Download PTU B.Tech 2020 March EE 4th Sem 72449 Power Plant Engineering Question Paper

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B.Tech.(EE) PT (Sem.-4)
POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
Subject Code : BTEE-406
M.Code : 72449

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INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :

1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying TWO marks each.
2. SECTION-B contains FIVE questions carrying FIVE marks each and students have to attempt any FOUR questions.
3. SECTION-C contains THREE questions carrying TEN marks each and students have to attempt any TWO questions.

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SECTION-A

1. Write briefly :
   1. Define Dalton’s law of partial pressure.
   2. How steam generators are being classified?
   3. Discuss the role of a feed water heater in a steam power plant.
   4. What is “specific speed’ of a turbine?

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   5. Define Nuclear Fission.
   6. What do you mean by binding energy?
   7. Write a short note on “gas turbine fuels”.
   8. What are the essential components of a diesel power plant?
   9. Discuss the benefits of combined operation of various power plants.

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   10. Discuss the types of pollution caused by nuclear power plants.

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SECTION-B

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2. Discuss the problems in ash handling. With the help of a neat sketch describe the working of any one type of ash handling system.
3. Name the different type of hydro-turbines. Explain any two of them in detail.
4. Find the power produced by fissioning 5 grams of U per day.
5. Draw the layout of a diesel power plant and explain it in detail.
6. Discuss the advantages of interconnections of various power plants.

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SECTION-C

6. Explain briefly :
   1. Open and closed cycles for gas turbines
   2. Electrostatic precipitator
7. A proposed hydro-electric station has an available head of 25 m, a catchment area of 5x10⁷ m², the rainfall for which is 120 cm per annum. If 75% of the total rainfall can be collected, calculate the power that could be generated. Assume overall efficiency as 65%.

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8. How nuclear reactors are being classified? Explain with the help of suitable diagrams.

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