GATE Thermal Engineering Applications: Power Engineering: vapour and gas power cycles, regeneration and reheat – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Power Engineering: vapour and gas power cycles, regeneration and reheat (Thermal Engineering Applications, Mechanical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

1. GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q61 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – In a steam power plant based on Rankine cycle, steam is initially expanded in a high-pressure turbine. The steam is then reheated in a reheater and…
2. GATE 2024 ME Q21 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which one of the following statements regarding a Rankine cycle is FALSE?
3. GATE 2024 ME Q45 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider an air-standard Brayton cycle with adiabatic compressor and turbine, and a regenerator, as shown in the figure. Air enters the compressor at…
4. GATE 2025 ME Q52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A thermal power plant is running with no reheat or regeneration. The specific enthalpy and specific entropy of steam at the turbine inlet are 3344 kJ…
5. GATE 2026 ME Q44 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – For an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle, as shown in the figure below, which one of the following options is the correct representation of…