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ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS UNITWISE UNIT - I 1.What are the advantages and disadvantages of steam power plant. 2.What is economizer. 3.Distinguish between water tube and fire tube boilers. 4.What is the use of airpreheater in steam power plant. 5.write the different types of turbines used in steam power plant. 6.What is the use of condenser in steam power plant. 7.What is rankine cycle. 8.Explain the types of condensers. 9.Explain the purpose of cooling towers. 10. Write the considerations for selection of site for steam power plant. UNIT - II 1. Explain the purpose of surge tank. 2. What is catchment area. 3. Classify hydel power plants based on head. 4. Write the considerations for selection of site for hydel power plant 5. Write the considerations for selection of site for Nuclear power plant 6. What is nuclear fission and fusion. 7. What is Moderator. 8. What is chain reaction. 9. What are the different types of nuclear reactors. 10. What are the safety precautions that we have to take in nuclear power plants. UNIT - III 1. What is diffuse radiation? 2. What is direct radiation? 3. What are the different instruments used to measure the solar radiation? 4. What is solar constant? 5. Sketch The V-I Characteristics of solar panel.

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Page 1: EPGS SQ

ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS UNITWISE

UNIT - I

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of steam power plant.2. What is economizer.3. Distinguish between water tube and fire tube boilers.4. What is the use of airpreheater in steam power plant.5. write the different types of turbines used in steam power plant.6. What is the use of condenser in steam power plant.7. What is rankine cycle.8. Explain the types of condensers.9. Explain the purpose of cooling towers.10. Write the considerations for selection of site for steam power plant.

UNIT - II1. Explain the purpose of surge tank.2. What is catchment area.3. Classify hydel power plants based on head.4. Write the considerations for selection of site for hydel power plant5. Write the considerations for selection of site for Nuclear power plant6. What is nuclear fission and fusion.7. What is Moderator.8. What is chain reaction.9. What are the different types of nuclear reactors.10. What are the safety precautions that we have to take in nuclear power plants.

UNIT - III

1. What is diffuse radiation?2. What is direct radiation?3. What are the different instruments used to measure the solar radiation?4. What is solar constant?5. Sketch The V-I Characteristics of solar panel.6. What are the different types of wind turbines.7. What is BETZ criterion.8. Write the advantages and disadvantages of Horizontal axis wind mill.9. Write the advantages and disadvantages of Vertival axis wind mill.10. What are the different solar energy storage methods.

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UNIT – IV

1. Write different types of biogas digesters.2. Write the factors that effect anerobic digestion.3. What is aerobic digestion.4. What is anaerobic digestion.5. What are the different types of geothermal resources.6. Write the advantages and disadvantages of geothermal energy.7. Difference between Anderson & Claud’s cycle.8. Difference between single basin and double basin energy system.9. Write the advantages and disadvantages of Wave energy.10. What are the raw materials used for Bio gas digestion.

UNIT - V

1. What is load curve & Load duration curve .2. Define load factor, Demand factor.3. Define Diversity Factor, Capacity Factor.4. Define utilization & plant use factor.5. What is Fixed, Semi-Fixed & Running cost.6. What is Tariff.7. Write the desirable characteristics of tariff.8. Differentiate between block rate and flat rate tariff.9. Differentiate between Two part and Three Part tariff.10. What is power factor tariff.