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A boiler is considered a high

pressure boiler if it operates at a
pressure above ____ psi and over
_____ boiler horsepower.
A. 10;4 15 psi and 6 bhp

B. 15;6
C. 20;10
D. 100;50
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
A _____ boiler passes the heat

produced by gases of combustion
through tubes that are surrounded
by water. Firetube
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
At atmospheric pressure, water

boils and turns to steam at a
temperature of _____ degrees F.
212
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
When a boiler is operating at a

pressure of 100 psig, the
temperature of the water and 337
steam is _____ degrees F.
A. 212
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B. 288
C. 337
D. 441
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
As steam pressure increases, the

boiling point of water
Increases
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
A _____ is a nest of tubes used to

increase the amount of heat in
steam.
Superheater
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
The code that governs methods

and materials of boiler
construction and boiler
installation procedures is known ASME - American Society of
as the _____ Code. Mechanical Engineers
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
Conformance of boiler
components to ASME standards is
shown by using
Symbol stamps
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
A package boiler, as delivered,

includes
D. all of the above
A. a feedwater pump
B. a fuel pump
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C. combustion controls
D. all of the above
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
A boiler for generating electricity

or large amounts of steam, and
that must be built on site, is a(n)
_____ boiler. Field-erected
Ch 1: Steam Boilers
The _____ governs the

constuction of steam boiler
fittings and accessories.
ASME Code
Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings
Steam boilers are designed for a

MAWP - Maximum allowable
working pressure
_____ are located at the highest

part of the steam and water drum
and on the superheater header
outlet. Safety valves
A safety valve data plate includes

the _____ of the valve in inches.
Lift
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To make one pound of steam, it

takes _____ of water
1 lb
The tube inside a pressure gauge

is called a _____ named after a
French scientist.
Bourdon tube
While the steam and water drum

is being filled prior to the boiler
being put in service, air is
removed by the Boiler vents
Water boils at _____ degrees F at

0 psi, and at _____ degrees F at
100 psi.
A. 100;212
C. 212;337
B. 120;180
C. 212;337
D. 212;567
The best time to blow down a

boiler is
At its lightest load
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A surface blowdown line is

located
Near the NOWL
Steam that has lost its heat can be

reclaimed as _____ and returned
to the boiler.
Condensate
Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems
A gallon of water weighs

approximately
8.3 lb
A(n) _____ uses gases of

combustion to heat the feedwater
before it enters the boiler.
Economizer
Fuel oil that is not burned is

recirculated and returned to the
_____.
storage tank
A burner used in some boiler

installations, and that can burn
either gas or fuel oil, is known as Combination
a(n) _____ burner.
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To maintain constant steam

pressure in a boiler, coal is fed
continuously or intermittently by
a coal Stoker
The difference in pressure that

causes air or gases to flow is
Draft
Draft that utilizes fans and/or

blowers to produce the flow of air
for combustion is _____ draft
Mechanical
Induced draft systems produce

pressure in the furnace ______
atmospheric pressure.
A. at
B. slightly below
B. slightly below
C. slightly above
D. none of the above
Forced draft furnaces operate

_____ atmospheric pressure.
C. slightly above
A. at
B. slightly below
C. slightly above
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D. none of the above
A(n) feedwater heater is a steel

vessel designed so steam and
water come into contact with each
other and mix.
Open
Ch 4: Steam and Water

Accessories
A(n) feedwater heater that uses

single or multiple passes, without
the steam and water coming in
direct contact, is a(n) _____
feedwater heater. Closed

Accessories
Feedwater is heated by a(n) _____

located in the breeching between
the outlet damper and the
chimney where gases of
combustion make their last pass in
Economizer
the boiler.

Accessories
A duplex-reciprocating feedwater
pump is a simple _____ pump that
runs at a slow speed.
B. steam-operated
A. electric
B. steam-operated
C. pneumatic
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D. water-powered

Accessories
The most widely used type of

feedwater pump is the _____
feedwater pump.
Centrifugal

Accessories
In large steam boiler plants, a

surge tank is necessary to handle
changing loads and peak flows of
Condensate

Accessories
When _____ occurs, the low

water fuel cutoff shuts off the fuel
going to the boiler.
a low water condition

Accessories
A _____ is an automatic device

that increases efficiency by
removing air and condensate from
steam lines and heat exchangers
without the loss of steam. Steam trap

Accessories
A steam trap that is stuck closed water hammer
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causes a waterlogged line and can

also cause

Accessories
A steam trap that is operating

properly should have a drop of
_____ degrees F to _____ degrees
F between the inlet and outlet
sides. 10;20

Accessories
Outside mixing and inside mixing

are two basic types of _____
burners.
Steam atomizing
Ch 5: Fuel Burning Equipment
_____ steam is obtained from the

highest point of the steam and
water drum and is used for
atomization of fuel oil. Live
The fuel lines and equipment

located on the discharge side of
the fuel oil pump are protected
against excessive fuel oil pressure
Relief valves
by
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A _____ controls the desired set

pressure at the burner.
Gas pressure regulator
_____ gas burners are used

primarily in smaller plants.
Low pressure
A gas line must have a _____ so

that the operator can secure the
system if necessary.
Shutoff cock
A(n) stoker uses a blower that

forces air for combustion into the
air chamber directly under the
retort. Underfeed
Coal is ground to a fine powder

by a(n)
Pulverizer
To burn high sulfur coal without

creating pollution problems, the
_____ boiler injects limestone Fluidized-bed
into the bed.
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_____ heat is heat that would

normally be lost but can be used
to perform additional tasks.
Waste
A _____ draft gauge is portable

and uses a liquid to measure draft.
Manometer
Ch 6: Draft
One foot of water column is equal

to _____ psi.
0.433
Ch 6: Draft
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A1-1 Intro/High Pressure Boiler Design
dmullett
Front Back
skilled worker who operates and

define power engineer maintains equipment in a power
plant
when oil mixes with water in a

serious foaming
boiler the resultant effect is?
can a 4th class engineer take

charge of of shift on a power plant
no
with a capacity exceeding
10,000kW?
a 4th class engineer can be in

charge, including supervising
1000
others, of a power plant that
doesn't exceed _____ kW?
pressure vessel in which a gas or

vapour can be generated under
define boiler pressure, or in which a liquid can
be put under pressure, by the
direct application of a heat source
- boilers with steam generated at >

103kPa (15psi) or,
- boilers with liquid with either
define "power plant" pressure exceeeding 1100kPa
(160psi) or temp exceeding 121C
(250F) or,
- any arrangement of the above
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and any ancillary equipment used

in connection to them
The Insurers Advisory Org of Canada

lowering of insurance costs through
is an organisation who's primary
standardisation
concern is:
In the early days, the following two

agencies got involved in the
certification of both power plant
operators and equipment due to the insurance underwriters and
many accidents that were caused by governments
employing unqualified operators and
improper use of equipment in power
plants:
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's

certificate of competency qualifies
the holder to take charge of a shift
in a power plant having a capacity 5000
of not more than __________ kW, as a
shift engineer.

in a power plant consisting of one
or more coil type drumless boilers
having an aggregate capacity of not 10,000
more than __________ kW,when used
for the sole purpose of underground
thermal flooding in oil fields, as
shift engineer.

the holder to take charge of the
general care and operation of a
power plant consisting of one or
more coil type drumless boilers 5000
having an aggregate capacity of not
more than __________ kW, when used
chief steam engineer.
A straight tube longitudinal drum

boiler with a chain grate stoker
usually had a) one pass b) two passes three passes
c) three passes d) four passes e) an
internal furnace
the Haycock boiler was used 1720
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around what time?
A characteristic which made early

boilers very inefficient was? lack of heating surface
An early boiler having a

longitudinal shell or drum had as only the lower part of the shell
its heating surface?
Thermal flooding boilers are used inject steam into geological

to? formations
The first boiler to have an internal

furnace was the? scotch boiler
A _________________ is a water-
filled section which surrounds the water leg
firebox in locomotive boilers.
The first boiler to have firetubes HRT boiler - horizontal return

became known as the?
tubular
The water leg was introduced with

the? locomotive boiler
3 main considerations when designing Safety, efficient operation, and

boilers? economical fuel consumption
The steam space of a boiler must be

separate the water from the steam
large in order to?
Waterlegs generally _____ a furnace. surround
All parts of the boiler exposed to

fire or hot gases must be covered by water
_____
The maximum energy input to a hot

b
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water supply boiler is a) 454 L per
minute b) 58.7 kW c) 20,000 BTU d)
127 Imperial gallons per minute e)

587 kW
For horizontal firetube boilers, the

lowest visible water level in the
gage glass is set not less than 3 inches
__________ above the highest point
of the tubes.
A low pressure steam boiler is one

which operates at or below _____ kPa 103
A device used on smaller heating

boilers to measure water "head" or altitude
height is the _____ gauge
An induced draft fan handles _____

gases from the combustion process flue
The lowest permissible water level

of a power boiler is _____ mm below 50
the lowest visible water line
A device which must be replaced each

time it performs its function is rupture disk
the?
On older boilers the brickwork which

tended to surround the furnace was the setting of the boiler
termed?
the _____ usually uses air or steam

to do its job of cleaning ?
sootblower
A boiler component which supplies

combustion air to the burner of most windbox
boilers is called?
The low water cut-off is a device

fitted to the boiler to shut the fuel valve
_____ _____ off if the water level
becomes too low
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Manholes are openings through which

a person can enter the boiler _____ drum
A furnace baffle is installed to

direct the hot _____ gases flue
The _____ of a boiler is the
ductwork surrounding the burners

on the outside of the boiler into windbox
which the air for the burners is
introduced
A _____ gauge indicates the internal

pressure of the boiler steam
what is a major advantage of a cleaning and inspection can be

firebox boiler? difficult
for what use was the wetback

Scotch boiler primarily designed marine service
for/
which boiler is built ready for

packaged boiler
installation?
hot water supply boilers are not

considered to be heating boilers
175 C
unless the operationg temp
exceeds what?
what is increased to augment the

heat transfer capability in a number of tube passes
firetube boiler?
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HRT boiler firetubes have a diameter

76 to 102 mm
range of?
A device used to prevent the

carry-over of moisture with the
steam of an HRT boiler is called the dry pipe
_____ _____
With regard to a steam boiler, the

horizontal return tubular
lettering "HRT" means?
An advantage of a locomotive boiler

rugged construction
over other boilers of the era was?
A component used to increase the

volume of the steam space in a steam dome
locomotive boiler was the?
A boiler which utilized a waterleg

and was primarily used for heating firebox boiler
purposes was the?
The firebox boiler is a _______ pass

firetube boiler. two
In a packaged firetube boiler the

flue gas velocity within the unit is
maintained byvarying the total area
cross-sectional _____ of the fire
tubes in each pass
The advantages of a packaged boiler

are: 1. lower freight costs because
of less handling 2. lower initial
cost because they are mass produced
3. quality control is easier to
all
implement 4. the boilers can be
factory tested before being sentto
the customer 5. it requires little
time to put the unit into
operationat the plant site
A packaged watertube boiler having

two mud drums is called?
A type
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Watertube boilers are better suited

to higher pressures than firetube
boilers, because they: 1. incorporate
a bent tube design 2. are larger than

1, 3, 4, 5
firetube boilers 3. do not have flat
surfaces subjected to pressure 4.
usually have smaller diameter tubes
5. have smaller diameter drums
The use of bent tube boiler designs

allows the furnace wall to be lined
with tubes, thereby exposing more of radiant
the heating surface to _____ heat
The bent tube boiler design allows

the tubes to be attached radially on shell or drum
the outside of the _____
Since furnace pressure is often

positive on a packaged watertube
boiler, in order to prevent flue gas casing
leakage a steel _____ forms a seal
for the furnace
Excessive vibrations caused by

inadequate support of a watertube insulation
boiler can result in _____ failure
A problem with a D-type watertube

packaged boiler is? excessive vibration
A unit which would most likely

utilize a cyclone furnace would be
the
a) Sterling watertube boiler
b) steam generator b
c) packaged watertube boiler
d) "D" type boiler
e) three drum bent-tube boiler
Large steam generating units may

have their superheaters located: 1.
beneath the furnace 2. in the
2, 4
convection zone 3. in the main
waterwall header 4. in the radiant
zone 5. in the downcomer pipe
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Large steam generators are usually

of the _____ type watertube
Large steam generating units are

usually built so that highpressure,
high temperature, and dry steam can
be generated in order that large steam turbines
_____ _____ can be used to drive
electrical generators
A steam generator economizer is

usually located between the _____ air preheater
_____ and primary superheater
The most economical fuel to burn in

a steam generator is? pulverized coal
Economizers increase the boiler

_____ efficiency
Air heaters in a boiler reduce the

_____ of the _____ gases going to temp, flue
the stack.
Air heaters are implemented in steam

generating units in order to: 1.
recover heat from the hot flue gases
1, 2
2. improve boiler thermal efficiency
3. produce dryer steam 4. heat the
feedwater
Combustion air for the burners is

preheated in the _____ by hot flue air heater
gases.
Electric boilers have _____

conversion efficiencies close to energy
100%
A main disadvantage of an electric

boiler is? input energy cost
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An advantage of an electric boiler

is, that ithas a high efficiency
of _____ _____ from the energy transfer
electricity to the boiler water

is that it is _____ in operation silent
Most electric boilers are limited in

pressure to about 2100 kPa due to
the effect of high temperature on electrodes or elements
the ______
A boiler which incorporates a basket

and a basket drain valve is the electrode
_____ boiler
Operating voltage for an electrode

boiler may be as high as _____ volts 16,000
Electrode boiler capacities can be

as high as _____ kW 30,000
The electrode type boiler requires

_____ which conducts electricity water
The steam produced by an electrode

type boiler depends on the level of water
_____ in the basket
The amount of current passed through

the water of an electrode boiler
depends on the depth of the _____ in electrodes
the water
A __________ is not required on an

electrode electric type boiler. low water cut off
An immersion electric boiler

capacity can be as high as _____ kW 1500
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can be
Immersion boiler tube bundles
easily _____ from the unit for removed

maintenance purposes
What are two general designs of

electric boilers electrode and immersion
Control of the immersion heater

boiler is done by turning the power elements
on and off to the _____ as required
The immersion heater boiler has its

elements arranged as _____ of
elements submerged in the water groups
space

boiler is done by turning the _____
on and off to the elements as power
required
Common shell and drum thickness

range is _____ to _____ mm 6, 250
One or more steel plates rolled into

cylindrical form and welded
together, with the ends closed by steam, water
means of end plates or heads,is
called a _____ or _____ drum.
The circumferential seam of a

riveted boiler shell utilized the
_____ joint, single or double lap
riveted
Head-to-drum circumferential joints

are usually _____ welded _____ double, butt
joints
With regard to welding, heat

treatment will relieve _____ in the stresses
material due to welding
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A non-destructive test on a boiler

is a) a tensile test b) a bend test
e
c) a shear test d) an X-ray test e)
all of the above
Post weld heat treatment is _____

the material after welding heating
Tubes for high pressure service are

usually _____ and _____ construction roll, pierce
A tube expander is used to expand

and _____ the tube flare
The flat surfaces which require

staying in a firetube boiler are the
tubesheets, waterlegs, and _____ crown
sheets
Boiler stays are used to support

_____ surfaces in a boiler flat
A major force which acts to hold a

manway door in place during boiler pressure
operation is _____ within the boiler
A Morison furnace is found in _____

boilers firetube
With a bottom-supported boiler, the

steam drum is usually supported by watertubes
the _____
Boilers supported from the top are

free to _____ vertically expand
Three types of furnace water-walls

are the tangent tube, welded fin, flat stud
and _____
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In early boilers furnace walls were

constructed of brick. Today this
method has been replaced by the use tubes
of _____ to form the furnace walls
what prevents steam from

entering the internals of a steam syphon
gauge?
firebox boilers are externally fired

boilers when there is no _____ waterleg
surrounding the firebox
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A1-1 Intro/High Pressure Boiler Design
dmullett
Front Back
skilled worker who operates and

define power engineer maintains equipment in a power
plant
when oil mixes with water in a

serious foaming
boiler the resultant effect is?
can a 4th class engineer take

charge of of shift on a power plant
no
with a capacity exceeding
10,000kW?
a 4th class engineer can be in

charge, including supervising
1000
others, of a power plant that
doesn't exceed _____ kW?
pressure vessel in which a gas or

vapour can be generated under
define boiler pressure, or in which a liquid can
be put under pressure, by the
direct application of a heat source
- boilers with steam generated at >

103kPa (15psi) or,
- boilers with liquid with either
define "power plant" pressure exceeeding 1100kPa
(160psi) or temp exceeding 121C
(250F) or,
- any arrangement of the above
1 of 12 17-Nov-15 5:50 AM
and any ancillary equipment used

in connection to them
The Insurers Advisory Org of Canada

lowering of insurance costs through
is an organisation who's primary
standardisation
concern is:
In the early days, the following two

agencies got involved in the
certification of both power plant
operators and equipment due to the insurance underwriters and
many accidents that were caused by governments
employing unqualified operators and
improper use of equipment in power
plants:

in a power plant having a capacity 5000
of not more than __________ kW, as a
shift engineer.

in a power plant consisting of one
or more coil type drumless boilers
having an aggregate capacity of not 10,000
more than __________ kW,when used
shift engineer.

the holder to take charge of the
general care and operation of a
power plant consisting of one or
more coil type drumless boilers 5000
having an aggregate capacity of not
more than __________ kW, when used
chief steam engineer.
A straight tube longitudinal drum

boiler with a chain grate stoker
usually had a) one pass b) two passes three passes
c) three passes d) four passes e) an
internal furnace
the Haycock boiler was used 1720
2 of 12 17-Nov-15 5:50 AM
around what time?
A characteristic which made early

boilers very inefficient was? lack of heating surface
An early boiler having a

longitudinal shell or drum had as only the lower part of the shell
its heating surface?
Thermal flooding boilers are used inject steam into geological

to? formations
The first boiler to have an internal

furnace was the? scotch boiler
A _________________ is a water-
filled section which surrounds the water leg
firebox in locomotive boilers.
The first boiler to have firetubes HRT boiler - horizontal return

became known as the?
tubular
The water leg was introduced with

the? locomotive boiler
3 main considerations when designing Safety, efficient operation, and

boilers? economical fuel consumption
The steam space of a boiler must be

separate the water from the steam
large in order to?
Waterlegs generally _____ a furnace. surround
All parts of the boiler exposed to

fire or hot gases must be covered by water
_____
The maximum energy input to a hot

b
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water supply boiler is a) 454 L per
minute b) 58.7 kW c) 20,000 BTU d)
127 Imperial gallons per minute e)

587 kW
For horizontal firetube boilers, the

lowest visible water level in the
gage glass is set not less than 3 inches
__________ above the highest point
of the tubes.
A low pressure steam boiler is one

which operates at or below _____ kPa 103
A device used on smaller heating

boilers to measure water "head" or altitude
height is the _____ gauge
An induced draft fan handles _____

gases from the combustion process flue
The lowest permissible water level

of a power boiler is _____ mm below 50
the lowest visible water line
A device which must be replaced each

time it performs its function is rupture disk
the?
On older boilers the brickwork which

tended to surround the furnace was the setting of the boiler
termed?
the _____ usually uses air or steam

to do its job of cleaning ?
sootblower
A boiler component which supplies

combustion air to the burner of most windbox
boilers is called?
The low water cut-off is a device

fitted to the boiler to shut the fuel valve
_____ _____ off if the water level
becomes too low
4 of 12 17-Nov-15 5:50 AM
Manholes are openings through which

a person can enter the boiler _____ drum
A furnace baffle is installed to

direct the hot _____ gases flue
The _____ of a boiler is the
ductwork surrounding the burners

on the outside of the boiler into windbox
which the air for the burners is
introduced
A _____ gauge indicates the internal

pressure of the boiler steam
what is a major advantage of a cleaning and inspection can be

firebox boiler? difficult
for what use was the wetback

Scotch boiler primarily designed marine service
for/
which boiler is built ready for

packaged boiler
installation?
hot water supply boilers are not

considered to be heating boilers
175 C
unless the operationg temp
exceeds what?
what is increased to augment the

heat transfer capability in a number of tube passes
firetube boiler?
5 of 12 17-Nov-15 5:50 AM
HRT boiler firetubes have a diameter

76 to 102 mm
range of?
A device used to prevent the

carry-over of moisture with the
steam of an HRT boiler is called the dry pipe
_____ _____
With regard to a steam boiler, the

horizontal return tubular
lettering "HRT" means?
An advantage of a locomotive boiler

rugged construction
over other boilers of the era was?
A component used to increase the

volume of the steam space in a steam dome
locomotive boiler was the?
A boiler which utilized a waterleg

and was primarily used for heating firebox boiler
purposes was the?
The firebox boiler is a _______ pass

firetube boiler. two
In a packaged firetube boiler the

flue gas velocity within the unit is
maintained byvarying the total area
cross-sectional _____ of the fire
tubes in each pass
The advantages of a packaged boiler

are: 1. lower freight costs because
of less handling 2. lower initial
cost because they are mass produced
3. quality control is easier to
all
implement 4. the boilers can be
factory tested before being sentto
the customer 5. it requires little
time to put the unit into
operationat the plant site
A packaged watertube boiler having

two mud drums is called?
A type
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Watertube boilers are better suited

to higher pressures than firetube
boilers, because they: 1. incorporate
a bent tube design 2. are larger than

1, 3, 4, 5
firetube boilers 3. do not have flat
surfaces subjected to pressure 4.
usually have smaller diameter tubes
5. have smaller diameter drums
The use of bent tube boiler designs

allows the furnace wall to be lined
with tubes, thereby exposing more of radiant
the heating surface to _____ heat
The bent tube boiler design allows

the tubes to be attached radially on shell or drum
the outside of the _____
Since furnace pressure is often

positive on a packaged watertube
boiler, in order to prevent flue gas casing
leakage a steel _____ forms a seal
for the furnace
Excessive vibrations caused by

inadequate support of a watertube insulation
boiler can result in _____ failure
A problem with a D-type watertube

packaged boiler is? excessive vibration
A unit which would most likely

utilize a cyclone furnace would be
the
a) Sterling watertube boiler
b) steam generator b
c) packaged watertube boiler
d) "D" type boiler
e) three drum bent-tube boiler
Large steam generating units may

have their superheaters located: 1.
beneath the furnace 2. in the
2, 4
convection zone 3. in the main
waterwall header 4. in the radiant
zone 5. in the downcomer pipe
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Large steam generators are usually

of the _____ type watertube
Large steam generating units are

usually built so that highpressure,
high temperature, and dry steam can
be generated in order that large steam turbines
_____ _____ can be used to drive
electrical generators
A steam generator economizer is

usually located between the _____ air preheater
_____ and primary superheater
The most economical fuel to burn in

a steam generator is? pulverized coal
Economizers increase the boiler

_____ efficiency
Air heaters in a boiler reduce the

_____ of the _____ gases going to temp, flue
the stack.
Air heaters are implemented in steam

generating units in order to: 1.
recover heat from the hot flue gases
1, 2
2. improve boiler thermal efficiency
3. produce dryer steam 4. heat the
feedwater
Combustion air for the burners is

preheated in the _____ by hot flue air heater
gases.
Electric boilers have _____

conversion efficiencies close to energy
100%
A main disadvantage of an electric

boiler is? input energy cost
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is, that ithas a high efficiency
of _____ _____ from the energy transfer
electricity to the boiler water

is that it is _____ in operation silent
Most electric boilers are limited in

pressure to about 2100 kPa due to
the effect of high temperature on electrodes or elements
the ______
A boiler which incorporates a basket

and a basket drain valve is the electrode
_____ boiler
Operating voltage for an electrode

boiler may be as high as _____ volts 16,000
Electrode boiler capacities can be

as high as _____ kW 30,000
The electrode type boiler requires

_____ which conducts electricity water
The steam produced by an electrode

type boiler depends on the level of water
_____ in the basket
The amount of current passed through

the water of an electrode boiler
depends on the depth of the _____ in electrodes
the water
A __________ is not required on an

electrode electric type boiler. low water cut off
An immersion electric boiler

capacity can be as high as _____ kW 1500
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can be
Immersion boiler tube bundles
easily _____ from the unit for removed

maintenance purposes
What are two general designs of

electric boilers electrode and immersion

boiler is done by turning the power elements
on and off to the _____ as required
The immersion heater boiler has its

elements arranged as _____ of
elements submerged in the water groups
space

boiler is done by turning the _____
on and off to the elements as power
required
Common shell and drum thickness

range is _____ to _____ mm 6, 250
One or more steel plates rolled into

cylindrical form and welded
together, with the ends closed by steam, water
means of end plates or heads,is
called a _____ or _____ drum.
The circumferential seam of a

riveted boiler shell utilized the
_____ joint, single or double lap
riveted
Head-to-drum circumferential joints

are usually _____ welded _____ double, butt
joints
With regard to welding, heat

treatment will relieve _____ in the stresses
material due to welding
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A non-destructive test on a boiler

is a) a tensile test b) a bend test
e
c) a shear test d) an X-ray test e)
all of the above
Post weld heat treatment is _____

the material after welding heating
Tubes for high pressure service are

usually _____ and _____ construction roll, pierce
A tube expander is used to expand

and _____ the tube flare
The flat surfaces which require

staying in a firetube boiler are the
tubesheets, waterlegs, and _____ crown
sheets
Boiler stays are used to support

_____ surfaces in a boiler flat
A major force which acts to hold a

manway door in place during boiler pressure
operation is _____ within the boiler
A Morison furnace is found in _____

boilers firetube
With a bottom-supported boiler, the

steam drum is usually supported by watertubes
the _____
Boilers supported from the top are

free to _____ vertically expand
Three types of furnace water-walls

are the tangent tube, welded fin, flat stud
and _____
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In early boilers furnace walls were

constructed of brick. Today this
method has been replaced by the use tubes
of _____ to form the furnace walls
what prevents steam from

entering the internals of a steam syphon
gauge?
firebox boilers are externally fired

boilers when there is no _____ waterleg
surrounding the firebox
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Boiler Text Quick Quizzes

A boiler is considered a high

A. 10;4 15 psi and 6 bhp

A _____ boiler passes the heat

At atmospheric pressure, water

When a boiler is operating at a

As steam pressure increases, the

A _____ is a nest of tubes used to

The code that governs methods

A package boiler, as delivered,

A boiler for generating electricity

The _____ governs the

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

Steam boilers are designed for a

_____ are located at the highest

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

A safety valve data plate includes

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

To make one pound of steam, it

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

The tube inside a pressure gauge

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

While the steam and water drum

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

Water boils at _____ degrees F at

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

The best time to blow down a

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

A surface blowdown line is

Ch 2: Steam Boilers and Fittings

Steam that has lost its heat can be

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

A gallon of water weighs

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

A(n) _____ uses gases of

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

Fuel oil that is not burned is

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

A burner used in some boiler

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

To maintain constant steam

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

The difference in pressure that

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

Draft that utilizes fans and/or

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

Induced draft systems produce

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

Forced draft furnaces operate

D. none of the above

Ch 3: Boiler Room Systems

A(n) feedwater heater is a steel

Ch 4: Steam and Water

A(n) feedwater heater that uses

Ch 4: Steam and Water

Feedwater is heated by a(n) _____

Ch 4: Steam and Water

Ch 4: Steam and Water

The most widely used type of

Ch 4: Steam and Water

In large steam boiler plants, a