CHAPTER NO.

- 1 : THERMAL POWER PLANT

1 Draw general lay of modern steam power plant label major

component and
state function of each component. (Dec.’10) (Dec.’13) [LJIET]

2 Draw a neat named general layout of modern thermal power plant.

Explain
four main circuits. Name factors to be considered for selection of site
for
thermal power station.(Jun.’11)[LJIET]

3 Draw a steam power plant and discuss its advantages. (Nov.’11)

[LJIET] 7
4 Sketch layout of modern thermal power plant and explain different
circuits.
(Jun.’12)[LJIET]7
5 Draw a neat named general layout of modern thermal power plant.
State the
function of feed water heaters, economizer, deaerator, steam turbine
and
electric generator. (May’13)[LJIET]7
6 Draw a steam power plant and discuss its advantages.( Jan.’14)
[LJIET] 7
7 State general lay of modern steam power plant label major
component and
state function of each component.(Jan.’14)[LJIET]7
8 Write a brief note on present status of power generation in India.
(Dec.’13)
[LJIET]7

CHAPTER NO. - 2 : HIGH PRESSURE BOILERS & ACCESSORIES

1 Explain the constructional difference between Low pressure and High

pressure boiler. (Dec.’10) (Jan.’14) [LJIET]7
2 Explain with neat construction and working of sketch La Mont Boiler.
(Dec.’10)(Jan.’14)(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
3 Explain with neat sketch construction and working of Benson Boiler.
(Dec.’10)
(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
4 Explain: Priming and Foaming. (Jun.’11)[LJIET] 3
5 Draw a neat line diagram of a Benson boiler. State the main difficulty
experienced in the La Mont boiler and how it is prevented. Explain its
advantages. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]7
6 Convection and radiant super heaters have opposite characteristics
of
temperatures v/s load- Explain. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]4
7 Why super heat temperature needs to be controlled? Explain
attemperation
method. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]3
8 Explain the working of pressurized fluidized bed combustion boiler
with help
of neat sketch. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]7
9 Distinguish between superheater, reheater and air preheater.
(Nov.’11)
[LJIET]3
10 What is subcritical and supercritical boiler? (Nov.’11)[LJIET] 2
11 Write different methods of controlling temperature of super heated
steam.
(Nov.’11)[LJIET]2
12 What are the reasons of corrosion in a boiler and how it is control?
(Nov.’11)
(Jan.’14)(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
13 With neat sketch explain construction and working of Fluidized bed
combustion boiler and list its advantages and limitations. (Jun.’12)
[LJIET]7
14 Sketch Schmidt-Hartmann boiler and explain its construction and
working.
(Jun.’12)[LJIET]7
15 The following details refer to a boiler plant consisting of
economizer, a boiler
and super heater Mass of water evaporated per hour =5940 Kg, mass
of coal
burnt per hour =675Kg, L.C.V of coal =31600K J/Kg, pressure of steam
at boiler
stop valve =14 bar, temperature of feed water entering the
economizer =32 °C,
temperature of feed water leaving economizer =115 °C, dryness
fraction of
steam leaving the boiler and entering super heater is 0.96 temperature
of
steam leaving the super heater=260°C specific heat of super heater
steam
=2.3K J / Kg K.. Determine : i. Percentage of heat in coal utilized in
economizer,
boiler and super
Heater ii. Overall efficiency of boiler plant. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
16 With neat sketch explain different types of super heaters. (Jan.’13)
[LJIET] 7
17 Explain Loeffler boiler with a schematic. State the difficulty
experienced in
La-Mont and Benson boiler. How is it solved? Mention its advantages.
(May’13)[LJIET]7
18 Name different methods of controlling the superheat temperature
of steam.
Explain the operation of spray type attemperator. (May’13)[LJIET]4

CHAPTER NO. - 3 : COAL & ASH HANDLING SYSTEMS

1 Explain the travelling grate stoker with help of neat sketch.

(Dec.’10)[LJIET] 7
2 What are the advantages and Disadvantages of Pulverized coal
firing?
(Dec.’10) (Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
3 Explain the working of Electrostatic precipitator with neat sketch.
Write a
short note on Electrostatic Precipitator. (Dec.’10)(Jan.’14)(Dec.’13)
[LJIET]7
4 Classify various Ash handling system. Explain Pneumatic and steam
jet ash
handling system. (Dec.’10)[LJIET]7
5 Explain the principle of working of an electrostatic precipitator with
the help
of a neat diagram. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]4
6 Discuss the principle of operation of overfeed and underfeed stokers
with the
help of simple diagrams. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]5
7 State important advantages of pulverized coal system. (Jun.’11)
[LJIET] 2
8 What is the function of stokers? Compare underfeed and overfeed
stokers.
(Nov.’11)[LJIET]3
9 Enumerate different types of ash handling systems. Discuss the
working of
pneumatic ash handling system. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]4
10 What is meant by overfeed and under feed principle of coal firing?
Which is
preferred for high volatile coal and why? (Jun.’12)[LJIET]7
11 With neat sketch explain Pneumatic ash handling system. List its
advantages7
12 Discuss status of Fluidized bed combustion boilers worldwide and
list its
advantages and disadvantages. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
13 List requirements of good coal handling plant and list various
stages of coal
handling. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
14 Write brief note on Electrostatic precipitator. (Jan.’13) [LJIET] OR
Explain the
working of Electrostatic precipitator with neat sketch.(Jan.’14)[LJIET]7
15 Explain principle of overfeed stoker with neat sketch. Compare
under feed
stoker and overfeed stroker. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
16 Discuss requirements of oil burners? With neat sketch explain long
flame,
turbulent burners and tangential burners. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
17 Explain Ball and Race mill with a schematic. State its merits and
demerits.
(May’13)[LJIET]7
18 Explain cyclone burner with a schematic. State its merits and
demerits.
(May’13)[LJIET]7
19 Write requirements of a good ash handling system. Explain with a
schematic
pneumatic ash handling system. (May’13)[LJIET]7

CHAPTER NO. - 4 : DRAUGHT SYSTEM

1 Classify Different types of Fan .Explain why are centrifugal backward

curved
blading normally used for Forced Draft Fan. (Dec.’10)[LJIET]7
2 Compute the required motor capacity needed for F.D. Fan under
following
condition:
Coal rate : 10 tones/h
Col analysis : C78.0 , H 3.0, O 3.0, S 1.0 , M 7.0, A 8.0
Excess air : 30 % Plenum chamber pressure : 180 mm of water gauge
Mechanical Efficiency of the Fan : 60%
Room temperature : 300 C (Dec.’10)[LJIET]7
3 Derive an expression for chimney height in order to obtain a draught
of ‘h’
mm of water column if the boiler used ‘m’ kg of air / kg of fuel.
Assume,
surrounding air temperature as ‘T1’ and flue gas temperature as ‘T2’ in
degree
absolute. Also derive an expression for the condition of maximum
discharge of
flue gases through a chimney. (Jun.’11) (Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
4 A boiler uses 1000 kg of coal/ h. The temperature of hot gases inside
the
chimney is 650 K and the outside air temperature is 300 K. The
draught
produced by the chimney of 25 m height is 15 mm of water. Determine
the air
supplied per kg of fuel burnt, draught in terms of hot gases, mass flow
rate of
hot gases and area of the chimney required if the co-efficient of
velocity is 0.4.
(Jun.’11)[LJIET]7
5 Why is draught necessary in a boiler? Compare the natural draught
and
artificial draught. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]3
6 Determine height of the chimney to produce a static draught of 17
mm of
water. The temperature in the chimney is 300oC and surrounding
temperature
is 28oC. The barometer reads 755 mm of Hg. The value of
characteristic gas
constant is 287 J/kg K and that for gases is 255 J/kg K. (Nov.’11)
[LJIET]4
7 Derive an expression for maximum discharge through a chimney.
(Jun.’12)
(Jan.’14) [LJIET]7
8 A 40 m high chimney is discharging flue gases at 350°C, when the
ambient
temperature is 30°C. The quantity of air supplied is 18Kg/Kg of fuel
burnt.
Determine
(i) Draught produced in mm of water
(ii) Equivalent draught in m of hot-gas column
(iii) Efficiency of chimney if minimum temperature of artificial draught
is
150°C mean specific heat of flue gases is 1.005K J/Kg K,
(iv) Percentage of heat spent in natural draught system if
Calorific value of fuel supplied is 30600K J/Kg
(v) Temperature of chimney gases for maximum discharge in given
time and
what will be corresponding draught in mm of water produced.
(Jun.’12)
[LJIET]7
9 With usual notations derive an expression of estimation of height of
chimney
and condition of maximum discharge. (Jan.’13)7
10 Discuss the merits and demerits of mechanical draught over
natural draught
system. (May’13)[LJIET]7
11 Forced draught fan discharges 1500 m3 of air per minute through
the outlet of
1.7 m diameter and maintains a static pressure of 110 mm .of water.
The
temperature of air is 25°C. The density of air at NTP is 1.293 kg/
m3.Calculate
power of motor to drive the FD fan if efficiency of fan is 70%. (May’13)
[LJIET]7
12 Find the minimum height of the chimney required to produce a
draught of 16
mm of H2O, if 19 kg of air is required / kg of fuel burnt on the grate.
The mean
temperature of flue gases inside the chimney is 330°C and the
atmospheric
temperature is 30°C.(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7

CHAPTER NO. - 5 : CONDENSERS AND COOLING TOWERS

1 Classify different types of cooling tower used in power plant. Explain

Natural
draft cooling tower also explain the reason of its hyperbolic shape.
(Dec.’10)
[LJIET]7
2 Exhaust steam having a quality of 0.9 enter a surface condenser at
an absolute
pressure of 0.13 bar and comes outs as water at 450C. The circulating
water
enters at 300C and leaves at 400C. Estimate quantity of circulating
water and
condenser efficiency. (Dec.’10)[LJIET]7
3 The following observations were made during a test on surface
condenser.
Barometer reading = 760 mm of Hg, condenser vacuum =705 mm of
Hg, Mean
temperature of condensate = 35°C, Condensate collected= 2000 kg/h,
Quantity
of cooling water circulated = 60,000 kg/h, Rise in temperature of
cooling water
= 16°C, Hot well temperature =28°C.
Determine; ( i ) Vacuum efficiency (ii) Condenser efficiency
(iii) Quality of steam entering the condenser and (iv) Mass of air
present per m
3 of condenser volume. Assume inlet temperature of water as 20°C.
(Jun.’11)
[LJIET]7
4 Write short note on: Once through cooling system. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]
2
5 Why cooling towers used in a thermal power plant? Discuss the
working of a
natural cooling tower. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]4
6 A steam turbine of 20,000 kW capacity requires 5 kg of steam per
hour per kW.
The quantity of air leakage into the condenser is 1 kg per 1000 kg of
steam
used by turbine.
The vacuum in the condenser is 70 cm of Hg when the barometer
reads 76 cm
of Hg. The temperature at the suction of the air pump is 30oC. The
surface
condenser used is fitted with a separate condensate pump and air
pump.
Find :
a) The capacity of the air pump requires per minute.
b) The mass of water vapour carried by air in kg/hr.
c) The quantity of cooling water required per minute in tons if the rise
in
temperature of water is limited to 8oC. The quantity of steam entering
the
condenser is 0.9 dry and there is no under cooling in the condenser.
Properties
of steam at 30oC, Absolute Pressure = 0.04325 bar
Enthalpy of liquid hf = 125.8 kJ/kg, Enthalpy of evaporation hfg =
2438.1 kJ/kg
Specific volume = 32.8 m3/kg (Nov.’11)[LJIET]7
7 The air leakage into a surface condenser operating with a steam
turbine is
estimated 84kg/hr. the vacuum near the inlet of air pump is 70 mm of
Hg when
barometer reads 76mm of Hg. The temperature at the inlet of vacuum
pump is
20°C. Calculate,
(i) Minimum capacity of pump in cu-meters per hour
(ii) Dimensions of reciprocating air pump to remove air if it runs at
200rpm
(iii) L:D=3:2 and volumetric efficiency=80%
(iv) Mass of vapour extracted per minute with air (Jun.’12)[LJIET]7
8 Explain following terms pertaining to cooling tower: Drift, Fill,
Approach,
Range and Cooling efficiency of cooling tower. (Jun.’12)[LJIET]7
9 The following reading were taken during a test on a surface
condenser Mean
condenser temperature =35°C , Hot well temperature=30°C,
condenser
vacuum=69cm Hg , barometer reading 76cm Hg, condensate collected
16Kg/min. Cooling water enters at 20°C and leaves at 32.5°C, flow rate
being
37500 Kg/hr calculate
i. Mass of air present per cubic meter of condensate
ii. Quality of steam at condenser inlet
iii. Vacuum efficiency iv. Condenser efficiency (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
10 Dry steam is condensed at a rate of 7000 kg/h and the air leakage
amounts to
14 kg/h. The air pump suction is screened off. The exhaust steam
temperature
is 32°C.The condensate temperature is 30°C and the temperature at
the air
pump suction is 25°C. Determine (i) the volume of air handled by the
pump, (ii)
the mass of steam condensed in the air cooler section per hour, and
(iii) the
mass of water vapour carried away by air. (May’13)[LJIET]7
11 Differentiate between Jet and Surface condensers.(Jan.’14)
(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
12 Classify the steam condensers and describe the methods of
obtaining
maximum
vacuum in condenser.(Dec.’13)[LJIET]12

CHAPTER NO. - 6 : FEED WATER TREATMENT

1 Define ion exchange process. What are cation and anion resins.
Discuss the
principle of ion exchange process and its utility in demineralization of
water
with a neat sketch. How resins can be regenerated? (Jun.’11)[LJIET]7
2 Write short note on: Reverse osmosis and its application on sea
water
treatment. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]5
3 What is pH value of water? What is its important in boiler feed water?
(Nov.’11)[LJIET]3
4 Explain sea water treatment plant. (Nov.’11)[LJIET] 4
5 What are the different impurities in feed water and write their effect
on
boiler. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]3
6 With help of neat sketch explain Zeolite feed water treatment
process.
(Nov.’11)[LJIET]4
7 List different impurities found in feed water and their effects on
performance
of thermal power plant. (Jun.’12)(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
8 Write short note on sodium zeolite ion exchange process. (Jun.’12)
(Jan.’14)
[LJIET]7
9 Describe working of hot sodium zeolite process with neat sketch and
chemical
reactions. List advantages and disadvantages over ion exchange
system.
(Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
10 Explain seawater treatment using reverse osmosis process.
(May’13)(Jan.’14)
[LJIET]7
11 Discuss about different impurities found in feed water. (May’13)
[LJIET] 7

CHAPTER NO. - 7 : DIESEL POWER PLANT

1 Explain with neat sketch arrangement of a Diesel power plant explain

in brief
function of each system. (Dec.’10)(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
2 State requirements of a good fuel injection system. Explain working
with a
schematic of a common- Rail system. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]5
3 Explain necessity of cooling IC engines. (Jun.’11)[LJIET] 2
4 State objectives of a lubrication system. Explain working with a
schematic of a
dry sump lubrication system. Differentiate between wet sump and dry
sump
lubrication system. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]7
5 Draw and explain diesel engine power plant. (Nov.’11) (Jan.’14)
[LJIET] 7
6 Differentiate Between :
(i) Wet sump lubricating system and Dry sump lubricating system.
(ii) Diesel power plant and steam power plant.
(iii) Water cooling system and air cooling system. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]7
7 Write disadvantages of steam, diesel and nuclear power plant.
(Nov.’11)
[LJIET]3
8 List application, advantages and disadvantages of diesel power
plants.
(Jun.’12)[LJIET]7
9 Sketch layout of diesel power plant and explain any two circuits?
(Jun.’12)
[LJIET]7
10 A diesel power plant consists of two units of 500 K W capacity of
each and one unit of 200 KW capacity. The fuel has a calorific value of
40,000K J/Kg and fuelconsumption is 0.25 Kg/K W hr. Determine the
quantity of fuel required a
month of 30 days and its cost if the fuel cost is Rs 4000 per ton, also
find overall
efficiency of the plant. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
11 With neat sketch explain engine lubrication system of a typical
diesel power
plant. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
12 With neat sketch explain engine cooling system of diesel power
plant. (Jan.’13)7
13 State the functions of engine cooling system. Explain with a neat
schematic the working of a thermostat cooling system. (May’13)
[LJIET]7
14 State the functions of lubrication system in diesel power plant.
Explain with
neat sketch full pressure lubrication system for diesel power plant.
(May’13)
[LJIET]7

CHAPTER NO. - 8 : NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

1 What are fission fragment and fission product?

Explain Fission Reaction with an example. (Dec.’10)(Jun.’14)7
2 Explain with neat sketch Pressurizes water Reactor(PWR) Explain
function of
pressurizer in PWR. (Dec.’10)[LJIET]7
3 Explain with neat sketch construction and working of CANDU type
reactor.
(Dec.’10)[LJIET]7
4 Describe CANDU type rector with the help of a neat sketch. State its
advantages and disadvantages. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]4
5 State the functions of a moderator and control rods. (Jun.’11)
[LJIET] 3
6 Describe PWR power plant with a schematic. Explain the functions of
a
pressurizer. (Jun.’11)[LJIET]4
7 Describe BWR power plant with a schematic. (Jun.’11) 3
8 Explain the followings :
(i) Binding energy (ii) Mass defect (iii) Moderators
(iv) Control rod (v) Isotopes (vi) Nuclear fission (vii) Nuclear fusion
(Nov.’11)[LJIET]7
9 With help of neat sketch explain advantages and disadvantages of
boiling
water reactor nuclear power plant. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]7
10 Write short notes on :
(i) Fast breeder reactor (ii) Problems in disposal of nuclear waste.
(Jun.’12)(Dec.’13)[LJIET]7
11 Draw neat sketches of following:
• Gas cooled reactor • CANDU reactor (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
12 What do you understand by nuclear fission? Give the functions and
materials
used for following components of nuclear reactor: Moderator, reflector,
control rod, coolant, thermal shield. (May’13)[LJIET]7
13 Explain with neat sketch construction and working of CANDU type
reactor.
(May’13)(Jan.’14)[LJIET]7

CHAPTER NO. - 9 : POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL

1 Discuss causes and harmful effects of pollutants on environment.

(Jun.’11)
[LJIET]7
2 What are the different pollutant emitted from power plant and
discuss its
defects. (Nov.’11)[LJIET]7
3 Explain how thermal power plant leads to acid rain? (Jun.’12)[LJIET]
3
4 State effects of different pollutants emitted from different types of
power
plants. (Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
5 Discuss bad effects of acid rains. How acid rains are controlled?
(May’13)(Jan.’14)[LJIET]7
6 Write a brief note on:
(i) Effect of different pollutants on human health by thermal power
plants,
(ii) Water pollution by thermal power plants and its control.(Dec.’13)
[LJIET]7
CHAPTER NO. - 10 : ECONOMICS OF POWER GENERATION

1 A Power plant has following annul factor:

Load factor = 0.75
Capacity factor = 0.60
Maximum demand is = 60 MW. Estimate
(a) The annual Energy production
(b) The reserve capacity over and above the peak Load and
(c) The hours during which the plant not in Service (Dec.’10)[LJIET]7
2 Define the following terms:
Connected load, Maximum demand, Average demand, Load factor,
Diversity factor, utilization factor, Plant capacity factor. (Jun.’11)
(Dec.’13)
[LJIET]7
3 An industrial power station has a maximum demand of 70 MW and
installed
capacity is a single generator of 50 MW. Excess energy if required is
brought
from the state grid. The load curve of the plant is defined as follows:
Time(Hrs
)
0-6 6- 8 8-
12
12-
14
14-
18
18-2
2
22-2
4
Load
(MW)
30 46 60 46 66 70 36
Determine
(i) Load factor of power station (ii) Load factor of generator station
(iii) Energy purchased from grid/ day (iv) Plant use factor
(Jun.’11)[LJIET]7
4 Define the following :
(i) Connected load (ii) Maximum demand (iii)Average demand (iv) Load
factor
(v) Diversity factor (vi) utilization factor (vii) Plant capacity factor
(Nov.’11)[LJIET]7
5 A 100 MW thermal power has peak load of 65 MW. The power station
supplies
load to four town having their maximum demand of 20 MW, 15 MW, 10
MW
and 30MW. The annual load factor is 65%. Find :
(i) Average load on the plant. (ii) Energy supplied per year.
(iii) Diversity factor. (iv) Demand factor. (v) Plant capacity factor.7
6 Calculate the cost of generation per kWh for a power station having
following
data:
Installed capacity of plant =200MW, Capital cost=Rs 400 crores
Rate of interest and depreciation =12% Annual cost of fuel , salaries
and
taxation=Rs 5 crores
Load factor=50%.
Also estimate the saving in cost per KWh if annual factor is raised to
60%.
(Jun.’12) [LJIET] (Jan.’14)[LJIET]7
7 Define following terms: Diversity factor, Load factor, Demand factor,
Connected load.
(Jun.’12)[LJIET]4
8 How is the total annual cost of electricity estimated? How does the
fuel cost
relate to the load and cost of power generation?
(Jan.’13)[LJIET]7
9 Explain diversity factor and its importance.
(May’13)[LJIET]3
10 A 12 MW capacity power plant has the input-output curve defined
by the
equation, I=5×106(10+8L+0.4L2) kJ/h
Where L is in MW.
Find: (i) Load at which the plant has its maximum efficiency and its
value (ii)
Increase in input required to increase the output from 4MW to 6MW by
using
the input-output equation and also by incremental rate curve.
(May’13)[LJIET]7