)
A. Refrigerated effect
B. COP
C. Compressor power
D. Mass flow rate
 By sub-cooling the refrigerant in vapor
compression cycle at condenser exit, which of
the following will increase? (use per unit mass
analysis)
A. Refrigerated effect
B. Specific volume at suction
C. Compressor power
D. Mass flow rate
 
 By sub-cooling the refrigerant in vapor
compression cycle at condenser exit, which of
the following will decrease? (use per unit
mass analysis)
A. Refrigerated effect
B. Specific volume at suction
C. Compressor power
D. Mass flow rate
 
 By increasing the vaporizing temperature in
vapor compression cycle, which of the
following will increase? (Use per unit mass
analysis)
A. mass flow rate
B. COP
C. specific volume at suction
D. compressor work
 By increasing the vaporizing temperature in
vapor compression cycle, which of the
following will decrease? (Use per unit mass
analysis)
A. Refrigeration effect
B. COP
C. evaporator temperature
D. Temperature difference between evaporator
and compressor
 By increasing the condenser pressure in vapor
compression cycle, which of the following will
increase? (Use per unit mass analysis)
A. moisture content after expansion
B. compressor power
C. heat rejected from condenser
D. mass flow rate
 If the pressure drop in the condenser
Increases in a vapor compression cycle, which
of the following will increase? (Use per unit
mass analysis)
A. mass flow rate
B. compressor power
C. heat rejected in the condenser
D. specific volume of suction
 If the pressure drop in the condenser
increases in a vapor compression cycle, which
of the following will decrease? (Use per unit
mass analysis)
A. Refrigeration effect
B. mass flow rate
C. heat rejected in the condenser
D. compressor power
 If the pressure drop in the condenser
increases in a vapor compression cycle, which
of the following will not be affected? (Use per
unit mass analysis)
A. compressor power
B. mass flow rate
C. heat rejection in the condenser
D. COP
 If the pressure drop in the evaporator
increases in a vapor compression cycle, which
of the following will increase? (Use per unit
mass analysis)
A. Refrigerating effect
B. vaporizing temperature
C. heat rejected in the condenser
D. COP
 If the pressure drop in the evaporator
increases in a vapor compression cycle, which
of the following will decrease? (Use per unit
mass analysis)
A. specific volume at suction
B. compressor power
C. heat rejected in the condenser
D. COP
 By lowering the condenser pressure in
Rankine cycle, which of the following will
decrease? (Use per unit mass analysis)
A. pump work
B. turbine
C. heat rejected
D. cycle efficiency
 By increasing the boiler pressure in Rankine
cycle, which of the following will decrease?
(Use per unit mass analysis)
A. heat rejected
B. pump work
C. cycle efficiency
D. moisture
 By superheating the steam to a higher
temperature in Rankine cycle, which of the
following will decrease? (Use per unit mass
analysis)
A. moisture content at the turbine exhaust
B. turbine work
C. heat added
D. heat rejected
 By superheating the steam to a higher
temperature in Rankine cycle, which of the
following will increase? (Use per unit mass
analysis)
A. moisture content at the turbine exhaust
B. pump work
C. condenser pressure
D. cycle efficiency
Answer:
 By reheating the steam before entering the
second stage in Rankine cycle, which of the
following will decrease?
A. turbine work
B. moisture content after expansion
C. heat added
D. heat rejected
 When Rankine cycle is modified with
regeneration, which of the following will
increase?
A. turbine work
B. heat added
C. heat rejected
D. cycle efficiency
 Is the combination of base load and peaking
load.
A. rated load
B. intermediate load
c. combine load
D. over-all load
 Sum of the maximum demand over the
simultaneous maximum demand.
A. use factor
B. capacity factor
C. demand factor
D. diversity factor
 Regenerative with feed heating cycle with
infinite number of feedwater heaters thus
efficiency is equal to:
A. otto cycle
B. stirling cycle
C. ericson cycle
D. carnot cycle
 A type of turbine used in desalination of sea
water.
A. back pressure turbine
B. passout turbine
C. peaking turbine
D. reaction turbine
 States that when conductor and magnetic
field move relatively to each other, an electric
voltage is induced in the conductor.
A. Maxwell’s law
B. Kirchoff’s law
C. Faraday’s law
D. Newtons law
 Transfers heat directly to electrical energy by
utilizing thermionic emissions.
A. Thermionic motor
B. Thermionic generator
C. Thermionic converter
D. Thermionic cell
 Is the largest group of coal containing 46-
86% of fixed carbon and 20 to 40% volatile
matter.
A. anthracite
B. sub-anthracite
C. Bituminous
D. Sub-bituminous
 When 1 gram of coal is subjected to a
temperature of about 105⁰C for a period of 1
hour, the loss in weight of the sample gives
the:
A. volatile matter
B. ash
C. Fixed carbon
D. moisture content
 When 1 gram of sample of coal is placed in a
crucible and heated 950⁰C and maintain at
that temperature for 7 minutes there is a loss
in weight due to elimination of:
A. volatile matter and moisture
B. ash
C. Fixed carbon
D. moisture content
 Consist of hydrogen and certain hydrogen
carbon compounds which can be removed
from coal by heating.
A. moisture content
B. product of combustion
C. ash
D. volatile matter
 By heating 1 gram of coal in an uncovered
crucible until the coal is completely burned,
the __ will formed.
A. volatile matter and moisture
B. ash
C. Fixed carbon
D. moisture content
 Caking coal are used to produce coke by
heating in a coke oven in the absence of __
with volatile matter driven off.
A. air
B. oil
C. oxygen
D. nitrogen
 Grindability of standard coal is
A. 80
B.90
C. 100
D. 110
 Major constituent of all natural gases is
A. ethane
B. methane
C. propane
D. Cethane
 Two types of fans are:
A. centrifugal and axial
B. reciprocating and axial
C. centrifugal and rotary
D. tangential and rotary
 Enthalpy of substance at specified state due
to chemical composition.
A. enthalpy of reaction
B. enthalpy of combustion
C. enthalpy of formation
D. enthalpy of product
 A type of boiler used for duper critical
pressure operation.
A. La Mont boiler
B. Once through-circulation boiler
C. Force circulation boiler
D. Natural circulation boiler
 Economizer in a water tube boiler is heated
by:
A. electric furnace
B. electric current
C. incoming flue gas
D. outgoing flue gas
 Receives heat partly by convection and partly
by radiation.
A. radiant superheater
B. desuperheater
C. convective superheater
D. pendant superheater
 Regenerative superheater is a storage type of
heat exchangers have an energy storage
medium called.
A. matrix
B. regenerator
C. Boiler
D. Recuperator
 Stirling cycle uses a ____ as working fluids.
A. incompressible gas
B. incompressible fluids
C. compressible refrigerant
D. compressible fluids
 In Striling process, the heat is added during
A. Isobaric process
B. Isentropic process
C. Isothermal process
D. Heat process
 Brayton cycle is known as
A. Carnot cycle
B. Joule cycle
C. Carnot cycle
D. Rankine cycle
 It is applied to propulsion of vehicle because
of certain practical characteristics.
A. Diesel cycle
B. Otto cycle
C. Carnot cycle
D. Brayton cycle
 Heat exchangers typically involve
A. no work interaction
B. no heat interaction
C. no energy interaction
D. none of these
 A device that is used to convert the heat to
work is called
A. Adiabatic
B. Regenerator
C. Heat engines
D. None of these
 The objective of a heat pump is to maintain a
heated space at
A. Low temperature
B. High temperature
C. Medium temperature
D. None of these
 A device that violates the second law of
thermodynamics is called
A. perpetual motion machine of second kind
B. perpetual motion machine of third kind
C. perpetual motion machine of the first kind
D. none of these
 A process is called _____ if no irreversibilities
occur outside the system boundaries during
the process.
A. externally reversible
B. internally reversible
C. reversible
D. none of these
 An energy interaction which is not
accompanied by entropy transfer is
A. energy
B. heat
C. work
D. none of these
 A _____ is used in aircraft engines and some
automotive engine. In this method, a turbine
driven by the exhaust gases is used to provide
power to compressor or blower at the inlet.
A. discharging
B. turbocharging
C. supercharging
D. scavenging
 The only device where the changes in kinetic
energy are significant are the
A. compressor
B. pumps
C. nozzles and diffusers
D. none of these
 The distance between TDC and BDC in which
the piston can travel is the
A. right extreme position
B. displacement stroke
C. stroke of the engine
D. swept stroke
 In compression-engine the combustion of air-
fuel mixture is self-ignited as a result of
compressing the mixture above its
A. self developed temperature
B. mixing temperature
C. self feed temperature
D. self ignition temperature
 The thermal efficiency of an ideal Otto cycle
depends _______ of the working fluid.
A. the pressure ratio of the engine and the specific
ratio
B. the temperature ratio of the engine and the
specific ratio
C. the moles ratio of the engine and the specific
heat ratio
D. the compression ratio of the engine and the
specific heat ratio
 Using monoatomic gas, the thermal
efficiency of Otto cycle
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains constant
D. none of these
 In diesel engine, combustion process during
combustion occurs during
A. isothermal process
B. constant pressure process
C. isentropic process
D. adiabatic
 If the cutoff ratio decreases, the efficiency of
diesel cycle
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains constant
D. none of these
 If Erickson cycle , the regeneration process
occur during ______ process.
A. constant volume
B. constant temperature
C. constant pressure
D. none of these
 In Brayton cycle, the ____ during constant
pressure process.
A. work is added
B. heat is transferred
C. pressure is rejected
D. energy is added
 The two major application areas of gas
turbine engines are
A. driving automotive engine and locomotives
B. heating and generation
C. aircraft propulsion and electric power
generation
D. none of these
 The use of regenerator in is recommended
only when the turbine exhaust temperature is
higher than the compressor.
A. exit temperature
B. inlet temperature
C. mean temperature
D. absolute temperature
 As the number of stages is increased, the
expansion process becomes
A. isentropic
B. isothermal
C. isometric
D. polytropic
 
 Aircraft gas turbines operate at higher
pressure ratio typically between
A. 6 to 8
B. 12 to 24
C. 10 to 18
D. 10 to 25
 
 The first commercial high-pass ratio engines
has a bypass ratio of
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
 The single-stage expansion process of an ideal
brayton cycle without regeneration is replace by
a multistage expansion process with reheating
between the same pressure limits. As a result of
modification, thermal efficiency will:
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain constant
D. none of these
 Which of the following is/are the application
of Brayton cycle
A. Propulsion system
B. Automotive Turbine Engines
C. Aircraft Turbine engines
D. all of these
 It used as working fluid in high-temperature
application of vapor cycle?
A. Helium
B. Deuterium
C. Mercury
D. Water
 The superheat vapor enters the turbine and
expands isentropically and produces work by
the rating shaft. The _________ may drop,
during the process.
A. density
B. Viscosity of fuel
C. Temperature and pressure
D. none of these
 Only________ of the turbine work output is
required to operate the pump
A. 0.01%
B. 0.02%
C. 0.03%
D. 0.04%