Foundation of Technical Education

Technical College of Basrah

Refrigeration and A/C Dept &Fuel and Energy Dept.
Fourth Class

Subject: Power Plant Technology

Examiner: Dr. S.H .Faisal
Date: 16/6/2013
Time: 3-hr

Final Examination // Attempt NO:3//Academic Year 2012-2013

Steam tables and Mollier chart can be used***********100%total mark

Q1//(11 Marks)
Air is used as the working fluid in a simple ideal Brayton cycle that has a pressure
ratio of 12, a compressor inlet temperature of 300 K, and a turbine inlet temperature
of 1000 K. Determine the thermal efficiency and the required mass flow rate of air for
a net power output of 70 MW , assuming the compressor and the turbine have an
isentropic efficiencies of 100 percent and 85 percent respectively. Assume constant
specific heats at room temperature.

Q2//(11 Marks)
a saturated steam is to be condensed at a temperature of 50 oC to produce a saturated water. The cooling
water is drawn from a nearby lake, and enters the tubes of the condenser at 18 oC and leaves it at 27 oC. The
surface area of the tubes is 58m2 and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 2400 W/m2.oC. Assuming
counter flow, determine:
1. The mass flow rate of the cooling water needed.
2. The rate of steam condensation.
3. The effectiveness of this condenser.

Q3//(11 Marks)
Steam issues from the nozzle of the DeLaval turbine with a velocity of 1000 m/s. The nozzle angle is 20o,
the mean blade velocity is 360 m/s. The blades are symmetric. The steam flow rate is 0.23 kg/s. Assume
K=0.8. Calculate (a) the blade angles (b) blade efficiency (c) power developed.

Q4//(11 Marks)
Consider a mountain stream with an effective head of 22 meters (m) and a flow rate of 888 liters () per
minute. How much power could a hydro plant generate? Assume plant efficiency () of 81%. How much
energy (E) will the hydro plant generate each year?

Q5//(11 Marks)
A boiler generates 800 kg of steam per hour at a pressure of 10 bar and 200 oC. The boiler burns 100 kg of
coal per hour. If the calorific value of the coal is 30,000 kJ/kg and feed water temperature is 40 oC, calculate
the boiler efficiency.

Q6//(11 Marks)
Determine the enthalpies of points 1-5 using Mollier chart.
145 bar.
325 oC

19 bar.
2

325 oC

Reheater

Series of turbines
3 bar.

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0.085 bar.

Q7// (10 Marks)

1- Sketch a diagram for air ejector and explain why it is preferred to use in ST power plants instead of a
mechanical vacuum pump?
2- Sketch a diagram for pumped storage hydroelectric power plant and explain its principle.

Q8//(24 Marks) Fill the blanks with suitable ENGLISH words

1- The two major application of gas-turbine engines are...and..
2- The installation cost of gas turbine power plant is.than that for steam turbine power plant
because gas turbine engine is a while the steam turbine power plant is on site construction.
3- Two reasons that cause the actual gas turbine cycle to deviate from the ideal cycle are.
..and...
4- The construction time of hydroelectric power plant is .. compared to gas turbine power plant.
5- In hydroelectric power plant, the type of the nozzles used is..because
6- The starting time of hydroelectric power plant is .. compared to steam turbine power plant.
7- The working fluid used in OTEC is..
8- The Tidal movements which is caused bycan be utilized as a source of energy.
9-In the regenerative Rankine cycle, feed water is heated by
10- Cooling water must be circulated before retuning it to the river in order to reduce
11-Feed water at low temperature usually causes boiler tube failure due to
12- Latent heat of steam increases as the pressure
13- If the boiler pressure is greater than critical pressure of water which is equal to , then boiler is
called.
14- two important benefits of air preheater are.are..
15-The basic elements in an impulse turbine is a set of .. followed by a set of attached
to a .. . The mechanical energy is transferred through ato the generator

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