DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT

UNIT I- INTRODUCTION TO POWER PLANTS AND BOILERS
PART A (2 MARKS)
1. What is the purpose of surge tank?
2. State the advantage and disadvantage of hydro electric power plant
3. What is the use of load curve?.
4. What is the application of diesel power plant?
5. What is the function of economizer?
6. What are the modern trends in generating steam of high pressure boiler?
7. What are types of fluidized bed boilers?
8. What are all the features of the high
9. What is cooling tower approach?
10. What the advantages of burning
UNIT I- INTRODUCTION TO POWER PLANTS AND BOILERS
PART B (16 MARKS )
1. Explain the construction and working of Steam power plant with a layout. (16)
2. (a)Discuss the relative merits of different out plant coal handling.
(b) Describe the hydraulic ash handling system.
3. (a)Draw a chart showing operations and devices used in coal handling plant. (8)
(b) Describe different types of coal conveyors.
4. Explain the construction and working of any one High pressur
5. Explain the construction and working of any one
6. Draw the layout of MHD open cycle generator and explain its function of components (16)
UNIT II-STEAM POWER PLANT
PART A (2 MARKS)
1. What are methods of used for handling of coal?
2. State the advantages and disadvantages of pulverized coal firing
3. What is the function of cooling tower?
4. What are the requirements of a modern surface condenser
5. What is pulverization?
6. What is the mechanism of pulverized fuel firing system?
7. What are the methods used in ash handling system?
8. What is drift? How is drift eliminated in cooling tower?

UNIT II-STEAM POWER PLANT

KINGS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT - ME1353 POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
YEAR / SEMESTER :III / VI
QUESTION BANK
INTRODUCTION TO POWER PLANTS AND BOILERS
the purpose of surge tank?
State the advantage and disadvantage of hydro electric power plant.
What is the use of load curve?..
What is the application of diesel power plant?
function of economizer?
What are the modern trends in generating steam of high pressure boiler?
What are types of fluidized bed boilers?
What are all the features of the high-pressure boilers?
What is cooling tower approach?
What the advantages of burning coal are in pulverized from?
INTRODUCTION TO POWER PLANTS AND BOILERS
Explain the construction and working of Steam power plant with a layout. (16)
Discuss the relative merits of different out plant coal handling. (8)
(b) Describe the hydraulic ash handling system. (8)
Draw a chart showing operations and devices used in coal handling plant. (8)
(b) Describe different types of coal conveyors. (8)
Explain the construction and working of any one High pressure boiler with a layout. (16)
Explain the construction and working of any one Fluidized bed boiler with a layout. (16)
Draw the layout of MHD open cycle generator and explain its function of components (16)

STEAM POWER PLANT
s of used for handling of coal?
State the advantages and disadvantages of pulverized coal firing
What is the function of cooling tower?
What are the requirements of a modern surface condenser
mechanism of pulverized fuel firing system?
What are the methods used in ash handling system?
What is drift? How is drift eliminated in cooling tower?
STEAM POWER PLANT

Explain the construction and working of Steam power plant with a layout. (16)
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Draw a chart showing operations and devices used in coal handling plant. (8)
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e boiler with a layout. (16)
bed boiler with a layout. (16)
Draw the layout of MHD open cycle generator and explain its function of components (16)
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. (a) Draw a line diagram of ash handling system in steam power plant. (8)
(b) Explain the different coal handling process. (8)
2. (a)Explain the principle involved in preparation of coal and what are methods
of preparation (10)
(b)What are the different types of dust collectors used (06).
3. What are the different types of pulverizing mills? Explain in neat sketch. (16)
4. What are the different types of cooling towers?. Explain with its neat sketch (16)
5. Explain various draught system with neat sketch (16)

UNIT III-NUCLEAR AND HYDEL POWER PLANTS
PART A (2 MARKS)
1. What is the purpose of surge tank in a hydroelectric power plant?
2. What are the three main factors for power output of hydroelectric plant?
3. Give an example for a low head turbine, a medium head turbine and a high head turbine.
4. What are reaction turbines? Give example.
5. Differentiate the impulse and reaction turbine.
6. Define unit speed of turbine.
7. What is the significance of specific speed of hydraulic turbines?
8. What is the function of surge tank in a hydro electric power plant?
9. What is a draft tube? In which type turbine it is mostly used?
10. Write the function of draft tube in turbine outlet?
11. How the nuclear reactors are classified?
12. Give the requirements of chain reaction.
13. What is half life of nuclear fuels?
14. What do you understand by moderation?
15. Explain the function of the moderator.
16. Define the term Breeding.
17. What factors control the selection of a particular type of a reactor?
18. What are the components pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant?
19. What are the components of supercritical water reactor nuclear power plant?
20. List down the nuclear waste disposal methods.

UNIT III-NUCLEAR AND HYDEL POWER PLANTS
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. Explain the construction and working of Nuclear power plant with a layout. (16)
2. (a) What is a chain reaction? How it is controlled. (5)
(b) Describe the fast breeder reactor. (6)
(c) What is function of shield? What are the different types of shields? (5)

3. (a) With neat sketch explain the boiling water reactor power plant. (8)
(b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power plant? (8)
4. (a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of breeder reactor? (5)
(b) What do you mean by fission of nuclear fuel? (5)
(c) Explain briefly about radiation hazards and shielding? (6)
5. (a) What do you understand by thermal shielding? (4)
(b) What are the functions of a reflector? (4)
(c) Explain the working and characteristic features of a homogeneous reactor. (8)

UNIT IV- DIESEL AND GAS POWER PLANTS
PART A (2 MARKS)
1. What are the main units in a gas turbine power plant?
2. How the gas turbine blades are cooled?
3. Mention the various processes of the brayton cycle.
4. Define mean effective pressure as applied to gas power cycles.
5. How it is related to indicated power of an I.C. engine?
6. Draw the p-V and T-s diagram of Brayton cycle.
7. Sketch the schematic arrangement of open cycle gas turbine plant and name the
components.
8. Discuss the effect of inter cooling in a gas turbine plant.
9. What is the principle of operation of simple jet propulsion system?
10. Why is the maximum cycle temperature of gas turbine plant much lower than that of
diesel power plant?
11. List out the inherent advantages of the combined power cycle.

UNIT IV- DIESEL AND GAS POWER PLANTS
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. Explain the construction and working of Gas turbine power plant with a layout. (16)

2. (a) Explain with the help of a block diagram the fuel storage and supply system
of diesel power plant. (8)
(b) Explain with the help of a block diagram the water cooling system of diesel
power plant. (8)

3. (a) Mention the advantages and disadvantages of a diesel power plant over a gas
turbine power plant. (8)
(b) Give a maintenance schedule for Diesel engine power plant. (8)

4. Describe the following systems in brief with respect Diesel Power Plant.
i. Fuel storage and supply system (5)
ii. Exhaust system (5)
iii. Lubrication system (6)

5. (a) Draw a neat layout of a diesel power plant and label all the components. (10)
(b) List the advantages of diesel power plant s over other thermal power plants. (6)

6. (a) Explain the cooling system of a Diesel power plant. (8)
(b) What are the different types of engines used in Diesel power plants. (8)

7. With a neat sketch explain the working of a simple constant pressure gas turbine.
Mention its advantages and disadvantages. (16)

8. (a) With help of a block diagram explain the main components of a open cycle
gas turbine power plant. (8)
(b) Give the classification of gas turbine power plants. (8)

9. (a) Give the advantages and disadvantages of open cycle gas turbine power plant. (8)
(b) A simple open cycle gas turbine plant works between the pressures of 1 bar and 6 bar
and temperatures of 300 K and 1023 K. The calorific value of the fuel used is 42 MJ/kg.
Find :
(i) Airfuel ratio
(ii) Thermal efficiency of the plant if the mechanical and generating efficiencies are
95% and 97% respectively. Assume air flow = 20 kg/s and compression and
expansion are isentropic. (8)


UNIT V - OTHER POWER PLANTS AND ECONOMICS OF POWER PLANTS
PART A (2 MARKS)
1. What is geothermal energy?
2. What are the applications of geothermal energy?
3. What are the different geothermal fluids?
4. What are the forms of geothermal energy stored deeply inside the earth?
5. What are the important criteria while selecting the geothermal energy?
6. What are the different types of geothermal energy deposits?
7. What are the different working fluids in binary cycle geothermal power plants?
8. What are the different types of OTEC?
9. What are the working fluids in closed cycle OTEC?
10. What are the components of Tidal power plants?
UNIT V - OTHER POWER PLANTS AND ECONOMICS OF POWER PLANTS
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. Explain the construction and working of Geo thermal power plant. (16)
2. What are the different types of geothermal energy system? (16)
3. Explain the working principle of OTEC. (16)
4. What are the different types of Tidal power plants? (16)
5. Explain the Solar thermal central receiver system. (16)
6. What are the different types of ocean thermal energy conversion system? (16)
7. Find the cost of generation per kW-hr from the following data: (16)
Capacity of the plant 120MW
Capital cost Rs.1200 per kW installed
Intrest and depreciation 10 on capital
Fuel consumption 1.2kg/kW-hr
Fuel cost Rs.40 tone
Salaries,wages,repairs and maintenance rs.6,00,000 /year
The maximum demand is 80MW and load factor is 40
8.What do you understand by power plant economics? Explain the fixed cost and operating cost of a
power station. (16)