Chemical Engineering - Furnace Technology

Exercise : Furnace Technology - Section 1
26.
Ceramic coating material for furnace refractory, which increases its emissivity and thus the radiation heat transfer rate in the furnace, comprises of
graphite powder
thoria
zircon powder
beryllium
Answer: Option
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27.
In reverberatory furnace, charge is heated mainly by
conduction.
natural convection.
radiation of heat from the roof of the combustion chamber.
none of these.
Answer: Option
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28.
An example of a periodic furnace is the
blast furnace stoves
blast furnace
coke oven heating chamber
rotary kilns
Answer: Option
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29.
Ostwald charts are meant for
computing the excess/deficiency of combustion air.
calculation of flue gas temperature.
computation of flue gas analysis.
none of these.
Answer: Option
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30.
Maximum heat transfer in high temperature furnaces is by
conduction
convection
radiation
either (a), (b) or (c); depends on the type of furnace
Answer: Option
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