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    NPTEL Online Certification Course

    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee


    Sub: Steam and Gas Power Systems
    Instructor: Prof. Ravi Kumar

    ASSIGNMENT #1
    Marks (15x2 = 30)

    1. Rankine cycle operating on low pressure limit of p 1 and high pressure limit of p2
    (a) has higher thermal efficiency than the Carnot cycle operating between same
    pressure limits
    (b) has lower thermal efficiency than Carnot cycle operating between same pressure
    limits
    (c) has same thermal efficiency as Carnot cycle operating between same pressure limits
    (d) may be more or less depending upon the magnitudes of p 1 and p2

    2. In Rankine cycle heat is added at


    (a) constant temperature
    (b) constant entropy
    (c) constant volume
    (d) constant pressure

    Linked question 3-6


    Dry and saturated steam at pressure 11 bar is supplied to a turbine and expanded
    isentropically to pressure 0.07 bar. Vf at 7 kPa is 0.001 kg/m3
    P, kPa Temp, oC hf hfg, kJ/kg hg kJ/kg sf, kJ/kg-K sfg, kJ/kg-K sg, kJ/kg-K
    7 39 163.35 2408.35 2571.7 0.55903 7.71547 8.2745
    1100 184.06 781.03 1999.57 2780.6 2.1785 4.3735 6.552

    3. Heat supplied, kJ/kg


    (a) 2620.2
    (b) 2616.2
    (c) 2622.2
    (d) 2624.2

    4. Thermal efficiency of this cycle is


    (a) 28.5 %
    (b) 27.5 %
    (c) 29.5 %
    (d) 30.5 %

    5. Change in entropy in condenser, kJ/kg-K


    (a) 5.773
    (b) 5.883
    (c) 5.993
    (d) 6.103

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    6. Quality of steam after expansion in turbine .
    (a) 0.9267
    (b) 0.8267
    (c) 0.8767
    (d) 0.7767

    7. Considering the below T-s diagram of the Rankine cycle with reheat, which condition can
    improve the efficiency of the cycle slightly?

    (a) the mean temperature of heat addition in process (1 – 2) should be higher than the
    mean temperature of heat addition in process (2 ′ – 2 ″)
    (b) the mean temperature of heat addition in process (2 ′ – 2 ″) should be higher than
    the mean temperature of heat addition in process (1 – 2)
    (c) the mean temperature of heat addition in process (2 ′ – 2 ″) should be equal to the
    mean temperature of heat addition in process (1 – 2)
    (d) none of the above

    8. Rankine cycle efficiency of a good Steam Power Plant may be in the range of?
    (a) 35 to 45%
    (b) 15 to 20%
    (c) 70 to 80%
    (d) 90 to 95%

    9. A simple Rankine cycle produces 40 MW of power, 50 MW of process heat and rejects


    60 MW of heat to the surroundings. What is the utilization factor of this co-generation
    cycle neglecting the pump work?
    (a) 0.5
    (b) 0.7
    (c) 0.6
    (d) 0.8

    10. Which of the following contributes to the improvement of efficiency of Rankine cycle in
    a thermal power plant?
    (a) Reheating of steam at intermediate stage
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    (b) Regeneration use of steam for heating boiler feed water
    (c) Use of high pressures
    (d) All of the above.

    11. Thermal efficiency of Rankine cycle can definitely be improved by


    (a) Superheating or Regeneration
    (b) Reheating or regeneration
    (c) reheating or superheating
    (d) None of the above

    12. Rankine efficiency of a steam power plant


    (a) improves in summer as compared to that in winter
    (b) is unaffected by climatic conditions
    (c) improves in winter as compared to that in summer
    (d) none of the above

    13. specific steam consumption of Rankine cycle can be reduced by


    (a) Steam reheating
    (b) Steam superheating
    (c) Steam regeneration
    (d) None of the above

    14. Regenerative heating i.e., bleeding steam to reheat feed water to boiler
    (a) decreases thermal efficiency of the cycle
    (b) does not affect thermal efficiency of the cycle
    (c) increases thermal efficiency of the cycle
    (d) may increase or decrease thermal efficiency of the cycle depending upon the point
    of extraction of steam

    15. Thermal efficiency of Binary vapour cycle is


    (a) higher than Rankine steam cycle
    (b) lower than Rankine steam cycle
    (c) same as Rankine steam cycle
    (d) none of the above

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