STES

Smt.Kashibai Navale COE,

PUNE41

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

BE(Mechanical)

Energy Engineering – Oral Question Bank

1. State power generation capacity of INDIA?

2. State power generation capacity of Maharashtra state?

3. State major power generation energy source?

4. Classify power plants.

5. State non-conventional power plants?

6. State energy minister of INDIA and Maharashtra State?

 7. State per capita power consumption for INDIA?

8. State factors affecting site selection for thermal and hydroelectric

power plant?

9. State private sectors engaged in power generation?

10. Define tariff. State various methods of tariff?

11. How to calculate electricity bill for your house?

12. State essential components of Steam power plant?

13. State essential components of Gas power plant?

14. State essential components of nuclear power plant?

15. State essential components of hydroelectric power plant?

16. State government agencies engaged in power generation?

17. What are the causes of load shedding?

18. Define base load, Peak load and stand by power plants.

19. What is load curve? Draw load curve for your home on a daily basis.

20. Define connected load, maximum demand and demand factor.

 21. Define average load, load factor and diversity factor.

22. What is the range of load factor?(Domestic and Agriculture)

23. Define plant capacity factor and plant use factor.

24. What is the effect of variable load on power plant design and operation?

25. State how cost of electrical energy is calculated?

26 ) What is included in fixed cost ?

27 ) List various methods of depreciation .

28 ) State points to be considered in choosing type of generation .

29 ) Write input-output equation for power .

30 ) Define efficiency and heat rate of power plant .

31 ) Write general equation of tariff .

32 ) State thermodynamic cycle for steam power plant

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33 ) Define wet , dry & superheat steam

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34 ) Define dryness fraction of steam . What is its range?

35 ) Define work ratio . What is work ratio for steam turbine?

36 ) State boiler & condenser pressure for steam power plant .

37 ) Sketch Rankine cycle on P-V & T-S diagram .

38 ) What is reheating of steam ? Why it is done ?

39 ) What do you mean by regeneration ? Sketch reheating & regeneration

arrangement on T-S diagram.

40 ) What is pressure ratio in steam power plant ?

41 ) State fuels used in thermal power plant

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42 ) State principal fuel used in T.P.P. What is range of calorific value ?

43 ) What are ultimate and proximate analysis of coal ?

44 ) What are main constitute of coal ?

45 ) classify coals .

46 ) State coal mines location in India .

47 ) State coal consumption for 500 MW power plant for a day .

48 ) What do you understand by coal blending ?

49 ) Why coal blending is done ? What are its advantages ?

50 )What do you mean by coal beneficiation . State advantages .

Q.51 Name in plant handling of coal equipment.

Q.52 What are alternative fuels for coal?

Q.53 What do you mean by coal pulverization?

Q.54 Name 4 coal mills used.

Q.55 write eqn for thermal efficiency of power plant.

Q.56 what merit & demerits of coal as fuel?

Q.57 Name plant handling of equipment of coal

Q.58 List coal cleaning methods.

Q.59 Name equipment for coal washing

Q.60 Why sulphur is removed from coal &why?

Q.61 State factors responsible for coal selection for TPP.

Q.62 State advantages for coal preparation.

Q.63 What is slurry?

Q.64 What do you mean COM, CWM, CMM?

Q.65 What are the advantages of liquid fuels over coal in TPP?

Q.66 State various liquid fuels used, What is range of their C.V.?
Q.67 State gaseous fuels used in TPP?

Q.68 What do you mean by coal fire?

Q.69What is included in coal preparation plant?

Q.70List coal transport equipment in TPP

Q.71What do you mean by unit and central bin system?

Q.72What are the factors considered for the selection of coal mill?

Q.73State coal weighing methods?

Q.74State factors that govern coal burning.

Q.75Classify combustion system for coal

Q.76What do you mean by overfeed and underfeed supply for coal?

Q.77 State merits and demerits of coal pulverization?

Q.78 State various designs of coal burner

Q.79 What is ash generation for 500MW plant in a day, year?

80. Classify air handling system.

81. How dust is collected in TPP? Classify filters and separators broadly.

82. What do you mean by ESP? What is its function?

83. State factors affecting performance of ESP.

84. What do you understand by gas conditioning?

85. List various methods of ash disposal.

86. What do you mean by Lagoons for TPP?

87. What are uses of dust and ash?

88. What is difference between ash and fly ash?

89. What are applications of fly ash?

90. What are bad effects of NOx emission?

91. What factors affect formation of NOx?

92. What do you understand by two stage combustion?

93. What do you mean by draught system for TPP?

94. Classify draught.

95. State losses in air gas loop system.

96. What are advantages of chimney draught?

97. What do you mean by artificial draught? Classify them.

98. What is forced draught, induced draught and balanced draught? Sketch
arrangement.

99. Compare F.D. and I.D.

100. State design consideration for chimney. State materials.

101. State how chimney height is decided (measured).

103. State advantages of high pressure boiler.

104. State functions of economiser, superheater and air preheater.

105. Define dryness fraction of steam. What is its range?

106. What is dry, wet and superheated steam? Write formula for their enthalpy.
107. What is critical pressure? What is latent heat of evaporation for steam at 1 bar
(Patm)

108. Whether steam is perfect gas?

109. State applications of wet and dry steam.

110. Why superheated steam is used for power generation?

111. What do you mean by FBC?

112. State principle of FBC system.

113. State limitations of conventional FBC system.

114. Classify FBC system.

115. State advantages of FBC over conventional combustion.

116. What is function of Dolomite in FBC.

117. Classify steam turbines.

118. What do you mean by compounding of steam turbines?

119. What are different methods of compounding?

120. State losses in steam turbines.

121. State methods of governing steam turbines. Why governing is necessary?

122. State components of lubricating system of turbines.

123. State blade materials for turbines.

124. What do you mean by extraction turbine?

125. What do you mean by back pressure?

126. What do you mean by exhaust turbine?

127. What do you mean by mixed pressure turbine?

128. State necessity/role of condenser in steam power plant?

129. State element of steam condensing plant?

130. State advantage of condenser?

131. Classify steam condenser?

132. What do you mean by surface condenser?

133. What is the range of pressure in steam condenser?

134. Why air pump is essential in condenser?

135. Define vacuum efficiency?

136. State Dalton’s law of partial pressure?

137. State material for steam condenser?

138. Define condenser efficiency?

139. What is the necessity of cooling tower for TPP?

140. Why feed water treatment becomes necessary?

141. State different impurities in water?

142. State effect of impurities?

143. State importance of PH value of water. How much PH is desired for

feed water?

144. State steam piping materials?

 145. Define economic thickness of insulation?

146. Define insulation efficiency?

147. State volume and area required for Thermal power plant per MW of
power generation?

148. Draw sketch of Rankine cycle, Reheat Cycle and regenerative open
and closed cycle?

168. Whether gas turbine is I C Engine or E C Engine?

169. What are essential components of gas turbine power plant?

170. What is percentage of power generation using gas turbine in india?

171. Classify gas turbine broadly?

172. State fuels used for gas turbines?

173. Sketch Joule's Cycle P-V, T-S plot for gas turbines?

174. What are merits and demerits of open cycle Gas Turbine?

175. What are merits and demerits of closed cycle Gas Turbine?
176. Name gases used for closed cycle?

177. What is thermal efficiency of gas turbine power plant?

178. What is intercooling? Why is it done?

179. What is perfect intercooling? Formulate the condition.

180. What is regeneration? Wat is effectiveness of regeneration?

181. What is reheating in gas turbine? What is the effect of reheating on thermal
efficiency?
182. Which compressor is used in gas turbine? Why?

183. What is max pressure ratio in gas turbine?

184. Why is pressure ratio limited in gas turbine?

185. Define work ratio. What is work ratio for gas turbine?

186. State gas turbine power plants in Maharashtra & India.

187. Comment on gas turbine Vs. Steam turbine (6 points).

188) What are the applications of gas turbine power generation?

189) What are capacities of gas turbine power plant?

190) State advantages of gas turbine p.p. over steam p.p.

191) Compare gas turbine thermal efficiency vs. steam turbine thermal efficiency.

192) State environmental impact of gas turbine.

193) What is power of Boeing 707 in MW?

194) What is combined cycle chances with gas turbine?

195) What do you mean by topping and bottoming cycles?

196) What are operating temperature of gas turbine?

197) What is the range of Carnot efficiency for gas turbines?

198) List gas turbine OEM in world. (Companies)

199) State applications of gas turbine excluding power generation.

200) Collect specifications for RIL (DAHANU) gas power plant.