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Regenerators as compared to recuperators for the same duty
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A. store smaller quantity of waste heat
B. are lighter & compact
C. involve higher initial cost
D. all (a), (b) & (c)
Correct Answer
involve higher initial cost
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1. Which of the following is a rotary furnace?
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A. Lime kiln
B. Soaking pit
C. Stoves
D. Annealing furnace.
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Correct Answer: Lime kiln
2. Pot furnace which is either regenerative or recupterative, is used in the manufacture of
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A. glass
B. stainless steel
C. potteries
D. refractory bricks.
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Correct Answer: glass
3. Size of the combustion chamber of a furnace depends upon the
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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).
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Correct Answer: all (a), (b) and (c).
4. Artificial draught produced by a fan in the furnace can be controlled by the
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A. speed of the fan.
B. damper.
C. variation in the pitch of fan blades.
D. all (a), (b) and (c).
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Correct Answer: all (a), (b) and (c).
5. Which one shows the diagramatic heat balance in a furnace?
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A. Sankey diagram
B. Cox chart
C. Ostwald chart
D. None of these
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Correct Answer: Sankey diagram
6. In order to maintain an oxidising atmosphere in a furnace, it should have
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A. more of excess air
B. less of excess air
C. more of CO in flue gas
D. more of CO
2
in flue gas
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Correct Answer: more of excess air
7. In a furnace operation, which is not preheated?
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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).
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Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b).
8. Oxygen percentage in the flue gas coming out of a gaseous fuel fired furnace should be ideally about __________ percent.
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A. < 2
B. < 5
C. < 8
D. < 10
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Correct Answer: < 2
9. Presence of SO
2
in furnace gases attacks the ferrous metal by way of
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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).
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Correct Answer: all (a), (b) and (c).
10. The advantages of firing pulverised coal in the furnace lies in the fact that, it
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A. permits the use of high ash content coal.
B. permits the use of low fusion point ash coal.
C. accelerates the burning rate and economises on fuel consumption.
D. all (a), (b) and (c).
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Correct Answer: accelerates the burning rate and economises on fuel consumption.
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