Questions asked during Viva for Proficiency Engineers during August 2002

examination

1. Tell me something about your plant and in which post you are working?
2. What is the meaning of captive power plant? How much power you are
selling to/purchasing from GEB?
3. What are the fuels you are using & what is their cost?
4. Whar is cost of power per unit generated by you? Tell me separately the fuel
cost and the administrative cost.
5. Show me economy of your power plant. Take example of HSD & fuel gas &
prove by calculation that HSD is costlier than fuel gas. Take data of your
plant.
6. What is steam consumption in STG for 34 MW? How much steam is required
for 1 unit power production.
7. What is the meaning of combined co-gen power plant?
What is HRSG? What is GT exhaust temperature? What is the arrangement
if GT exhaust gas is not available?
8. Explain your DM water plant. What is its cost of production? What is function
of MB?
9. What is polishing unit? What is quality of process conductivity? What is the
value of specific conductivity at your plant battery limit?
10. What are the protective devices in your boiler?
11. As an Engineer of your power plant what steps you will take for the
inspection of your boiler?
12. Explain how will you start your standby boiler? How will you do
paralleling with battery? Tell me step-by-step procedure.
13. Explain the cold start-up procedure of your plant.
14. How to do paralleling of two boilers?
15. What are the fuels of your boiler? Sulphur content and HCV?
16. What is the principle of your Deaerator? What is the discharge O 2
content?
17. What are the O2 scavengers? What is your O2 scavenger?
18. What are the disadvantages of sodium sulphite as a O2 scavenger?
19. What are the other advantages of Hydrazine?
20. Why do you need to maintain the pH value in your boiler drum
between 9.5 to 10.2?