Question Bank: Important Short Questions

 II. Answer the following in one or two sentences:

1. What does the study of power plant engineering include?

2. Define the term: Prime mover.

3. How do you classify power plants?

4. Name any two coal handling equipment in a thermal power plant.

5. Name any four thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu.

 6. What are the two major problems associated with the thermal power plant.

7. State the working principle and advantages of thermal power plant.

8. State any two significant advantages of a thermal power plant.

9. Name any four thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu.

10. The power transmission losses are minimum for thermal power plant-How?

11. Explain briefly the phenomenon of water hammer

12. How do you classify the hydro-electric power plants?

13. Write down the working principle of Nuclear power plant.

14. What are the components of a nuclear reactor?

15. List out the advantages of Nuclear Power Plants.

16. What is the purpose of control rods' in nuclear reactor?

17. What is the use moderator? Give examples.

18. State the function of the pressurizer in a nuclear reactor.

19. Name any two types of nuclear reactors.

20. What are the applications and advantages of the diesel power plant?

21. State any two applications of the gas turbine power plant.

22. Distinguish between open cycle and closed cycle systems of a gas turbine.

 23. Name any two fuels used in the gas turbine.