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  • Question
  • Overfire burning in a furnace is a phenomenon characterised by


  • Options
  • A. supply of excess fuel.
  • B. supply of excess air.
  • C. burning carbon monoxide and other incombustible in upper zone of furnace by supplying more air.
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • burning carbon monoxide and other incombustible in upper zone of furnace by supplying more air. 


  • Furnace Technology problems


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    • 1. Main gas valve in a gaseous fuel burner is a __________ valve.

    • Options
    • A. gate
    • B. butterfly
    • C. globe
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which is not accomplished in an underfired furnace?

    • Options
    • A. Increase in heating capacity/m2 of floor space.
    • B. Elimination of cold spot at the bottom of the charge.
    • C. Reduction in the temperature of furnace gases.
    • D. Portection of the periphery of the charge from excessive radiation.
    • Discuss
    • 3. While the fuel fired furnace can be used upto a maximum temperature of about 1700°C, the electric furnace can be used upto a temperature of about __________ °C.

    • Options
    • A. 2000
    • B. 3000
    • C. 4500
    • D. 6000
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is not a recuperative furnace?

    • Options
    • A. Soaking pit
    • B. Reheating furnace
    • C. Steamboiler
    • D. Coke oven.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Fuel economy in furnaces can be achieved by

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    • A. using oxygen enriched combustion air.
    • B. preheating the combustion air.
    • C. reducing the heat loss through furnace openings & doors.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 6. An improved and fuel efficient version of the pusher type reheating furnace is the __________ furnace.

    • Options
    • A. walking beam
    • B. shaft
    • C. tunnel
    • D. rotary hearth
    • Discuss
    • 7. Recuperator is

    • Options
    • A. not used for fuel gas preheating.
    • B. an intermittant waste heat recovery equipment.
    • C. a continuous waste heat recovery equipment.
    • D. heavier than regenerator meant for the same duty.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Waste heat from the outgoing flue gases in a thermal power plant is recovered by a/an

    • Options
    • A. economiser
    • B. steam superheater
    • C. air preheater
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 9. In which of the following furnaces, the gases are sucked through the stock bed from below?

    • Options
    • A. Soaking pit
    • B. Sintering machine
    • C. Beehive oven
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a furnace, the heat taken by the charge/stock and the heat lost to the furnace structure & flue gases depends on the

    • Options
    • A. rate of firing and emissivity of flame.
    • B. thermal conductivity of the charge & structural materials of furnace.
    • C. nature of process ; whether batch, continuous or intermittant.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c)
    • Discuss


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