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Paper 4-B Exam Paper 4-B examines the candidate on the Part B section of the 4th Class Power Engineering Sample Questions for the above examination(s) are available on the SOPEEC Website Syllabus: The following SOPEEC syllabus has been adopted by TSSA and provides the subject BA. PRIME MOVERS AND ENGINES: a. Heat engines, prime mover terminology. b. Simple steam engine; construction, details, operation and maintenance, lubrication. c. Steam turbines; construction, impulse, reaction, governing, overspeed trip, lubrication, start-up, operation, shut-down. d. Cooling towers, condensers. e. Basic gas turbines; construction, applications, open cycle, regeneration, steam and gas turbine plants. f. Internal combustion engines; construction, working cycles, fuels, lubrication, start-up, operation, shut-down. BB. PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS: a. Pumps: I. Pumping theory. II. Pump operation and maintenance. III. Reciprocating pumps; simplex, duplex, valves, drivers. IV. Centrifugal pumps; volute, diffusers, impellers, wear rings, seals, packing. V. Start-up, operation and shut-down. VI. Turbine pump, rotary pump. b. Air Compression: I. Theory, altitude, barometers. II. Reciprocating compressors; construction, stages, cooling components, valves, control, lubrication and III. Axial; construction, components, lubrication and operation. IV. Systems; receivers, intercoolers, aftercoolers, driers, moisture, safety devices. BC. LUBRICATION: a. Lubrication; principles, lubricants, classes, viscosities, applications, systems. b. Bearing lubrication; operation, maintenance, failure. BD. ELECTRICITY: a. Electrical; terms, properties, measurement and calculations. b. Power and work. c. Magnetism and electromagnetism. d. Electrical metering devices; voltmeters, ammeters, wattmeters. e. Conductors, insulators. f. Motors and generators: AC and DC, operation. g. Transformers. h. Electrical distribution circuits, breakers, switches, fuses. i. Safe operation.
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