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  • Question
  • Which of the following is a rotary furnace?


  • Options
  • A. Lime kiln
  • B. Soaking pit
  • C. Stoves
  • D. Annealing furnace.

  • Correct Answer
  • Lime kiln 


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    • 1. Pot furnace which is either regenerative or recupterative, is used in the manufacture of

    • Options
    • A. glass
    • B. stainless steel
    • C. potteries
    • D. refractory bricks.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Size of the combustion chamber of a furnace depends upon the

    • Options
    • A. heat release rate of the fuel.
    • B. preheat temperature of fuel & air.
    • C. method of mixing the fuel & air.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 3. Artificial draught produced by a fan in the furnace can be controlled by the

    • Options
    • A. speed of the fan.
    • B. damper.
    • C. variation in the pitch of fan blades.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which one shows the diagramatic heat balance in a furnace?

    • Options
    • A. Sankey diagram
    • B. Cox chart
    • C. Ostwald chart
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Reducing atmosphere is maintained in a

    • Options
    • A. calcination kiln
    • B. blast furnace
    • C. soaking pit
    • D. L.D. converter
    • Discuss
    • 6. Regenerators as compared to recuperators for the same duty

    • Options
    • A. store smaller quantity of waste heat
    • B. are lighter & compact
    • C. involve higher initial cost
    • D. all (a), (b) & (c)
    • Discuss
    • 7. In order to maintain an oxidising atmosphere in a furnace, it should have

    • Options
    • A. more of excess air
    • B. less of excess air
    • C. more of CO in flue gas
    • D. more of CO2 in flue gas
    • Discuss
    • 8. In a furnace operation, which is not preheated?

    • Options
    • A. Solid fuels.
    • B. Hydrocarbon containing fuel gases (e.g. coke oven gas, refinery gas etc.).
    • C. Both (a) and (b).
    • D. Neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 9. Oxygen percentage in the flue gas coming out of a gaseous fuel fired furnace should be ideally about __________ percent.

    • Options
    • A. < 2
    • B. < 5
    • C. < 8
    • D. < 10
    • Discuss
    • 10. Presence of SO2 in furnace gases attacks the ferrous metal by way of

    • Options
    • A. accelerating the rate of scaling.
    • B. causing metal embrittlement.
    • C. attacking the grain boundaries; particularly severe on low carbon and nickel bearing steels at high temperature.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss


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