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ESET 221 Quiz 1 Spring 2016

Match the contributions of the following people to the development of steam power and place their work in an approximate time in history:

1. Hero __A__

2. Thomas Savery ______D

3. Thomas Newcomen ____F__

4. James Watt _____C_

5. William Blakey __B___

A. Improved the efficiency of earlier steam engine designs

B. Pioneered the water tube boiler

C. Developed a beam type engine for pumping water from mines

D. Credited with developing the first mechanical steam device

E. Developed a pistonless engine for pumping

F. Developed the first rotary valve boiler control system

6. Explain the fundamental difference in fire tube and water tube boilers and the advantages associated with each.

7. Approximately what percentage of US electrical Energy is produced from coal fired plants?

8. Given a map of the U.S. below identify the locations of major coal reserves by type for the locations shown and include a basic description of each type. For example:

(Class VIX coal, also called Magic Coal is a soft purple and orange coal with excellent combustion characteristics but contains diamond impurities making it undesirable for power plant use. Magic Coal is generally found in the Idaho and Florida panhandles.)

9. Explain the laws of Conservation of Mass and Conservation of Energy.

10. Explain the difference between theoretical air and excess air.

Choose TEN (10) words from the list below and define the word. Be sure to indicate the words you choose to define by writing the number of the word in the blank below. Use functional definitions, not word for word from the definitions list.

1. Attemperator

2. Balanced Draft

3. Banking

4. Black Liquor

5. British Thermal Unit

6. Carryover

7. Caustic cracking

8. Check valve

9. Condensate

10. Continuous blowdown

11. Corrosion

12. Damper

13. Deaerator

14. Design pressure

15. Differential

16. Downcomer

17. Draft

18. Drum

19. Dry steam

20. Duct

21. Economizer

22. Efficiency

23. Ejector

24. Embrittlement

Number

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