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  • Question
  • Thermal efficiency of blast furnace stoves used for heating blast (air) may be about __________ percent.


  • Options
  • A. 20
  • B. 40
  • C. 60
  • D. 80

  • Correct Answer
  • 80 


  • Furnace Technology problems


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    • 1. Ceramic coating material for furnace refractory, which increases its emissivity and thus the radiation heat transfer rate in the furnace, comprises of

    • Options
    • A. graphite powder
    • B. thoria
    • C. zircon powder
    • D. beryllium
    • Discuss
    • 2. Temperature of a furnace fired with low calorific value fuel gas (i.e. lean gas) can be increased by

    • Options
    • A. preheating the combustion air.
    • B. oxygen enrichment of combustion air.
    • C. preheating the fuel gas.
    • D. all (a), (b) & (c).
    • Discuss
    • 3. Cement Kiln is a

    • Options
    • A. rotary Kiln
    • B. tunnel Kiln
    • C. natural draft furnace
    • D. batch furnace
    • Discuss
    • 4. The amount of combustible escaping uncon-sumed from the furnace, depends upon the

    • Options
    • A. air supplied and furnace temperature.
    • B. burner design (thoroughness of mixing versus stratification).
    • C. air preheat and the flow of gases in the furnace (mixing by induction, by acceleration or by change of direction).
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 5. Regenerators are installed in

    • Options
    • A. coke ovens
    • B. open hearth furnace
    • C. both (a) & (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss
    • 6. Power required in case of forced draught as compared to induced draught (for the same draught produced) is

    • Options
    • A. same
    • B. less
    • C. more
    • D. either more or less; depends on the flue gas density
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following is not a directly fired furnace?

    • Options
    • A. By-product coke oven
    • B. Calcination kiln
    • C. Sintering furnace
    • D. Open hearth furnace
    • Discuss
    • 8. The heat recoverable from flue gases of furnaces depends on the

    • Options
    • A. thermal efficiency of furnace.
    • B. quantity of flue gases.
    • C. flue gas temperature drop through the furnace.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 9. Maximum heat transfer in high temperature furnaces is by

    • Options
    • A. conduction
    • B. convection
    • C. radiation
    • D. either (a), (b) or (c); depends on the type of furnace
    • Discuss
    • 10. To reduce the stack loss, heat recovery from flue gas can be done by

    • Options
    • A. preheating of cold stock.
    • B. preheating of combustion air.
    • C. steam generation in waste heat boilers.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss


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