Aeroderivative turbines commonly

achieve efficiencies up to:

a. 42%
b. 38%
c. 45%
d. 35%
 Which of the following is the typical
backwork ratio of gas turbines?

a. 50 to 75%
b. 40 to 65%
c. 30 to 55%
d. 35 to 60%
 Which of the following is an example
of a regenerator?

a. A counter flow heat exchanger

b. A cross flow heat exchanger
c. A mixed flow heat exchanger
d. A parallel flow heat exchanger
 Which of the following is an effect of
having a regenerator?

a. Less heat is added

b. Compressor work is reduced
c. Turbine work is increased
d. Compressor work is increased
 A regenerator in a gas turbine has no
effect in:

a. Compressor and turbine work

b. Heat added
c. Thermal efficiency
d. combustor
 In a Brayton cycle multiple stages of
compression and expansion will
___________.

a. Increase thermal efficiency

b. Decrease thermal efficiency
c. Limit thermal efficiency
d. Control efficiency
 Brayton has:

a. 2 isentropic and 2 constant volume processes

b. 2 isentropic and 2 constant pressure
processes
c. 1 constant pressure, one constant volume,
and 2 adiabatic processes
d. 2 isothermals, 1 constant volume and a
constant pressure process
 Which cycle is generally used for gas
turbine?

a. Otto cycle
b. Dual cycle
c. Carnot cycle
d. Brayton cycle
Brayton cycle cannot be used in
reciprocating engines even for same
adiabatic compression ratio and work
output because :

a. Otto cycle is highly efficient

b. Brayton cycle is less efficient
c. Brayton cycle is for slow speed engines only
d. Large volume of low pressure air cannot be
efficiently handled in reciprocating engines
 When r is the compression ratio, the
effficiency of Brayton cycle is given by:

a. 1 1/r(k-1)/k
b. 1 1/rk-1
c. 1 1/rk
d. 1 1/r
 A regenerator in a gas turbines:

a. Reduces heat loss during exhaust

b. Allows use of higher compression ratio
c. Improves thermal efficiency
d. Allows use of fuels of inferior quality
Which of the following compressors is
generally used for gas turbines?

a. Lobe type
b. Centrifugal type
c. Axial flow type
d. Reciprocating type
 The constant pressure gas turbine
works on the principle of:

a. Carnot cycle
b. Bell Coleman cycle
c. Rankine Cycle
d. Brayton cycle
 What type of gas turbine is used in
aircraft?
a. Open cycle type with reheating, regeneration
and intercooling
b. Closed cycle type with reheating
c. Open cycle type
d. Closed type with reheating and regeneration
In a gas turbines combined cycle plant,
a waste heat boiler is used to:

a. Heat air from intercooler

b. Recover heat from exhaust gases
c. Gasses from regenerator
d. None of the above
 Overall efficiency of a gas turbines is:

a. Less than diesel cycle efficiency

b. Equal to rankine cycle efficiency
c. Equal to carnot cycle efficiency
d. More than otto or diesel cycle efficiency
 Which of the following turbine has
least weight per bhp develop?

a. Closed cycle gas turbine

b. Open cycle gas turbine with inter-cooling ,
reheating and regenerating
c. Simple open cycle gas turbine
d. Open cycle gas turbine with inter-cooling and
reheating
 Which of the following is/are
advantage of closed cycle gas turbine
over open cycle gas turbine?

a. Low maintenance costs

b. No containing of working substance with
combustion gases
c. Inferior quality fuel can be used
d. All of the above
The range of compression ratio in a gas
turbine is:

a. 3 to 5
b. 5 to 8
c. 8 to 12
d. 12 to 20
 A constant volume combustion gas
turbine operates on:

a. Brayton cycle
b. Atkinson cycle
c. Ericsson cycle
d. Joule cycle
Heat exchanger used to provide heat
transfer between the exhaust gases
and the air prior to its entrance to the
combustor.
a. Evaporator
b. Heater
c. Combustion chamber
d. Regenerator
 How does the value for work per unit
mass flow of air in the compressor and
turbine influenced by the addition of a
regenerator?

a. Greatly decreased
b. Slightly increased
c. Greatly increased
d. Unchanged
 What is the ideal cycle for gas turbine
work?

a. Brayton cycle
b. Stag combined cycle
c. Bottom cycle
d. Ericsson cycle
 In order to increase the gas velocity
gas turbines generally have fixed
nozzles. This is to allow the:

a. Compression of gases
b. Expansion of gases
c. Condensation of gases
d. Evaporation of gases
 Combustion turbines or gas turbines
are the preferred combustion engines
in application much above _________.

a. 8 MW
b. 9 MW
c. 10 MW
d. 7 MW
 Large units gas turbine regularly
operate:

a. In 100 to 200 MW range

b. In 50 to 100 MW range
c. Over 150 MW
d. Below 150 MW
Small units gas turbine operate below

a. 20 MW
b. 12 MW
c. 30 MW
d. 24 MW
Heavy duty gas turbines typically have:

a. Double shafts
b. Single shafts
c. Triple shafts
d. Quadruple shafts
Which of the following is basically a jet
engine that exhausts into a turbine
generator?

a. Industrial gas turbine

b. Joule turbine
c. Aeroderivative gas turbine
d. Brayton engine
 Most aeroderivative combustion
turbine produce less than:

a. 20 MW
b. 30 MW
c. 40 MW
d. 50 MW
 The compression ratio based on
pressures in the compression stage in
a gas turbine is typically:

a. 11 to 16
b. 5 to 8
c. 12 to 18
d. 8 to 14
 The compression ratio based on
pressures of heavy duty gas turbine is
in the range of _______.

a. 14 to 15
b. 19 to 21
c. 11 to 16
d. 16 to 18
 Aeroderivative combustion turbine
have higher compression ratios
typically.

a. 14 to 15
b. 19 to 21
c. 11 to 16
d. 16 to 18
Most heavy duty combustion turbines
have how many compression stages?

a. 14 to 16
b. 18 to 20
c. 10 to 12
d. 16 to 18
 The temperature of the gas entering
the expander section is typically:

a. 1200 C to 1290 C
b. 1000 C to 1200 C
c. 1500 C to 1490 C
d. 1300 C to 1390 C
The exhaust temperature which makes
the exhaust an ideal heat source for
combined cycles is typically:

a. 540 C to 590 C
b. 600 C to 650 C
c. 300 C to 350 C
d. 440 C to 490 C
 Most combustion turbines have:

a. 2 to 3 expander stages
b. 3 to 4 expander stages
c. 4 to 5 expander stages
d. 1 to 2 expander stages
The exhaust flow rate in modern heavy
duty turbines per 100 MW is
approximately:

a. 240 to 250 kg/s

b. 140 to 150 kg/s
c. 340 to 350 kg/s
d. 440 to 450 kg/s
 The Brayton gas turbine cycle is also
known as:

a. Stirling Cycle
b. Ericsson Cycle
c. Joule Cycle
d. Atkinson cycle
 Approximately how many percent of
the turbine power is used to drive the
high efficiency compressor?
a. 50 to 75%
b. 60 to 85%
c. 45 to 70%
d. 30 to 55%
Depending on the turbine construction
details, the temperature of the air
entering the turbine will be between:

a. 650 C to 1000 C
b. 750 C to 1100 C
c. 550 C to 950 C
d. 850 C to 1200 C
 Which of the following engines are
typically used by Turbojet and
turboprop?

a. Closed combustors
b. Open combustors
c. High combustors
d. Turbo combustors
 The full load thermal efficiency of
existing heavy duty combustion turbines
in simple cycles is approximately:

a. 34 to 36%
b. 30 to 32%
c. 40 to 42%
d. 26 to 28%
 New combustion turbines on the
cutting edge of technology (advanced
turbine systems) are able to achieve

a. 38 to 38.5%
b. 36 to 36.5%
c. 40 to 40.5%
d. 34 to 34.5%
 In a Brayton cycle, reheating and
intercooling will ________.

a. Control efficiency
b. Decrease thermal efficiency
c. Increase thermal efficiency
d. Limit thermal efficiency
 In a Brayton cycle, reheating has no
effect in:

a. Heat added
b. Thermal efficiency
c. Backwork ratio
d. Network
In a Brayton cycle, intercooling has no
effect in:

a. Turbine work
b. Thermal efficiency
c. Backwork ratio
d. Network
 If Wt is the turbine power and Wc is
the compressor power then the
backwork ratio is

a. Wt/Wc
b. Wc/Wt
c. (Wt Wc)/Wc
d. (Wt Wc)/Wt
 If Wt is the turbine power and Wc is
the compressor power then the
network is

a. Wt x Wc
b. Wc/Wt
c. Wt Wc
d. Wt + Wc
 Physical limitations usually preclude
more than how many stages of
intercooling and reheating?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5