EE 2252 Power plant Engineering question paper download

B.E. / B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL / MAY 2010
Fourth Semester
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
EE2252 - POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
(Regulation 2008)
Time: Three hours
: 100 Marks
Answer ALL questions
PART A - (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

1. Mention the various modern ash handling systems.
2.What are the factors affecting cooling of water in cooling tower?
3. Enumerate advantages and disadvantages of hydropower plants.
4. What is a surge tank?
5.What are the requirements of fission process?
6. What are the essential components of a nuclear reactor?
7. State the merits and demerits of closed cycle gas turbine over open cycle gas turbine power plant.
8.State the applications of diesel power plant.
9. What is a fuel cell?
10. What are the advantages and limitations of tidal power plant?

PART B - (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)

11.(A) Give the layout of a modern steam power plant and explain it briefly. [Marks 16]
Or
(B) How are cooling towers classified? Explain any one of them with a neat sketch. [Marks 16]

12.(A) Explain with a neat sketch a pumped storage power plant. [Marks 16]
Or
(B) What is the function of a hydraulic turbine? How are the turbines classified? Explain any one with a suitable sketch. [Marks 16]

13. (A) With the help of a sketch show all the important part of nuclear reactor. Describe briefly the functions of each part. [Marks 16]
Or
(B) Explain the following terms: (i) Fission of nuclear fuel (ii) Distribution of fission energy (iii) The chain reaction. [Marks 16]

14. (A) Discuss briefly the methods employed for improvement of thermal efficiency of open gas turbine power plant. [Marks 16]
Or
(B) List the essential components of a diesel power plant and explain them briefly. [Marks 16]

15. (A) Explain with a neat diagram of wind electric generating power plant. [Marks 16]
Or
(B) Describe open cycle MHD system with suitable sketch. [Marks 16]

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