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The most commonly used combustion system manufactured in India for the thermal power plant boilers is the __________ combustion system.
A Pulverised fuel
B Travelling grate stoker firing
C Circulating fluidised bed
D Fluidised bed
The combustion efficiency of a gas turbine using perfect combustion chamber is of the order of
A 75%
B 85%
C 90%
D 99%
In an internal combustion engine, the process of removing the burnt gases from the combustion chamber of the engine cylinder is known as
A Scavenging
B Detonation
C Supercharging
D Polymerisation
Use of excess of combustion air in the combustion of fuels results in
A Heat losses
B Long flame
C Condensation of water vapour from the fuel gas
D None of these
Deficiency of combustion air during combustion of a gaseous fuel
A Lengthens the flame
B Causes heat loss of fuel by its partial combustion
C Both A & B
D Shortens the flame
A device in which some portion of waste heat of flue gases is recovered to heat the air before it passes to the furnace for combustion purpose, is known as
A Superheater
B Air-preheater
C Economizer
D Injector
How are the efficiencies of any heat engine (miu) and reversible heat engine (miuR) compared, when both are operating between same heat source and same heat sink?
A miu = miuR
B miu>miuR
C miu
D none of these
The scales form in heat exchanges after a period of operation and provide additional resistance to heat transfer with some heat transfer coefficient . The reciprocal of this scale heat transfer coefficient is called .
A scaling factor
B forming factor
C resisting factor
D fouling factor
Extended heat transfer surface like fins are used to increase the heat transfer rate. Fin efficiency is defined as the ratio of heat transferred across the fin surface to the theoretical heat transfer across an equal area held at the
A Surrounding temperature
B Average temperature of the fin
C Temperature of the fin end
D Constant temperature equal to that of the base
Air is to be heated by condensing steam. Two heat exchangers are available (i) a shell and tube heat exchanger and (ii) a finned tube heat exchanger. Tube side heat transfer area are equal in both the cases. The recommended arrangement is
A Finned tube heat exchanger with air inside and steam outside
B Finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside
C Shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side
D Shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes

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