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impulse turbine

GATE Mechanical Engineering · Turbomachinery · 1993-2017

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2017 PYQ

Which one of the following statement is TRUE?

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2014 PYQ

Steam at a velocity of $$10$$ $$m/s$$ enters the impulse turbine stage with symmetrical blading having blade angle $${30^ \circ }.$$ The enthalpy drop in the stage is $$100kJ.$$ Th...

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2003 PYQ

Considering the variation of static pressure and absolute velocity in an impulse stream turbine, across one row of moving blades

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2000 PYQ

A simple impulse turbine expands steam frictionlessly from $$12$$ bar, $${250^0}C$$ with an enthalpy of $$2935$$ $$kJ/kg$$ to an enthalpy of $$2584$$ $$kJ/kg$$ at $$0.1$$ bar. Assu...

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1998 PYQ

If $$\,\,{V_N}\,\,$$ and $$\alpha $$ are the nozzle exit velocity and nozzle angle in an impulse turbine, the optimum blade velocity is given by

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1998 PYQ

The isentropic heat drop in the nozzle of an impulse steam turbine with a nozzle efficiency $$0.9,$$ blade velocity ratio $$0.5,$$ and mean blade velocity $$150$$ $$m/s$$ in $$kJ/k...

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1997 PYQ

The following data pertain to a single stage impulse steam turbine: Nozzle angle $$=$$ $${20^ \circ };$$ Blade velocity $$= 200$$ $$m/s;$$ Relative steam velocity at entry $$= 350$...

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1994 PYQ

For a single stage impulse turbine with rotor diameter of $$2$$ $$m$$ and a speed of $$3000$$ $$rpm$$ when the nozzle angle is $${20^0},$$ the optimum velocity of steam in $$m/s$$

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1993 PYQ

In a single stage single row impulse turbine, the steam is entering at a velocity of $$1200$$ $$m/s$$ with a nozzle angle of $${20^ \circ }$$ and leaving the blade in the axial dir...

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