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  • Question
  • Which of the following furnaces will have maximum thermal efficiency?


  • Options
  • A. Soaking pits
  • B. Walking beam reheating furnace
  • C. Boiler furnace
  • D. Rotary kilns

  • Correct Answer
  • Boiler furnace 


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    • 1. Use of pulverised coal in boilers provides

    • Options
    • A. higher calorific value
    • B. better combustion
    • C. smokeless burning
    • D. less erosion on furnace wall.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Air filtration in a furnace

    • Options
    • A. reduces its thermal efficiency.
    • B. is indicated by flame sting out.
    • C. increases the flue gas temperature.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. The heating capacity of muffle furnace depends on the

    • Options
    • A. surface area & emissivity of the stock.
    • B. properties of the muffle wall (temperature, area, emissivity).
    • C. both (a) & (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss
    • 4. The electric furnace in which heat is produced by a combination of induced current and skin effect is called __________ furnace.

    • Options
    • A. arc
    • B. resistance
    • C. low frequency induction
    • D. high frequency induction
    • Discuss
    • 5. The main function of a muffle in the muffle furnace is to

    • Options
    • A. protect the charge from the effects of the products of combustion.
    • B. smooth out temperature inequalities on the combustion side of the muffle wall.
    • C. both (a) & (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss
    • 6. Regenerators compared to the recuperators for the same duty

    • Options
    • A. occupy more space
    • B. are less costly
    • C. are of smaller size
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 7. Overall thermal efficiency of a lumpy coal fired suitably designed heating furnace, if operated & maintained properly may be about __________ percent.

    • Options
    • A. 10-15
    • B. 25-30
    • C. 45-50
    • D. 65-70
    • Discuss
    • 8. Heat balance of furnace provides means of determining the

    • Options
    • A. thermal efficiency of the process.
    • B. sources of heat losses.
    • C. scope of reduction of heat losses.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 9. Hearth furnaces are not used for

    • Options
    • A. roasting
    • B. melting
    • C. reheating
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. In furnaces operating at very high temperature (say) 1250°C, e.g. soaking pit), the maximum heat transfer takes place by

    • Options
    • A. conduction
    • B. convection
    • C. radiation
    • D. can not be predicted.
    • Discuss


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