Compressors, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines
Inter cooling in compressors

Cools the delivered air
Enables compression in two stages
Results in saving of power in compressing a given volume to given pressure
Is the standard practice for big compressors

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Compressors, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines
The mean effective pressure of the compressor is the

Volume of air delivered by the compressor
Volume of air sucked by the compressor during its suction stroke
None of these
Actual volume of the air delivered by the compressor when reduced to normal temperature and pressure conditions

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Compressors, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines
The assumption made in two stage compression with inter-cooler is that

The suction and delivery of air takes place at constant pressure
All of the listed here
There is no pressure drop in the inter-cooler
The compression in both the cylinders is polytropic

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Compressors, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines
Which of the following statement is correct as regard to centrifugal compressors?

The impeller rotates at high speeds
The maximum efficiency is higher than multistage axial flow compressors
The flow of air is parallel to the axis of the compressor
The static pressure of air in the impeller increases in order to provide centripetal force on the air

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Compressors, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines
Which of the following statement is correct relating to rocket engines?

The exit velocities of exhaust gases are much higher than those in jet engine
All of these
The combustion chamber in a rocket engine is directly analogous to the reservoir of a supersonic wind tunnel
The stagnation conditions exist at the combustion chamber

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