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Department : EEE
Branch & Semester : BE& VIII
Subject Code & Title :11E019& POWER PLANT INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL
Faculty Name
: G.E.Kanyakumari, S Manivannan
PART A

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Unit IV
Question

Super heated steam is always

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Thinking
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A) at a temperature higher than the saturation temperature corresponding to a steam pressure
B) at a pressure more than the boiler steam pressure
C) separated from water particles before being supplied to turbine
D) at a pressure less than the maximum cycle pressure.
The equipment installed in power plants to reduce air pollution due to smoke is
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A) Induced draft fans
B) De-super heaters
C) Electrostatic precipitators
D) Re-heaters.
Permissible pH value of water for boilers is
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A) 1
B) 7
C) slightly more than 7
D) 10
A condenser in a thermal power plant condenses steam combing out of
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A) Boiler
B) Super-heater
C) Economizer
D) Turbine.
Which of the following, is not a high pressure boiler ?
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A) Loeffler boiler
B)
Lancashire boiler
C)
Velox boiler
D)
Lamont boiler.

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What is the maximum size of steam turbine usually being installed, for thermal
power plants ?
A)
120 MW
B)
250 MW
C)
500 MW
D)
1000 MW.
Overall thermal efficiency of a steam power station is in the range
A)
18-24%
B)
30-40%
C)
44-62%
D)
68-79%.
Which of the following is not the voltage at which power is usually transmitted?
A)
132 kV
B)
66 kV
C)
33 kV
D)
20 kV.
Most of the generators in thermal power plants run at
A)
3000 rpm
B)
1500 rpm
C)
1000 rpm
D)
750 rpm
In regenerative cycle, bled steam is
A)
discharged to atmosphere
B)
condensed in steam condenser
C)
used to beat feed water for boiler
D)
is mixed with steam supplied to turbine.
In power station practice "spinning reserve" is
A)
reserve generating capacity that is in operation but not in service
B)
reserve generating capacity that is connected to bus and ready to take the
load
C)
reserve generating capacity that is available for service but not in operation
D)
capacity of the part of the plant that remains under maintenance.
Bagasse is
A)
low quality coal
B)
a fuel consisting of wood
C)
fibrous portion of sugarcane left after extracting the juice
D)
a kind of rice straw.
In a steam locomotive the engine is
A)
Single cylinder
B)
Vertical
C)
Condensing
D)
Non-condensing.

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The boilers using lignite as fuel do not use

A)
under feed stoker
B)
traveling grate stoker
C)
spreader stoker
D)
Non-spreader stoker
In a steam turbine cycle, the lowest pressure occurs in
A)
turbine inlet
B)
boiler
C)
condenser
D)
super heater.
Steam pressure in modem thermal plants of 100 MW and above capacity may be
exacted to be
A)
10 kg/cm2
B)
50 kg/cm2
C)
up to 100kg/cm2
D)
more than 100 kg/cm2.
The overall efficiency of a boiler in a thermal power plant is of the order of
A)
10%
B)
25 to 30%
C)
40 to 50%
D)
70 to 80%.
Which coal will have highest ash content ?
A)
Bituminous coal
B)
Grade I steam coal
C)
Coking coal
D)
Lignite.
Ash content of coal can be reduced by
A)
slow burning
B)
washing
C)
pulverizing
D)
mixing with high grade coal.
A 100 MW thermal power-plant will consume nearly how many tonnes of coal in
one hour ?
A)
50 tonnes
B)
150 tonnes
C)
1500 tonnes
D)
15,000 tonnes.
An impulse turbine
A)
always operates submerged
B)
makes use of a draft tube
C)
is most suited for low head installations
D)
operates by initial complete conversion to kinetic energy.

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In an impulse turbine
A)
water must be admitted over the whole circumference of the wheel
B)
it is net possible to regulate the flow without loss
C)
wheel must run full and be-kept entirely submerged in water below the tail
race
D)
the pressure in the driving fluid as it moves over the vane, is atmospheric.
In binary vapor cycle
A)
steam at 2 different pressures is used
B)
two fluids are used
C)
steam is expanded in 2 turbines
D)
vapor and liquid are used as working substances.
In a thermal power plant cooling towers are used to
A)
condense low pressure steam
B)
cool condensed steam
C)
cool water used in condenser for condensing steam
D)
cool feed water of boiler.
Major constituent of methane gas is
A)
CO
B)
methane
C)
oxygen
D)
hydrogen.
PART B

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Define air-fuel ratio.

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What is artificial draft?

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What is natural draft?

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What is draft (or draught)?

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What is forced draft?

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What is induced draft?

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Which is the predominant factor in setting of automatic controllers for optimum

efficiency?
What factors affect the combustion efficiency of boilers?

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What do you mean by Interlocks? Where are interlocks employed in boiler operation?
Why?

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What are the methods of measurement of combustion air flow?

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What is boiler blowdown?

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What is the relation between excess air and stoichiometric air?

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What is excess air?

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What is stoichiometeric condition of combustion in fuel?

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Define Stoichiometric ratio.

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What are the two basic types deaerator

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What is deaerator?

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What is the function of deaerator?

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What is the appliction of de-superheaters in power plants?

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State the role of attemperators

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PART C

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Thinking
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(Blooms
Taxonomy)
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Explain in detail about any three types Combustion control

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Explain in detail about the Interlocks in Boiler operation.

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Explain in detail about the DCS in power plant.

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Explain briefly about superhearer control and attemperator.

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Explain about the Main steam and reheat temperature control

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Explain in detail about furnce draft control

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Explain in detail about the Drum level control

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Explain in detail about any three Air / Fuel ratio control.

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9.

Describe in detail about interlocks in boiler.

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10.

Describe fire side control mechanism of steam temperature control in detail?

11.

Explain the instrumentation diagram using feedback controller for boilers?

12.

Describe various methods of controlling reheated steam temperature.

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Explain briefly how the level is measured in drum level controller?

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Describe distributed control systems in power plants.

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15.

Write about control loop interactions

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16.

Explain single element and two element drum level control.

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17.

Describe three element feed water control system

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Discuss various combustion control systems used in power plants

19.

Explain about steam purity measurement and basic steaming process

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20.

Explain the various methods about measurement of nitrogen oxides