1.
What’s
the operating principle of an air ejector?
2.
What is
meant by static balancing and dynamic balancing in regards to turbines?
3.
Explain
the zeolite water softener process.
4.
Why do we
make sure our soot blowers are aligned properly?
5.
If you
had an excess amount of excess air how would this cause incomplete combustion?
6.
What
qualifications are needed to sit for a 2nd class engineer’s exam?
7.
How would
you find the safe working pressure of a cleaver brooks boiler, all the tags are
missing and there is no manufacturer’s data available?
8.
What
qualities would you look for when ordering turbine lube oil?
9.
How would
preheating your feed water increase the efficiency of the plant?
10.
Perform
an over speed trip test on a turbine.
11.
Name the
safety devices needed on a turbine.
12.
What’s
a boiler “vortex eliminator” and were would you find one in a boiler?
13.
What’s
the purpose for a syncroscope?
14.
How many
cubic yards are in 3ft by 3ft by 3ft?
15.
Define
Tensile strength, Yield point, Elastic limit, Elongation, Reduction of area.
16.
What’s
the difference between a repair and a routine repair?
17.
What are
the contents listed in an operator’s log book?
18.
Explain
the operation of a speed governor with a primary relay.
19.
What’s
the firing rate of a boiler that produces 280,000 LB/hr of steam at 600 psia and
750*f the feed water temp is 320*f ,the boiler is 78% efficient and the heating
value of the fuel is 148,000 Btu/gallon with a specific gravity of 7.8?
20.
How would
you know if a welder were qualified to do a legal weld on your boiler?
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