πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. For water, at pressures below atmospheric,
  • (A) melting point rises slightly and boiling point drops markedly
  • (B) melting point rises markedly and boiling point drops markedly
  • (C) melting point drops slightly and boiling point drops markedly
  • (D) melting point drops slightly and boiling point drops slightly
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) melting point rises slightly and boiling point drops markedly
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. At very low temperature, the melting and boiling temperatures become equal. This temperature is
  • (A) 373°K
  • (B) 273.16°K
  • (C) 303°K
  • (D) 0°K.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 273.16°K
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. The critical pressure at which latent heat of vaporisation is zero is
  • (A) 225.65 kgf/cm2
  • (B) 273 kgf/cm2
  • (C) 100 kgf/cm2
  • (D) 1 kgf/cm2
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 225.65 kgf/cm2
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. The latent heat of steam at pressures greater than atmospheric in comparison to latent heat at atmospheric pressure is
  • (A) less
  • (B) more
  • (C) equal
  • (D) may be less or more depending on temperature
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) less
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. The saturation temperature of steam with increase in pressure increases
  • (A) linearly
  • (B) rapidly first and then slowly
  • (C) slowly first and then rapidly
  • (D) inversely
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) rapidly first and then slowly
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. Heating of dry steam above saturation temperature is known as
  • (A) enthalpy
  • (B) superheating
  • (C) supersaturation
  • (D) latent heat
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) superheating
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. Superheating of steam is done at
  • (A) constant volume
  • (B) constant temperature
  • (C) constant pressure
  • (D) constant entropy
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) constant pressure
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. Sublimation region is the region where
  • (A) solid and vapour phases are in equi-librium
  • (B) solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium
  • (C) liquid and vapour phases are in equilibrium
  • (D) solid, liquid and vapour phases are in equilibrium
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) solid and vapour phases are in equi-librium
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. One kg of steam sample contains 0.8 kg dry steam; it's dryness fraction is
  • (A) 0.2
  • (B) 0.8
  • (C) 1.0
  • (D) 0.6
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 0.8
πŸ“Š Thermal Engineering
Q. If a steam sample is nearly in dry condition, then its dryness fraction can be most accurately determined by
  • (A) throttling calorimeter
  • (B) separating calorimeter
  • (C) combined separating and throttling calorimeter
  • (D) bucket calorimeter
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) throttling calorimeter

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