chemical engineering Mcqs
5954. Grindability index of a coal is 100. It implies that the ___________________?
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A. Coal cant be pulverised

B. Coal can be pulverised with great difficulty

C. Coal can be easily pulverised

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

5955. Electrical resistor bars are made of _______________?
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A. Silicon carbide

B. Graphite

C. Zirconia

D. Alumina

5956. Combustion of pulverised coal as compared to that of lump coal ________________?
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A. Provides a lower rate of heat release

B. Develops a low temperature flame

C. Develops a non-luminous flame

D. Can be done with less excess air
5957. Low temperature carbonisation of coal produces_________________?
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A. Soft coke

B. No by-products

C. Metallurgical coke

D. Very low calorific value coke oven gas

5958. High ash coals ____________________?
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A. Require longer time of carbonisation as ash offers resistance to heat transfer

B. None of these

C. Produce larger quantity of coke oven gas

D. Are soft & friable (poor strength and size stability)

5959. Chrome magnesite brick is not used for lining the___________________?
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A. Bottom hearth of reheating furnace

B. Burning zone of limestone rotary kilns

C. Coke oven regenerator

D. Hearth of soaking pits

5960. Refractories are dried in the _______________?
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A. Tunnel kilns

B. Rotary kilns

C. Sun

D. None of these

5964. Refractory materials are never used in the construction of _________________?
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A. Orton cones

B. Segar cones

C. Ovens & retorts

D. Pressure vessels
5966. Moisture loss is determined by the _______________________?
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A. Humidity of combustion air

B. Moisture content of fuel

C. Both A. and B.

D. The water formed by combustion reaction

5967. A good metallurgical coke should have very low__________________?
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A. Sulphur & phosphorous content

B. Hardness & strength

C. Fusion point of its ash

D. Porosity

5969. A coal having higher volatile matter content will necessarily have lower____________________?
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A. Ash fusion temperature

B. Calorific value

C. Caking index

D. Ignition temperature
5970. Which of the following would require maximum amount of % excess air for complete combustion ?
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A. Lump coal (fixed on chain grate)

B. Pulverised coal

C. Coke oven gas

D. Furnace oil

5972. 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. Requires smaller combustion space and less secondary air

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

C. None of these

D. Is less liable to spontaneous combustion on storage

5974. A fuel with high heat release rate will_________________?
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A. Require smaller combustion chamber

B. None of these

C. Have high calorific value

D. Have high adiabatic flame temperature

5975. Preheating of ______________ the flame temperature?
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A. The gaseous fuel before combustion decreases

B. Combustion air decreases

C. Either the fuel or the air or both, increases

D. Either the fuel or the air does not affect

5977. Firing temperature is minimum (1250-1400 C) for _______________ bricks?
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A. Fireclay

B. Silica

C. Direct bonded basic

D. Magnesite

5978. Turndown ratio of a gas burner is equal to the __________________ ?
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A. Maximum to minimum heat input ratio

B. Maximum to minimum permissible gas flow rate

C. Both A. & B.

D. Minimum to maximum heat input ratio

5981. Fussain _____________________?
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A. Is non-coking, but when blended with highly coking coal, controls its swelling and produces

B. coal

C. h strength coke on carbonisation

D. All A., B. and C.

E. Is friable, charcoal like substance

F. Has highest fixed carbon and lowest volatile matter content of all the four banded components

5982. A liquid/gaseous fuel containing hydrocarbons and high amount of sulphur is burnt with 40% excess air. The flue gas still contains large amount of carbon monoxide. This may be due to the_________________?
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A. Low calorific value of the fuel

B. Lack of thorough mixing of fuel with air

C. High sulphur content in the fuel

D. Presence of large quantity of hydrogen in the fuel

5985. High ash containing coke____________________?
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A. Produces more slag when used in the blast furnace

B. None of these

C. Has poor strength and abrasion resistance

D. Is desirable in producer gas manufacture

5986. Prime coking coal is always blended with medium or non- coking coal before carbonisation__________________?
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A. To check against its excessive swelling during heating, which may exert high pressure and

B. age coke oven walls

C. Because, it alone produces unreactive coke

D. Both A. and B.

E. Neither A. nor B.

5987. With increase in C/H ratio of a fuel, the dew point of flue gases______________________?
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A. Remain same

B. Decreases

C. May increase or decrease; depends on the type of fuel

D. Increases

5989. With increase in the alumina content in firebricks, its fusion point (refractoriness) ?
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A. Remains unchanged

B. Increases

C. Decreases linearly

D. Decreases

5990. Quartz is___________________?
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A. Stable form of silica upto 870C

B. All A., B. and C.

C. Transformed to Cristobalite on heating above 1470C

D. Converted to Tridymite on firing between 870 to 1470C

5991. Carbon refractories are exclusively used in the_________________?
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A. Side wall of soaking pits

B. Hearth of blast furnace

C. Walls of coke oven

D. Regenerators of coke oven

5993. Spalling of a refractory means its____________________?
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A. Resistance to compressive loads

B. Resistance to chemical action of gases and molten fluxes

C. Softening

D. Fracture due to uneven expansion at high temperature
5994. Stack (chimney) height in a big thermal power plant is dictated by the___________________?
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A. None of these

B. Pollution control aspect

C. Draught to be created

D. Limitation of constructional facilities

5998. In low temperature carbonisation of coal as compared to high temperature carbonisation _____________ produced is less?
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A. Yield of ammonia present in coke oven gas

B. Free carbon content in tar

C. Difference in gross & net calorific value of the coke oven gas

D. Yield percentage of coke

6000. Which is not a basic refractory ?
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A. Silicon carbide

B. Dolomite

C. Magnesite

D. Chrome magnesite