Gas cooling as compared to water cooling of nuclear reactors (A) Cannot attain a high temperature (B) Is more efficient as gas has a higher specific heat (C) Can produce only saturated steam for feeding to power turbine (D) None of these

Gas cooling as compared to water cooling of nuclear reactors
(A) Cannot attain a high temperature
(B) Is more efficient as gas has a higher specific heat
(C) Can produce only saturated steam for feeding to power turbine
(D) None of these
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Description : Saturated steam at 1 atm is discharged from a turbine at 1200 kg/h. Superheated steam at 300 0C  and 1 atm is needed as a feed to a heat exchanger. To produce it, the turbine discharge ... amount of superheated steam at 300 0C produced and the volumetric flow rate of the  400 0C steam.

Last Answer : Solution 1. Mass balance of water 1200 + m1 = m2 ………………………………………… (1) …………………….1 mark 2. Energy balance (1200 kg/h)(2676 kJ/kg) + m1(3278 kJ/kg)

Determine the amount of heat required to produce 1Kg of steam at a pressure of 7 bar, at a temperature 29 degree Celsius, under the following . (i) When the steam is wet having dryness fraction 0.87 (ii) When the steam is dry saturated Assume specific heat = 2.35KJ/KgK

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Last Answer : P 7bar T 29ᵒC x=0.9 m =1kg C p =2.35 KJ/KgK At pressure 7 bar saturation Temp T sat =165 ᵒC h f =697.2 KJ/Kg h fg= 2064.8 KJ/Kg i) Heat required when steam is wet ... ) When the stem is dry saturated hg=hf+hfg =2762 kj Heat actually required = 2762-121.8 = 2640.2 kj

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_________ nuclear reactor does not require a heat exchanger tosupply steam to power turbine.(A) Molten sodium cooled(B) Helium cooled(C) Boiling water(D) Pressurised water

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Condensing film co-efficient for steam on horizontal tubes ranges from 5000 to 15000 Kcal/hr.m2 .°C. Condensation of vapor is carried out inside the tube in a shell and tube heat exchanger, when the (A) Higher condensing film co-efficient is desired (B) Condensate is corrosive in nature (C) Lower pressure drop through the exchanger is desired (D) Temperature of the incoming vapor is very high Answer: Option B

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Graphite is used in nuclear reactors for- (1) reducing the speed of fast neutrons (2) cooling the reactor (3) absorbing neutrons (4) None of the above

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Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

The film co-efficient is decreased due to the presence of non-condensing gases in the vapors. The film co-efficient of superheated vapor as compared to that of saturated vapor is (A) More (B) Less (C) Some (D) Either more or less; depends on the nature of vapor

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Last Answer : (C) Is highly radioactive at elevated temperatures and can cause explosion, when it comes in contact with air or water

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Last Answer : (A) Higher melting points

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Reactors in commercial nuclear power plants in the U.S. are often referred to as thermal reactors. A thermal reactor uses: w) fissionable plutonium-239 as fuel. x) a relatively low heat output. y) neutrons moderated to relatively low energies. z) liquid sodium as a coolant.

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Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- NEUTRONS MODERATED TO RELATIVELY LOW ENERGIES.

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Last Answer : nuclear fission

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Description : For aluminium, as compared to copper, all the following factors have higher values except (a) specific volume (6) electrical conductivity (c) co-efficient of linear expansion (d) resistance per unit length for same cross-section

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The thermodynamic difference between a Rankine cycle working with saturated steam and the Carnot cycle is that  (a) carnot cycle can’t work with saturated steam  (b) heat is supplied to water at temperature below the maximum temperature of the cycle  (c) a rankine cycle receives heat at two places  (d) rankine cycle is hypothetical  (e) none of the above.

Description : The thermodynamic difference between a Rankine cycle working with saturated steam and the Carnot cycle is that  (a) carnot cycle can't work with saturated steam  (b) heat is supplied to water at temperature ... heat at two places  (d) rankine cycle is hypothetical  (e) none of the above.

Last Answer : Answer : b

The time taken by the machine to attain 0.632 of its final steady temperature rise is called (a) heating time constant (b) cooling time constant (c) either (a) or (b) (d) none of the above

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Last Answer : (C) Used for making steam valves and turbine blades as it resists steam attack at high temperature

Which of the following types of nuclear reactors is most prone to radioactive hazards? (A) Pressurised water reactor (B) Gas cooled reactor (C) Molten sodium cooled reactor (D) Boiling water reactor

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Unsaturated oils compared to saturated oils have (A) Lower melting point & higher reactivity to oxygen (B) Higher melting point & higher reactivity to oxygen (C) Lower melting point & lower reactivity to oxygen (D) Higher melting point & lower reactivity to oxygen

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Last Answer : (A) Lower melting point & higher reactivity to oxygen

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Description : . Potable water means the water used for (A) Fire-fighting (B) Cooling (C) Drinking (D) Evaporation to produce steam

Last Answer : (C) Drinking

Secondary cooling circuit is a must in molten sodium cooled fast breeder reactor for (A) Achieving high degree of superheat in the steam (B) Faster heat removal rate from the core(C) Lowering the coolant circulation pressure(D) Avoiding the mixing of water with radioactive sodium, as it may causeexplosion

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Last Answer : (D) Avoiding the mixing of water with radioactive sodium, as it may cause explosion

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Last Answer : (A) Five operating research reactors (namely Apsara, Cirus Zerelina, Purnima and Dhurva)

Why gas turbine power plant needs efficient compressor ?

Description : Why gas turbine power plant needs efficient compressor ?

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Description : Burns caused by steam are much severe than those caused by boiling water because – (1) Steam pierces through the pores of body quickly (2) Steam has latent heat (3) Steam is gas and engulfs the body quickly (4) Temperature of steam is higher

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Last Answer : Steam has latent heat

In a co-current double pipe heat exchanger used for condensing saturated steam over the inner tube, if the entrance and exit conditions of the coolant are interchanged, then the rate of condensation will (A) Increase (B) Decrease (C) Remain unchanged (D) Either increase or decrease; depends on the coolant flow rate

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