chemical engineering fuels and combustion Mcqs
202. Which of the following fuel gases has the highest calorific value ?
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A. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)

B. Sewage gas

C. Natural gas

D. Coal bed methane (CBM)

203. Coalification means the ___________________?
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A. Complete combustion of coal

B. Direct hydrogenation of coal

C. Process of conversion of lignite into anthracite

D. Underground gasification of coal

204. Grindability index of a coal is 100. It implies that the ___________________?
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A. Coal can be pulverised with great difficulty

B. Power consumption in grinding the coal will be very high

C. Coal can be easily pulverised

D. Coal cant be pulverised

205. Lurgi gasifier (high pressure gasifier) as compared to Kopper Totzek gasifier (atmospheric pressure gasifier) produces __________________?
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A. Higher amount of methane

B. Lower amount of hydrogen

C. Both A. and B.

D. Higher amount of both methane and hydrogen

206. Presence of free moisture in coal during its high temperature carbonisation _____________________?
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A. None of these

B. Reduces the coking time

C. Increases the loss of fine coal dust from the ovens when charging

D. Protects the volatile products from pyrolysis (cracking) in the presence of hot coke and hot

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207. Compound coke ovens are those which can be heated by __________________?
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A. Both steam and electrical power

B. Lean gas (e.g., B.F. gas)

C. Rich gas (e.g., coke oven gas)

D. Both B. and C.
209. Which of the following is not applicable to fluidised bed combustion of coal ?
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A. None of these

B. It cannot burn low grade coal

C. Less heat transfer surface area is required in boilers

D. It achieves higher fuel combustion efficiency

211. Presence of force moisture in coal is most disadvantageous during its __________________?
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A. Pulverisation

B. Transportation and handling

C. Washing

D. Storage

212. Washing of coal does not reduce its______________________?
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A. Fusion point of ash

B. None of these

C. S & P content

D. Heating value

213. A fuel with high heat release rate will_________________?
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A. None of these

B. Have high calorific value

C. Require smaller combustion chamber

D. Have high adiabatic flame temperature

214. A coal having high ratio of volatile matter to fixed carbon as compared to a coal having low ratio of volatile matter to fixed carbon _________________?
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A. Is less liable to spontaneous combustion on storage

B. Requires smaller combustion space and less secondary air

C. None of these

D. Is more difficult to ignite and produces a shorter flame

215. Low temperature oxidation and spontaneous combustion of freshly mined coal is accentuated, if __________________?
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A. It is stored in tall heaps

B. All A., B. and C.

C. Smaller fines are stored in large quantity

D. It contains large amount of volatile matter

216. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Cokes of high reactivity are obtained from weakly coking coals

B. Cokes of high reactivity are obtained from strongly coking coals

C. Reactivity of coke is inversely proportional to its absolute density

D. Abrasion index of the coke is a measure of its hardness

220. Which of the following coal gasification processes will produce gas having maximum methane content ?
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A. Lurgi process

B. Winkler process

C. All can produce same methane content

D. Kopper-Totzek process

223. Coking coals are invariably____________________?
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A. Lignites

B. Anthracites

C. Bituminous coals

D. Semi-anthracites

224. Naphthalene recovered from coke oven gas is used___________________?
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A. As moisture proof coating on fibres

B. As moth balls (insecticides)

C. As a fuel in furnaces

D. For making electrodes

225. Which of the following is the most reactive (as regards the formation of CO + H2 from C + H2O) ?
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A. Sub-bituminous coal

B. Blast furnace coke

C. Anthracite coal

D. Low temperature coke
226. Actual flame temperature is always lower than the adiabatic flame temperature, because there is________________?
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A. No possibility of obtaining complete combustion at high temperature

B. Always loss of heat from the flame

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

227. Which of the following gaseous fuels has the highest net calorific value (kcal/Nm3) ?
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A. Liquefied petroleum gas

B. Natural gas

C. Carburetted water gas

D. Producer gas

228. During the carbonisation of coal__________________?
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A. All A., B. and C.

B. All tar is evolved at 700C

C. Hard semi-coke starts shrinking at 600C

229. Washing of coal________________?
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A. All A., B. and C.

B. Improves its coking properties

C. Reduces its sulphur and ash content

D. Controls its ash fusibility and increases its calorific value

230. Fossil fuels mean___________________?
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A. Solid fuels

B. Liquid fuels

C. Premature fuels with low calorific value

D. Those fuels which are found in the crust of earth
231. Ultimate analysis of coal determines its _______________ content?
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A. Carbon, volatile matter, ash & moisture

B. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen & sulphur

C. Carbon, ash, sulphur & nitrogen

D. Carbon, sulphur, volatile matter & ash

232. With increases in carbonisation temperature_______________________?
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A. Coke even gas yield increases

B. Hydrogen percentage in the coke oven gas decreases

C. Tar yield increases

D. Methane percentage in the coke oven gas increases

234. Mixed gas used in steel plants is a mixture of___________________?
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A. Coke oven gas and L.P.G

B. Coke oven gas and converter gas

C. B.F. gas and coke oven gas

D. Blast furnace gas and naphtha vapor

235. Insitu theory and drift theory are related to the____________________?
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A. Coalification

B. Origin of coal

C. Variation of coal quality with depth

D. Origin of petroleum oil

240. Narrow coke ovens as compared to wider coke ovens_________________?
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A. Produce smaller coke

B. Produce stronger coke

C. All A., B. and C.

D. Require less time of carbonisation

241. A good coking coal should have high ______________ content?
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A. Ash

B. Moisture

C. None of these

D. Sulphur & phosphorus

242. Which of the following is not a by-product fuel ?
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A. Sewage gas

B. Bagasse

C. Producer gas

D. Refinery gas

243. Main use of soft coke is as _______________ fuel?
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A. None of these

B. Blast furnace

C. Foundry

D. Domestic
244. 64-132) rank coal (ASTM) means a coal with 64%___________________?
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A. Fixed carbon and having a heating value around 13, 200 BTU/1b

B. Fixed carbon and heating value around 132 BTU/1b

C. None of these

D. Ash and heating value around 13, 200 BTU/1b

246. Which of the following reactions occuring during coal gasification is called the Neumann reversal reaction ?
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A. CO + H2O ? CO2 + H2

B. C + 2H2O ? CO2 + 2H2

C. 2CO ? C + CO2

D. C + H2O ? CO + H2

249. Improper storage condition results in the weathering of coal and spontaneous combustion, which increases its_________________?
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A. Calorific value

B. Friability & oxygen content

C. Caking index

D. Yield of carbonised products