Chemical Engineering MCQs

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Which is the most thermally efficient furnace _______________________?
A. Reheating furnace
B. Reverberatory furnace
C. Rotary kilns
D. Boiler furnace
The advantages of firing pulverised coal in the furnace lies in the fact that, it_____________________?
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.
To reduce the stack loss, heat recovery from flue gas can be done by_____________________?
A. Preheating of cold stock
B. Preheating of combustion air
C. Steam generation in waste heat boilers
D. All a., b. and c.
Size of the combustion chamber of a furnace depends upon the ___________________?
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.
Which of the following is a heat treatment furnace ?
A. Muffle furnace
B. Annealing furnace
C. Reheating furnace
D. Rotary kiln
In practical operation of any furnace, zero oxygen percentage or theoretical CO2 percentage in flue gas is rarely achieved, because of__________________?
A. Use of non-preheated combustion air
B. Use of pulverised solid fuels
C. Imperfect mixing of fuel & air and infiltration of air
D. Use of excessive positive draft in the furnace
In reverberatory furnace, charge is heated mainly by__________________?
A. Conduction
B. Natural convection
C. Radiation of heat from the roof of the combustion chamber
D. None of these