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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
Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. Percentage of ash in coke produced from medium coking coal is more than that in coal
B. The calorific value (kcal/Nm3) of coke oven gas reduces on removal of hydrogen from it by
cryogenic method
C. Ash is normally removed as ‘fly-ash’ in Kopper-Totzek process of coal gasification
D. Coal based fertiliser plants in India at Talcher (Orissa) and Ramagundam (A.P) employ
Kopper-Totzek process of coal gasification
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