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If left at a standstill, while the turbine is still hot, the lower half of the rotor will
cool off faster than the upper half and the rotor will
______________________ or "hog".
a. turn on it's own
b. bend upwards
c. twist
d. bend downwards
e. stall - Ans--B
A barring gear consists of an electric motor and several sets of reducing
gears to turn the turbine shaft at a low speed. It is used:
1) After stopping a hot turbine to prevent "hogging"
2) Only on small turbine
3) Continually when the turbine is not operating
4) Prior to start-up for approximately 3 hours
a. 1, 2, 4
b. 1, 2, 3
c. 1, 4
d. 2, 3
e. 2, 4 - Ans--C
A jacking oil pump is used to:
1) Make slight adjustments to the turbine bearing housings during overhaul
to maintain alignment
2) Supply oil to a hydraulic motor for the turning gear
3) Supply oil to the bearings under the shaft at all times so lubrication is
assured
, 4) Supply a high volume of oil at high pressure
a. 1, 2, 3
b. 2, 3, 4
c. 1, 3, 4
d. 1, 2, 3, 4
e. None of the above - Ans--E - It supplies oil under the bearings but not "at all
times." Only before startup. It is shut off when the speed is above 50-60 rpm
In a nuclear power station a _____________ supplies heat through a
_________ to the working fluid in place of a steam plant boiler.
1) reactor
2) heat exchanger
3) burner
4) pump
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 3, 2
d. 1, 4
e. 2, 4 - Ans--A
In a nuclear power plant circulating coolant picks up heat in the reactor and
rejects it to the _______________ in the steam cycle by means of a heat
exchanger.
a. hotwell
b. condenser
c. working fluid
d. turbine
e. feed pump - Ans--C
With _________ a series of nozzle valves opens in sequence as the load
increases. This type of governing is most efficient and is used for impulse
turbines.
a. throttle governing