Question 12Steam Plants - QMED

The correct answer is A) bull gear. The bull gear, labeled as "IV" in the illustration SE-0013, is the large, slow-moving gear that transfers power from the low-speed pinion to the high-speed pinion in a reduction gear system. This type of gear system is commonly used in marine propulsion systems to efficiently transmit power from the engine to the propeller. The other answer choices are incorrect because: B) the high-speed pinion is a smaller, faster-moving gear that meshes with the bull gear; C) the low-speed pinion is the input gear that meshes with the bull gear; and D) the first reduction gear is the entire assembly of gears that reduces the engine's high-speed rotation to the lower-speed rotation required by the propeller.