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Category: Fuels and Combustion
Temperature of preheated air used for the transportation of pulverised coal through pipes to the burner of a boiler furnace is restricted to a maximum limit of about 300° C to avoid the___________________?
A. Requirement of large volume combustion chamber
B. Risk of explosion
C. Chances of clinker formation
D. Incomplete combustion of coal
To avoid fire by spontaneous combustion of coal due to its low temperature oxidation, it should be stored in___________________?
A. Shallow and small piles
B. Fine sizes without the presence of any lump
C. Closed space without any ventilation facility
D. Large heaps with small surface to volume ratio
Washing of coal decreases its_________________?
A. Caking index
B. Mineral matter content
C. Ash content
D. Both B. and C.
Steam is intermittently admitted into the fuel bed during the production of producer gas to__________________?
A. Convert CO to CO2
B. Increase the combustion rate
C. Increase the gas production rate
D. Minimise the chances of clinker formation
In flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus, carbon dioxide is absorbed by______________________?
A. Potassium hydroxide
B. Dilute potassium carbonate
C. Cuprous chloride
D. Alkaline pyrogallol solution
‘Wind loss’ resulting from unscientific storage of coal may be the order of about _____________ percent?
A. 2.5
B. 7.5
C. 10.5
D. 14.5
Gas yield in the Kopper-Totzek coal gasifier is about ______________ Nm3/ton coal (ash = 35%)?
A. 150
B. 1500
C. 3500
D. 5000
If the specific heat of gaseous products of combustion of a fuel is high, the abiabatic flame temperature will be_____________?
A. Low
B. High
C. Very high, if the fuel is of low calorific value
D. None of these
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