POWER PLANT ENGINEERING (Common to Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing)) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ---
Describe the various mechanical devices used for coal handling in a steam power plant including its transportation to storage, reclamation and in plant handling. What for each equipment best suited?
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What are the requirements of the burners used for firing pulverized coal? Describe the various types of burners used and their relative merits and demerits?
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Draw a neat line diagram of a diesel power plant showing all the systems? What are the different types of engines used in diesel power plant? Explain?
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What is the basic difference between the thermo-electric and thermoionic conversion systems? Explain the working of thermionic system with neat sketch and explain the effects of those factors which control the power generation capacity?
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How the hydro-electric power plants are classified? What do you understand by pump storage plant? What are the advantages and limitations of this power plant?
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What are the advantages of closed cycle combined with gas cooled reactor over indirect cycle? What do you understand by breeding? What factors control the breeding?
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What is the significance of two part tariff and three part tariff? Explain the advantageous of each over other?
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Explain in detail the performance and operating characteristics of power plants?
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(b) A single phase fully controlled bridge converter is supplied at 230V, 50Hz, ... Explain the operation of single phase A.C. voltage controller with Resistive and.
What is a rocket, what are the various types and applications? 6. How the satellites are put in to the orbit and what are the requirements of the propulsion system ...
7. a) What is creep? Explain the effect of temperature and load on creep curves. b) Explain the various atomic mechanisms involved in deformation at high.
4.a) What are the various types of rolling mills and discuss their relative advantages ... b) Draw the pressure distribution plot along arc of contact and explain its.
(c) How do you decrease the partical pressure of a component in a cracker. 4. Explain with a flow sheet the working of petrochemical complex. 5. (a) Butane is ...
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(a) What are the industrial applications of TIMER CKTS? (b) What are the electronic welding controls used in resistance welding? (c) What are advantages of ...
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