Power System - I (3140914) MCQs

MCQs of Introduction to Wind and Solar Power Generation

Showing 111 to 120 out of 137 Questions
111.
The torque causing the rotation of a rotor is due to the
(a) Drag force
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Lift force
(d) Axial thrust
Answer:

Option (c)

112.
Torque causing the rotation of wind turbine shaft depends upon
(a) Turbine rated power output
(b) Angular velocity of rotor
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of above
Answer:

Option (c)

113.
The cut-in velocity in wind power machine is
(a) Maximum wind speed at which a wind turbine is designed to operate
(b) Minimum wind speed at which a wind turbine is designed to operate
(c) Wind speed at which the wind turbine stops functioning
(d) Velocity of the rotor
Answer:

Option (b)

114.
Which source of renewable energy is caused by uneven heating of the earth’s surface
(a) Solar
(b) Wind
(c) Geothermal
(d) Biomass
Answer:

Option (b)

115.
With increase in height wind speed
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Remains same
(d) None of above
Answer:

Option (a)

116.
Wind power plants are required to have a large rotor size for a large power output due to
(a) Low power density of air stream
(b) Lift force acting perpendicular to the direction of wind flow
(c) Lift force being more than drag force
(d) Drag force acting perpendicular to lift force
Answer:

Option (a)

117.
Which of the following forces acts on the blade of a wind turbine rotor?
(a) Lift force
(b) Drag force
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of above
Answer:

Option (c)

118.
Wind machine with Darrious type of rotor is a
(a) Vertical axis machine
(b) Horizontal axis machine
(c) Machine that can spin in one direction only
(d) None of above
Answer:

Option (a)

119.
Power coefficient in a wind energy conversion machine is the ratio between
(a) Power of the wind rotor and power available in the wind
(b) Wind velocity and rotation per minute of the rotor
(c) Wind density and the density of the density of rotor
(d) Wind power and the power output of the turbine
Answer:

Option (a)

120.
During the day the surface wind flows
(a) From sea to land
(b) From land to sea
(c) On the surface of the sea
(d) On the surface of the land
Answer:

Option (a)

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