Steam and Gas Turbines Practice Test 2

1. Stirling cycle can also be called a closed regenerative cycle.

2. Why is steam turbine governing used?

3. Can we keep on increasing the pressure of the boiler to increase its efficiency?

4. Heat rate can be used to find annual fuel costs.

5. Steam turbine governing can be defined as __________

6. Ericsson cycle is also known as external combustion engine.

7. In non ideal rankine cycle the compression of pump and expansion of turbine is isoentropic.

8. When condenser pressure is lowered efficiency _________

9. Heat rate is used to define the efficiency of steam power plant.

10. What happens to the efficiency when temperature is increased in rankine cycle?