CHAPTER 6 – GEOTHERMAL PLANT

1. Refers to the internal heat from the earth.

A. Geothermal
B. Thermal energy
C. Molten heat
D. Tectonic heat

Answer: A

2. A rock – forming crystalline mixed silicate which constitute about 60% of the earth’s surface.
A. Soil
B. Feldspar
C. Flux
D. Flint

Answer: B

3. A compound rock, a crypto – crystalline form of silica, which is dens, tough, breaking with a conchoidal fracture.
A. Gravel
B. Stalactite
C. Flint
D. Flux

Answer: C

4. Is the process of using injection wells to bubble air through groundwater.

A. Air stripping
B. Staged combustion
C. Sparging
D. Soil washing

Answer: C

5. A popular term used by utilities to mean upgrading existing plant.

A. Replanting
B. Repowering
C. Recharging
D. Reorganizing

Answer: B

6. A dense, fine grained, light colored igneous rock which is rich in silica.
A. Felsite
B. Feldspar
C. Flint
D. Flux

Answer: A

7. An opening in lava or in volcanic area through which steam and other hot gases are escaping into the air is called:
A. Fumarole
B. Volcanic leaks
C. Seismic outlets
D. Seismic leaks

Answer: A

8. Tidal power is the power generated from:

A. Waves of the ocean
B. Rise and fall tides
C. Thermal energy of ocean water
 D. Raw sea water

Answer: B

9. Converts chemical energy directly into electrical energy.

A. Fuel cell
B. Magnetohydrodynamic generator
C. Battery
D. Thermoelectric generator

Answer: A

10. Generates a voltage from incident light, usually light in the visible region.
A. Photovoltaic cell
B. Solar cell
C. Dry cell
D. A or B

Answer: D

11. All of the following terms are synonymous with quanta of electromagnetic theory except:
A. Packets
B. Corpuscles
C. X-rays
D. Photons

Answer: C

12. In geothermal power plants waste water is:

A. Recirculated after cooling in cooling lowers
B. Discharged into sea
C. Evaporated in ponds
D. Discharged back to earth

Answer: D

13. Past ME Board Question

In a liquid-dominated geothermal plant, what process occurs when the saturated steam passes through the turbine?
A. Isobaric
B. Polytropic
C. Isometric
D. Isentropic

Answer: B

14. Past ME Board Question

What do you call a conversion technology that yields electricity straight from sunlight without the aid of a working
substance like gas or steam without the use of any mechanical cycle?
A. Power conversion
B. Stirling cycle conversion
C. Solar thermal conversion
D. Photovoltaic-energy conversion

Answer: D

15. Past ME Board Question

Tidal power plant is attractive because it has:
A. Low head and intermittent power
B. High head
C. Cheap energy source
D. Expensive energy source
 Answer: C

16. Past ME Board Question

What do you call a conversion technology that yields electricity straight from sunlight without the aid of a working
substance like gas or steam without the use of any mechanical cycle?
A. Power conversion
B. Stirling cycle conversion
C. Solar thermal conversion
D. Photovoltaic-energy conversion

Answer: D

17. Past ME Board Question

Tidal power plant is attractive because it has:
A. Low head and intermittent power
B. High head
C. Cheap energy source
D. Expensive energy source

Answer: C

18. Tidal power is the power generated from:

A. Waves of the ocean
B. Rise and fall tides
C. Thermal energy of ocean water
D. Raw sea water

Answer: B

19. Converts chemical energy directly into electrical energy.

A. Fuel cell
B. Magnetohydrodynamic generator
C. Battery
D. Thermoelectric generator

Answer: A

20. Generates a voltage from incident light, usually light in visible region.
A. Photovoltaic cell
B. Solar cell
C. Dry cell
D. A or B

Answer: D

21. The statement that the product of the error in the measured determination of a particle’s position and its momentum is of
the order of Planck’s constant h is known as:
A. Bohr’s theory
B. D’Alembert’s paradox
C. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle
D. Planck’s law

Answer: C

22. The flow process through shock waves is highly irreversible and cannot be approximated as being:
A. Polytropic
B. Isometric
C. Hyperbolic
D. Isentropic

Answer: D
23. Beaufort scale is used for measuring what?
A. Beta and gamma radiations
B. Wind speed
C. Insolation
D. Depth of sea

Answer: B

24. Betz law is widely used in:

A. MHD systems
B. Solar cells
C. Geothermal power plants
D. Wind mills

Answer: D

25. Rocks having excessive internal stresses may produce spalling. These rocks are called as ____
A. Stratified rocks
B. Popping rocks
C. Crushed rocks
D. Swelling rocks

Answer: A

26. Solar energy arrives at the outside of the earth’s atmosphere at an average rate of ________.
A. 1.354 kW/m 2

B. 1.543 kW/m 2

C. 2.354 kW/m 2

D. 2.543 kW/m 2

Answer: A

27. How many percent of solar energy survives absorption and reflection?
A. 40 to 70 %
B. 30 to 60 %
C. 50 to 80 %
D. 20 to 50 %

Answer: A

28. Solar energy is captured in:

A. Sun capturer
B. Solar collector
C. Sun collector
D. Greenhouse capturer

Answer: B

29. Which of the following solar collectors are essentially wide, flat boxes with clear plastic or glass coverings known as the
glazing.
A. Flat plate collectors
B. Concentrating collectors
C. Focusing collectors
D. Evacuated tube collectors

Answer: A

30. Which of the following collectors use mirrors and/or lenses to focus the suns energy on a small absorber area.
A. Flat plate collectors
B. Concentrating collectors
 C. Non focusing collectors
D. Evacuated tube collectors

Answer: B

31. Which of the following collectors are more complex but their efficiencies are higher?
A. Flat plate collectors
B. Concentrating collectors
C. Focusing collectors
D. Evacuated tube collectors

Answer: D

32. Which of the following collectors are useful when extremely hot transfer fluid is needed and are generally limited to
commercial projects?
A. Flat plate collectors
B. Concentrating collectors
C. Focusing collectors
D. Evacuated tube collectors

Answer: D

33. The shading factor in calculating the heat absorbed by the solar collector has a value of approximately:
A. 0.95 to 0.97
B. 0.85 to 0.87
C. 0.75 to 0.77
D. 0.65 to 0.67

Answer: A

34. The ratio of energy absorbed by the transfer fluid to the original incident energy striking the collector.
A. Collector efficiency
B. Sun efficiency
C. Shading factor
D. Absorptance

Answer: A

35. As the difference between the ambient air and average plate (or inlet) temperatures increases, what happens to the
collector efficiency?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Constant
D. No effect

Answer: B

36. Distributed collector system is also known as:

A. Trough electric system
B. Central receiver system
C. Power tower system
D. Dish/Stirling system

Answer: A

37. Central receiver system is also known as:

A. Trough electric system
B. Distributed collector system
C. Power tower system
D. Dish/Stirling system

Answer: C
38. Which of the following main approaches to solar energy generating systems describes that parabolic tracking trough
concentrators focus sunlight on evacuated glass tubes that run along the collectors focal lines.
A. Trough electric system
B. Central receiver system
C. Power tower system
D. Dish/Stirling system

Answer: A

39. Trough electric technology is relatively mature but due to the low temperatures, average annual thermal efficiencies are
only:
A. 10 to 15 %
B. 5 to 10 %
C. 15 to 20 %
D. 25 to 30 %

Answer: A

40. A field of heliostats or tracking mirrors concentrates solar energy onto a receiver on a central tower.
A. Trough electric system
B. Distributed collector system
C. Power tower system
D. Dish/Stirling system

Answer: C

41. In a power tower system typical thermal efficiencies is in the range:

A. 10 to 15 %
B. 5 to 10 %
C. 15 to 20 %
D. 25 to 30 %

Answer: C

42. A dish engine system has an efficiency of

A. 10 to 15 %
B. 5 to 10 %
C. 14 to 19 %
D. 24 to 28 %

Answer: D

43. Practical and economic issues limit trough electric systems to about:
A. 200 MW
B. 100 MW
C. 300 MW
D. 400 MW

Answer: A

44. Practical and economic issues limit tower electric systems to approximately:
A. 100 to 200 MW
B. 150 to 250 MW
C. 100 to 300 MW
D. 150 to 400 MW

Answer: C

45. Thermal efficiency of a geothermal power plant is approximately:

A. 30 %
B. 22 %
C. 35 %
 D. 15 %

Answer: B

46. A flash steam cycle can be used if the hot water temperature is approximately:
A. 165 C or higher
B. 150 C or higher
C. 145 C to 200 C
D. Below 200 C

Answer: A

47. A binary cycle using a separate heat transfer fluid if the temperature of the hot water is between approximately
_________.
A. 165 C and 120 C
B. 200 C and 150 C
C. 225 C and 175 C
D. 300 C and higher

Answer: A

48. For every kilometer of depth, the temperature of the earth’ s crust increase by:
A. 30 F
B. 40 F
C. 50 F
D. 20 F

Answer: A

49. Multiple wells produce steam at 690 to 820 kPa and temperature of ________.
A. 205 C
B. 155 C
C. 250 C
D. 175 C

Answer: A

50. In a hot rock systems, water is injected through injection wells into artificially made fractured rock beds of how many
kilometers below the surface?
A. 1 to 6 km
B. 3 to 9 km
C. 4 to 10 km
D. 6 to 11 km

Answer: A