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  • Question
  • 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)

  • Correct Answer
  • all (a), (b) and (c) 


  • Furnace Technology problems


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Main gas valve in a gaseous fuel burner is a __________ valve.

    • Options
    • A. gate
    • B. butterfly
    • C. globe
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. Which of the following variables affects the furnace capacity?

    • Options
    • A. Temperature of flue gas.
    • B. Thermal conductivity of stock.
    • C. Thickness of heating stock.
    • D. All (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 9. A shallow pond in which the sewage is retained and biologically treated is called

    • Options
    • A. oxidation
    • B. Imhoff tank
    • C. lagoon
    • D. skimming tank
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is the most severe air pollutant?

    • Options
    • A. hydrocarbons
    • B. NOx
    • C. SO2
    • D. CO
    • Discuss


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