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3^rd Class Engineer’s Test      08/21/01 

1. A grate 6 foot by 48 inches has a Horse Power of what according to state methods?

2. What is Turbine horse power according to the state ?

3. Which of these is a velocity compound turbine? Curtis, Rateau, or Parsons

4. Describe a reaction stage in detail and draw the description of it.

5. Name 5 benefits of  water wall boilers.

6. What is a 3^rd class plant?

7. What is deairation?

8. Give the basic formula for the volume output in gallons of a pump.

9. The residual oil flash point is used to determine how much to heat the fuel oil for?  Atomizing, Centrifuging, Storage, or Pumping.

10. What is the efficiency of an air heater?

11. What is the efficiency gained by heating the feed water?

12. What are the combustibles in fuel?

13. Describe a hydrostatic test in detail.

14. How do you check for tube tightness ?

15. What is absolute pressure defined as?

16. Name two bearings and describe what they do?

17. Where are the stamps located on an HRT boiler? A Scotch Marine?

Name 3 ways of heat transfer and describe each briefly and give examples

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