1.
How do you find
the area of a piston?
2.
What is the
heating surface of a 4” diameter tube 14 ft long?
3.
What material
are condenser tubes made of :
If fresh
water passes through them?
If salt
water passes through them?
4.
How is heat
transferred in a boiler?
5.
Define absolute
pressure.
6.
Why are there
soot blowers in a coal fired boiler?
7.
What can you do
with this license? 3rd Engineer.
8.
Name the two
types of safety valves.
9.
Can you have an
internal pipe connection on a safety valve?
10. What is grooving in a boiler?
11. What is cold end corrosion and
how does it affect a
boiler air heater,
economizer and stack?
12. How does a Fyrite flue gas
analyzer work and what does
it
tell you?
13. Turn these improper fractions
into mixed numbers. 32/8, 19/2, 46/9, 45/8
14. In your opinion, what is
the effect of material buildup
on the watersides and
firesides of the heating surface of
a boiler.
15. Explain a reaction turbine?
16. A 100 psi boiler is
operating with 300F stack temps, is
this boiler operating
properly?
17. What contributes to the quality
of water pumped by a
centrifugal pump? Name at least three.
18. What is a simple test for corrosivity?
19. Explain how a surface
condenser operates, and how it
effects turbine
operations.
20. What is a quick way to find heating surface of a boiler?
