POWER PLANT ENGINEERING QUIZ

Reactors designed for propulsion applications are designed for

Any type of uranium

Natural uranium

Pure uranium

Enriched uranium

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In a power station ' load center ' means

Center of coal fields

Center of maximum load of equipment

Center of power plant

Center of gravity of electrical system

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Each fission of U₂₃₅ produces following number of fast neutrons per fission

2 neutrons

1 neutron

3 neutrons

1, 2 neutrons

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In fast breeder reactors

Graphite is used as the moderator

Heavy water is used as the moderator

Moderator is dispensed with

Any type of moderator can be used

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Solar thermal power generation can be achieved by

Using flat plate collectors

using a solar pond

Any of the mentioned system

Using focusing collector or heliostates

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Superheated steam is generated in following reactor

Pressurised water

Gas cooled

All of the listed here

Boiling water

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The primary fuel used in nuclear power plants is

U₂₃₅

Pu₂₃₉

Pu₂₃₃

U₂₃₈

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Solid fuel for nuclear reactions may be fabricated into various small shapes such as

Plates

Pins

Pallets

Any one of the listed here

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The fuel needed, with reflector in nuclear power plant, in order to generate sufficient neutrons to sustain a chain reaction, would be

Same

Zero

More

Less

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Atomic number of an element in the periodic table represents the numbers of

Electrons in the nucleus

Electrons in the atom

Neutrons in the nucleus

Protons in the nucleus

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