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Sulphur dioxide present in the industrial chimney exhaust causes
A Respiratory and lung disease
B Reduction in plant's productivity owing to acid rain
C Corrosion building materials
D All of the above
Draught produced by a tall chimney due to density difference between hot flue gas inside the Chimney and atmospheric air outside the chimney is more appropriately known as the __________ draught.
A Natural
B Induced
C Forced
D Chimney
The draught produced, for a given height of the chimney and given mean temperature of chimney gases
A decreases with increase in outside air temperature
B increases with increase in outside air temperature
C remains the same irrespective of outside air temperature
D may increase or decrease with increase in outside air temperature
A device used to heat feed water by utilizing the heat in me exhaust flue gases before leaving through the chimney, is known as
A Economizer
B Fusible plug
C Superheater
D Stop valve
The draught produced by steel chimney as compared to that produced by brick chimney for the same height is
A Less
B More
C Same
D May be more or less
The maximum discharge through a chimney occurs when the height of chimney is
A Infinitely long
B Around 200 meters
C Equal to the height of the hot gas column producing draught
D Outside temperature is very low
Temperature of gases at end of compression as compared to exhaust gases in a gas turbine is
A Higher
B Lower
C Equal
D Can't be compared
Moist atmospheric air at high temperature (e.g., in summer) having high concentration of sulphur dioxide causes
A Fading of dyes on textiles
B Corrosion, tarnishing & soiling of metals
C Reduced strength of textiles
D All of the above
Gradually increasing temperature of flue gases at inlet to chimney for given steam outputs is an indication of
A Higher effectiveness of boiler
B High calorific value coal being burnt
C Fouling of heat transfer surfaces
D Raising of steam temperature
The velocity of flue gases (V) through the chimney under a static draught of (H') metres is given by
A $${\text{V}} = \sqrt {2{\text{gH}}'} $$
B $${\text{V}} = \sqrt {\frac{{2{\text{g}}}}{{{\text{H}}'}}} $$
C $${\text{V}} = \frac{{{\text{H}}'}}{{\sqrt {2{\text{g}}} }}$$
D $${\text{V}} = 2{\text{g}}\sqrt {{\text{H}}'} $$

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