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This section includes 336 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Chemical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
151. |
Regenerators are normally provided in the$? |
A. | Glass melting furnace |
B. | Open hearth furnace |
C. | By product coke ovens |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
152. |
Regenerators are used for waste heat recovery in$? |
A. | By-product coke ovens |
B. | Beehive coke oven |
C. | Blast furnace stoves |
D. | Soaking pits |
Answer» B. Beehive coke oven | |
153. |
Heat transfer rate to the charge/stock in a furnace does not depend upon the$? |
A. | Type of fuels viz solid, liquid or gaseous |
B. | Flue gas temperature |
C. | Emissivity of refractory walls |
D. | Initial temperature of the charged stock |
Answer» B. Flue gas temperature | |
154. |
Which of the following is a directly fired intermittant furnace?$? |
A. | Walking beam reheating furnace |
B. | Reverberatory furnace |
C. | Tower furnace |
D. | Tunnel kiln |
Answer» C. Tower furnace | |
155. |
Thermal efficiency of blast furnace stoves used for heating blast (air) may be about __________ percent.$? |
A. | 20 |
B. | 40 |
C. | 60 |
D. | 80 |
Answer» E. | |
156. |
The resistance furnace produces heat by the$? |
A. | Electric arc struck between electrodes and the charge |
B. | Flow of current through a heating element |
C. | Combination of induced current and skin effect |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Combination of induced current and skin effect | |
157. |
Ceramic coating material for furnace refractory, which increases its emissivity and thus the radiation heat transfer rate in the furnace, comprises of$? |
A. | Graphite powder |
B. | Thoria |
C. | Zircon powder |
D. | Beryllium |
Answer» D. Beryllium | |
158. |
Which of the following is the most important deterrants to an extended use of pulverised coal in boiler firing?$? |
A. | Ash disposal problem |
B. | Excessive fly ash discharge from the stack |
C. | Higher power consumption in its transportation |
D. | Erosion of induced draft fan blades |
Answer» B. Excessive fly ash discharge from the stack | |
159. |
Neutral atmosphere is maintained in a/an __________ furnace.$? |
A. | Cold rolled steel coil annealing |
B. | Open hearth |
C. | Soaking pit |
D. | Walking beam reheating |
Answer» B. Open hearth | |
160. |
In salt bath furnace, heat is transferred to the charge mainly by$? |
A. | Conduction |
B. | Convection |
C. | Radiation |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Convection | |
161. |
The resistance furnace produces heat by the? |
A. | Electric arc struck between electrodes and the charge |
B. | Flow of current through a heating element |
C. | Combination of induced current and skin effect |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Combination of induced current and skin effect | |
162. |
Ceramic coating material for furnace refractory, which increases its emissivity and thus the radiation heat transfer rate in the furnace, comprises of? |
A. | Graphite powder |
B. | Thoria |
C. | Zircon powder |
D. | Beryllium |
Answer» D. Beryllium | |
163. |
Neutral atmosphere is maintained in a/an __________ furnace.? |
A. | Cold rolled steel coil annealing |
B. | Open hearth |
C. | Soaking pit |
D. | Walking beam reheating |
Answer» B. Open hearth | |
164. |
Which of the following is the most important deterrants to an extended use of pulverised coal in boiler firing?? |
A. | Ash disposal problem |
B. | Excessive fly ash discharge from the stack |
C. | Higher power consumption in its transportation |
D. | Erosion of induced draft fan blades |
Answer» B. Excessive fly ash discharge from the stack | |
165. |
In salt bath furnace, heat is transferred to the charge mainly by? |
A. | Conduction |
B. | Convection |
C. | Radiation |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Convection | |
166. |
Which furnace employs natural draft? |
A. | Coke oven |
B. | Boiler |
C. | Rotary kilns |
D. | L.D. converter |
Answer» B. Boiler | |
167. |
Which of the following variables does not affect the furnace capacity? |
A. | Size of the furnace |
B. | Gas velocity in furnace |
C. | Ratio of wall surface to surface of stock |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
168. |
Out of the following fuels used in a furnace exhausting flue gas at a temperature of 600°C, the percentage stack loss will be maximum in case of complete combustion of$ |
A. | Furnace oil with air |
B. | Furnace oil with oxygen |
C. | Blast furnace gas with air |
D. | Blast furnace gas with oxygen |
Answer» D. Blast furnace gas with oxygen | |
169. |
Which of the following variables affects the furnace capacity? |
A. | Temperature of flue gas |
B. | Thermal conductivity of stock |
C. | Thickness of heating stock |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
170. |
Which of the following is not a directly fired furnace? |
A. | By-product coke oven |
B. | Calcination kiln |
C. | Sintering furnace |
D. | Open hearth furnace |
Answer» B. Calcination kiln | |
171. |
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.$ |
A. | 2000 |
B. | 3000 |
C. | 4500 |
D. | 6000 |
Answer» D. 6000 | |
172. |
Presence of SO‚ÇÇ in furnace gases attacks the ferrous metal by way of$ |
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 of the above |
Answer» E. | |
173. |
Ceramic recuperators (made of SiC) is economical, only when used for preheating combustion air above __________ °C.$ |
A. | 250 |
B. | 650 |
C. | 850 |
D. | 1000 |
Answer» C. 850 | |
174. |
Acid dew point temperature (ADT) of a flue gas produced by the combustion of a fuel containing 1% sulphur may be about __________ °C.# |
A. | 80 |
B. | 130 |
C. | 180 |
D. | 250 |
Answer» C. 180 | |
175. |
Which of the following is a heat treatment furnace? |
A. | Muffle furnace |
B. | Annealing furnace |
C. | Reheating furnace |
D. | Rotary kiln |
Answer» C. Reheating furnace | |
176. |
In furnaces operating at very high temperature (say) 1250°C, e.g. soaking pit), the maximum heat transfer takes place by# |
A. | Conduction |
B. | Convection |
C. | Radiation |
D. | Can not be predicted |
Answer» D. Can not be predicted | |
177. |
Which furnace employs preheating, heating and soaking zones? |
A. | Soaking pit |
B. | Reheating furnace |
C. | Open hearth furnace |
D. | Cupola |
Answer» C. Open hearth furnace | |
178. |
Which one shows the diagramatic heat balance in a furnace? |
A. | Sankey diagram |
B. | Cox chart |
C. | Ostwald chart |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Cox chart | |
179. |
In practical operation of any furnace, zero oxygen percentage or theoretical CO‚ÇÇ 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 |
Answer» D. Use of excessive positive draft in the furnace | |
180. |
In a furnace operation, which is not preheated? |
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 |
Answer» D. Neither A nor B | |
181. |
Combustion of furnace oil in a furnace (soaking pit) with preheated combustion air at 400°C results in saving of about __________ percent furnace oil as compared to its combustion with atmospheric air, if the flue gas outlet temperature from the soaking pit is 1200°C.# |
A. | 5 |
B. | 60 |
C. | 20 |
D. | 40 |
Answer» D. 40 | |
182. |
Which of the following is not a recuperative furnace? |
A. | Soaking pit |
B. | Reheating furnace |
C. | Steamboiler |
D. | Coke oven |
Answer» E. | |
183. |
Amount of coal lost in ash particle, which is carried through the boiler system, depends upon the |
A. | physical nature, ash content and fineness of the coal. |
B. | amount of excess air supplied and load on the boiler. |
C. | type of burner and combustion chamber. |
D. | all (a), (b) and (c) |
Answer» E. | |
184. |
Which of the following is a batch furnace ? |
A. | Cupola |
B. | Reheating furnace |
C. | Glass tank furnace |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Reheating furnace | |
185. |
Very high pressure boilers are usually __________ boilers. |
A. | fire tube |
B. | water tube |
C. | waste heat |
D. | natural circulation |
Answer» E. | |
186. |
In low or standard frequency induction furnace, heat is produced by the |
A. | combination of induced current and skin effect. |
B. | induction and resistance. |
C. | current flow through a heating element. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» C. current flow through a heating element. | |
187. |
Reverberatory furnace is used for |
A. | roasting/reduction of ores |
B. | annealing steel coil |
C. | heating air |
D. | steel melting |
Answer» B. annealing steel coil | |
188. |
A refractory wall separating the stock and the source of heat is provided in a |
A. | updraft kiln |
B. | muffle furnace |
C. | continuous furnace |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. continuous furnace | |
189. |
The heating capacity of continuous reheating furnace depends upon the |
A. | hearth area and furnace temperature. |
B. | emissivity of the stock. |
C. | ratio of wall surface to stock surface. |
D. | all (a), (b) and (c). |
Answer» E. | |
190. |
Regenerators as compared to recuperators for the same duty |
A. | store smaller quantity of waste heat |
B. | are lighter & compact |
C. | involve higher initial cost |
D. | all (a), (b) & (c) |
Answer» D. all (a), (b) & (c) | |
191. |
Which furnace employs natural draft ? |
A. | Coke oven |
B. | Boiler |
C. | Rotary kilns |
D. | L.D. converter |
Answer» B. Boiler | |
192. |
Which furnace employs an I.D. fan for the removal of flue gases from the furnace ? |
A. | Coke oven. |
B. | Blast furnace stoves. |
C. | Beehive coke oven. |
D. | High pressure boiler. |
Answer» E. | |
193. |
If fuel and air are mixed ahead of the burner, it is called a/an __________ burner. |
A. | premix |
B. | outside mixing type |
C. | rotary |
D. | diffusion |
Answer» B. outside mixing type | |
194. |
Which of the following is the most important deterrants to an extended use of pulverised coal in boiler firing ? |
A. | Ash disposal problem. |
B. | Excessive fly ash discharge from the stack. |
C. | Higher power consumption in its transportation. |
D. | Erosion of induced draft fan blades. |
Answer» B. Excessive fly ash discharge from the stack. | |
195. |
An example of indirectly heated furnace is the |
A. | soaking pit |
B. | muffle furnace |
C. | reheating furnace |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. reheating furnace | |
196. |
Out of the following fuels used in a furnace exhausting flue gas at a temperature of 600°C, the percentage stack loss will be maximum in case of complete combustion of$ |
A. | furnace oil with air. |
B. | furnace oil with oxygen. |
C. | blast furnace gas with air. |
D. | blast furnace gas with oxygen. |
Answer» D. blast furnace gas with oxygen. | |
197. |
Turn down ratio of a burner |
A. | should be as low as possible i.e., 1 : 2. |
B. | should be 1:1 for a batch type furnace.. |
C. | is the ratio of maximum to minimum permissible heat input rates. |
D. | is normally much more for a continuous furnace as compared to a batch furnace. |
Answer» D. is normally much more for a continuous furnace as compared to a batch furnace. | |
198. |
Oxygen enrichment of combustion air does not result in increase of the |
A. | flame temperature. |
B. | oxygen in the flue gas. |
C. | stack loss. |
D. | heat transfer rate in the furnace. |
Answer» C. stack loss. | |
199. |
Turndown ratio of a burner gives an idea of the __________ in the furnace. |
A. | range of fuel firing rates |
B. | volume of the combustion chamber |
C. | maximum heat input rate only |
D. | minimum heat input rate only |
Answer» B. volume of the combustion chamber | |
200. |
Which of the following is not a continuous waste heat recovery equipment from the flue gases going out of furnace ? |
A. | Economiser. |
B. | Regenerator. |
C. | Ceramic recuperator. |
D. | Waste heat boiler. |
Answer» C. Ceramic recuperator. | |