1. Loeffler boiler is a water tube boiler using a forced circulation of water.
2. La-mont boiler, is a high pressure water tube steam boiler working on forced circulation.
3. The function of a connecting rod is not to convert reciprocating motion of the piston into rotary motion.
4. Which of the following statement is correct for a compound steam engine ?
5. When the speed of the crankshaft is between 100 r.p.m. and 250 r.p.m., the engine said to be a
6. The natural draught is produced by
7. Willian's line for the steam engine is a straight line relationship between the steam consumption per hour and
8. The temperature of condensate is __________ on leaving the condenser than that of circulating water at inlet.
9. A draught produced by a chimney due to the difference of densities between the hot gases inside the chimney and cold atmospheric air outside it, is called natural draught.
10. A device used to increase the temperature of saturated steam without raising its pressure, is called
11. The diameter of flue tube in a Cornish boiler is __________ that of the shell.
12. An economiser __________ the steam raising capacity of a boiler.
13. Fire tube boilers are
14. A safety valve usually employed with stationary boilers is
15. The draught produced by a steam jet issuing from a nozzle placed in the ashpit under the fire grate of the furnace is called
16. The function of a crosshead is to guide motion of the __________ and to prevent it from bending.
17. The cylinder dimensions of a compound engine may be designed on the basis of
18. The function of a piston rod is
19. An air preheater is installed
20. The length of shell of a Locomotive boiler is
21. The effect of wire drawing is to decrease the area of indicator diagram and thus work done by the engine is reduced.
22. In a uniflow engine
23. The shell diameter of a Locomotive boiler is
24. The fire tubes in a Scotch marine boiler are
25. In a reciprocating steam engine, the heat energy in the steam is converted into mechanical work by the to and fro motion of the piston.