chemical engineering Mcqs
5551. Short/intense flame is produced during combustion of gaseous fuel by using________________?
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A. Preheated secondary air

B. Very little excess air

C. High amount/current of combustion air

D. Low amount/current of combustion air

5552. Which of the following is not a manufactured fuel ?
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A. Colloidal fuels

B. Coal briquettes

C. Tar

D. LPG

5554. Deficiency of combustion air during combustion of a gaseous fuel_____________________?
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A. Lengthens the flame

B. Causes heat loss of fuel by its partial combustion

C. Both A. & B.

D. Shortens the flame

5556. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Specific heat of coal decreases with increases in the volatile matter and decrease in the C/H

B. Angle of repose of coal increases with its increasing size

C. Specific gravity of coal increases with its increasing maturity

D. Refractive index and reflectance of coal increases with the increasing rank of coal

E. io of coal</strong>

5557. Use of pulverised coal in boiler furnace provides___________________?
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A. Smokeless burning

B. High calorific value

C. Better combustion

D. Less erosion on furnace walls

5559. Coking coals are invariably____________________?
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A. Lignites

B. Semi-anthracites

C. Bituminous coals

D. Anthracites

5560. 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.

5561. Presence of phosphorous in metallurgical coal__________________?
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A. Increases its caking power

B. Badly affects the quality of steel

C. Reduces its calorific value

D. Is not undesirable

5562. Kopper-Totzek coal gasifier_________________?
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A. Is a moving bed reactor

B. Can give ammonia synthesis gas (H2 + N2)

C. Cannot use coking coal

D. Operate at very high pressure

5563. Weathering of coal during storage causes_______________?
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A. Decrease in its caking capacity

B. Increase in its friability

C. Reduction in coal size

D. All A., B. and C.
5565. _____________ prohibits the use of alcohols directly in petrol engines ?
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A. High cost & availability

B. Low octane number

C. Low calorific value

D. Low flash point

5566. Which of the following has the highest calorific value ?
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A. Anthracite

B. Lignite

C. Peat

D. Sub-bituminous coal

5567. Higher fuel combustion efficiency cannot be achieved by_________________?
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A. Adopting proper fuel firing technique & fuel preparation

B. Preheating of fuel gases & combustion air

C. Reducing sulphur content in the fuel

D. Supplying correct amount of combustion air

5568. Which of the following is the most reactive (as regards the formation of CO + H2 from C + H2O) ?
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A. Low temperature coke

B. Anthracite coal

C. Blast furnace coke

D. Sub-bituminous coal

5569. Coke compared to the coal from which it has been made, contains ____________________?
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A. Less volatile matter

B. Greater percentage of ash

C. All A., B. and C.

D. More carbon

5570. Steam is intermittently admitted into the fuel bed during the production of producer gas to__________________?
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A. Convert CO to CO2

B. Minimise the chances of clinker formation

C. Increase the combustion rate

D. Increase the gas production rate

5572. Bituminous coal___________________?
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A. Ignites less easily than anthracite

B. Is generally coking

C. Burns with smoky yellow flame

D. Both B. and C.
5573. Which of the following fuels is generally not used in thermal power plant boiler firing ?
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A. Coal middling from washeries

B. Furnace oil, light diesel oil and tar/PCM

C. Pulverised coking coal

D. B.F. gas, coke oven gas and L.D. converter gas

5574. A coal having high amount of volatile matter____________________?
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A. Produces very little of tar and gas on carbonisation

B. Ignites easily and burns with long smoky flame

C. Would require smaller combustion chamber

D. All A., B. and C.
5576. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Vulcanised rubber is more elastic than natural rubber

B. Polymers made of more than one monomer is called copolymer or mixed polymer

C. res

D. The intermolecular forces in thermoplastic polymers are intermediate to that of elastomers &

E. Polymers made of only one monomer is called homopolymer
5577. Which is the heaviest fuel gas out of the following ?
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A. Coke oven gas

B. Blast furnace gas

C. Carburetted water gas

D. Water gas

5578. Preheating of coal charge for the coke ovens reduces the __________________?
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A. Fuel consumption in coking

B. All A., B. and C.

C. Time of carbonisation

D. Yield of gas and tar

5579. Artificial draught produced by a fan can be controlled by the___________________?
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A. Speed of the fan

B. Variation in the pitch of the fan blades

C. Damper

D. All A., B. and C.
5583. Use of preheated air for combustion of fuel in the furnace, increases the___________________?
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A. Scale losses of the furnace stock

B. Flame temperature

C. Calorific value of the fuel

D. None of these

5584. Fixed carbon in coal is defined as______________________?
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A. Hundred minus the percentage of volatile matter, ash and moisture

B. The one which is present in the residue after combustion

C. That present in volatile matters

D. The total quantity of carbon present in the coal

5585. Softening temperature of coal ash is a measure of the _____________ of coal?
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A. Clinkering tendency

B. Size stability

C. Caking tendency

D. Coking tendency

5586. Narrow coke ovens as compared to wider coke ovens_________________?
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A. Require less time of carbonisation

B. All A., B. and C.

C. Produce stronger coke

D. Produce smaller coke

5588. During combustion of coal on grate, clinker formation is increased by the___________________?
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A. All A., B. & C.

B. Low fusion point of ash (< 1100 C)

C. Use of thick fire bed

D. Use of preheated primary air

5596. Coke having higher porosity has ___________________?
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A. All A., B. and C.

B. Higher reactivity

C. Lower strength

D. Lower bulk density

5598. The difference between total carbon and fixed carbon of coal will be minimum in case of___________________?
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A. Bituminous coal

B. Lignite

C. High temperature coke (V.M < 0.5%)

D. Anthracite