chemical engineering fuels and combustion Mcqs
155. Presence of phosphorous in metallurgical coal__________________?
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A. Badly affects the quality of steel

B. Increases its caking power

C. Is not undesirable

D. Reduces its calorific value

156. Which is the most matured coal ?
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A. Bituminous

B. Anthracite

C. Semi-anthracite

D. Lignite

159. Which of the following is called blue gas?
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A. Producer gas

B. Water gas

C. Coke oven gas

D. Natural gas

160. High sulphur content in a fuel ______________ of the flue gases?
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A. Decreases the dew point

B. Increases the dew point

C. Reduces the combustion efficiency by limiting the permissible temperature reduction

D. Both B. and C.
162. Pitch creosote mixture (PCM) as compared to furnace oil is a better fuel, because its ___________________?
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A. Emissivity factor is higher

B. Flue gas has lower dew point thereby facilitating more waste heat recovery

C. Sulphur content is lower

D. All A., B. and C.
166. Which of the following is the most important deterrents to an extended use of pulverised coal in boiler firing ?
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A. Ash disposal problem

B. Excessive fly-ash discharge from the stack

C. High power consumption in its transportation

D. Erosion of induced draft fan blades

168. Octane number of 2, 2, 4 trimethyl pentane is __________________?
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A. In between 0 and 100

B. More than 100

C. 0

D. 100
169. Catalyst used in Fischer-Tropsch process is_______________?
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A. Alumina

B. Zinc oxide

C. Thorium oxide

D. Nickel
170. Cannel coal__________________?
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A. Is a non-banded coal which can be ignited easily with a match stick or candle flame, hence is

B. Has a high volatile matter content and burns with a luminous smoky flame

C. Is non-coking

D. All A., B. and C.

E. named

171. Which of the following has the highest calorific value (kcal/Nm3) ?
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A. Carburetted water gas

B. LPG

C. Natural gas

D. Gobar gas

173. In case of pulverised coal fired steam boiler, the secondary air serves the main purpose of__________________?
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A. Combustion of coal by supplying it around the burner

B. Drying of coal

C. Transportation of coal

D. Preheating the primary air

175. Cannel coal and boghead coal are the examples of _________________?
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A. None of these

B. Humic coals

C. Liptobiolites

D. Sapropelic coals
176. Which of the following is a poisonous fuel gas ?
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A. Coke oven gas

B. None of these

C. Blast furnace gas

D. Natural gas

178. Fat coal means a coal having ___________________?
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A. High volatile matter

B. Low ash content

C. Low calorific value

D. Non smoking tendency

180. High rate of heating of coke ovens____________________?
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A. May damage its walls due to abrupt excessive swelling of coal

B. Increases the time of carbonisation

C. None of these

D. Produces larger size coke

182. Washing of coal decreases its_________________?
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A. Caking index

B. Mineral matter content

C. Ash content

D. Both B. and C.

183. Gross heating value of coal is ______________ the net heating value?
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A. None of these

B. Lower than

C. Higher than

D. Same as

184. Presence of free moisture in coal is most disadvantageous during_________________?
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A. Combustion of fire slacks on the grates

B. None of these

C. Handling (e.g. when emptying wagons)

D. Its pulverisation (as it requires more power)
185. __________ is used as jet engine fuel ?
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A. Kerosene

B. LPG

C. Petrol

D. Diesel

186. Artificial draught produced by a fan can be controlled by the___________________?
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A. Damper

B. Variation in the pitch of the fan blades

C. Speed of the fan

D. All A., B. and C.
187. Out of the following, which is the most important parameter for the blast furnace grade coke ?
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A. Moisture content

B. Volatile matter content

C. CSR & CRI

D. Ash content

189. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. L.P.G. is lighter than air

B. Main constituents of LPG are propane and butane

C. C.V. of LPG is about 26000 kcal/Nm3 (11500 kcal/kg)

D. C.V. of natural gas is about 10000 KCal/Nm3

190. Froth floatation is used for_________________?
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A. Washing fine coal dust (< 0.5 mm size)

B. Washing lump coal (> 80 mm size)

C. All A., B. and C.

D. Removing ash from the coal based on difference in specific gravity of coal and ash

192. Which of the following is not a manufactured fuel ?
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A. Coke breeze

B. Colloidal fuels

C. Soft coke

D. Charcoal

193. Naphthalene is used for making_________________?
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A. Insecticides (e.g. moth balls)

B. Unsaturated polyesters

C. All A., B. and C.

D. Drug intermediates e.g. ?-naphthol

194. Higher efficiency in the combustion of solid fuel cannot be achieved by________________?
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A. Supplying correct quantity of combustion air

B. Proper fuel preparation

C. Keeping the flue gas exhaust temperature very high

D. Adopting efficient-fuel firing technique & equipment

197. Undercharging of coal in the by-product coke ovens results in ____________________?
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A. Increase in the c.v. of coke oven gas

B. Decrease in the c.v. of coke oven gas

C. No change in the c.v. of coke oven gas

D. Increase in its throughput

198. Wobbe index is a characteristic of__________________?
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A. Fat coals

B. Liquid fuels

C. Gaseous fuels

D. Solid fuels

199. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. With increase in oxygen content, moisture holding capacity of coal increases and the caking power decreases

B. Oxygen content decreases from lignite to bituminous coal as the coalification increases

C. All A., B. and C.

D. The less the oxygen content, better is the coal, as it reduces the calorific value