PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul.

Basic Mechanical Engineering

Question Bank – II

UNIT-II INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND BOILERS

PART A

1. What is an engine?
2. What is a heat engine?
3. How are heat engines classified?
4. What is an internal combustion engine (IC engine)?
5. How are IC Engines classified?
6. What are the components of an IC engine?
7. List the strokes that constitute a four stroke engine.
8. What is meant by stroke in an IC engine?
9. List the ports used in a 2 stroke engine.
10. Name the two extreme positions occupied by the piston.
11. Explain the following terms. (i) TDC (ii) BDC.
12. What is meant by bore?
13. What is meant by clearance volume and swept volume?
14. Define the compression ratio in an IC engine.
15. Explain the functions of (i) piston and (ii) connecting rod.
16. What are the functions of piston rings?
17. What is a flywheel?
18. What is SI engine (petrol engine)?
19. List the merits of petrol engines.
20. List the demerits of petrol engines.
21. What is CI engine? Why is it called so?
22. What are the merits of diesel (CI) engines?
23. State the demerits of CI (diesel) engines.
24. What is a two stroke engine?
25. What is a four-stroke engine?
26. What is meant by scavenging?
27. What is a steam generator or boiler?
28. How are boilers classified?
29. What is a fire tube boiler? Give two examples.
30. What is a water tube boiler? Mention two of them.
31. List the difference between a fire tube boiler and a water tube boiler.
32. What are the important components of a boiler?
33. Which are called high pressure boilers?
34. What is a man hole in a boiler?
35. What is grate in a boiler?
36. Why is damper provided in a steam boiler?
37. Why is the drum provided in a boiler?
38. What is meant by the capacity of a boiler?
 39. What are water space and steam space?
40. What is scaling? State its effect?
41. What is meant by boiler-trial?
42. What is meant by cogeneration?
43. Give the applications of modern high pressure boilers.
44. What is meant by IBR?
45. Mention four boiler mountings.
46. Mention three boiler accessories.
47. What are the differences between boiler mountings and boiler accessories?
48. What is the function of safety valve in a boiler?
49. What is the function of a fusible plug?
50. What is the function of a blow-off cock?
51. What is the function of steam stop valve in a boiler?
52. What is the function of feed check valve?
53. What is an air pre-heater?
54. What is the function of the economizer?
55. What is the function of the super heater?
56. How the steam pressure of the boiler can be measured?
57. Mention a function of feed pumps.

PART B
1. With neat sketches, explain the working of a single-cylinder four-stroke petrol
engine.
2. Explain the working of a four-stroke diesel engine, giving neat sketches.
3. Explain, with the help of a sketch, the working of a two-stroke petrol engine.
4. Explain the working of a two-stroke diesel engine with a neat sketch.
5. Compare and contrast a SI (petrol) engine with a CI (diesel) engine.
6. Compare and contrast a four-stroke engine with a two-stroke engine.
7. Explain the essential differences between a fire tube boiler and a water tube
boiler. Compare the relative merits and demerits of the two types of boilers.
8. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the construction and working of a fire tube
boiler. Also show the different mountings and explain the functions of each.
9. With a neat sketch, explain the various components and the working of a water
tube boiler. Also show the path of flue gases and water.
10. Differentiate between boiler mountings and accessories. Explain the functions of
each of them.