Sometimes water is sprayed during coal charging in the coke oven, which helps in (A) Prevention of clinker formation in the oven (B) Controlling the dust nuisance while charging the coal (C) Reducing the cracking of hydrocarbons in the gas and increasing the percentage of CO & H2 in the gas (due to the endothermic reaction represented by C + H2O = CO + H2 ) (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

Sometimes water is sprayed during coal charging in the coke oven,
which helps in
(A) Prevention of clinker formation in the oven
(B) Controlling the dust nuisance while charging the coal
(C) Reducing the cracking of hydrocarbons in the gas and increasing the
percentage of CO & H2
in the gas (due to the endothermic reaction represented
by C + H2O = CO + H2
)
(D) All (A), (B) and (C)
by

1 Answer

Answer :

(D) All (A), (B) and (C)
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Last Answer : (B) Protects the volatile products from pyrolysis (cracking) in the presence of hot coke and hot oven walls

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Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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Last Answer : (D) Minimise the chances of clinker formation

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Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Percentage of ash in coke produced from medium coking coal is more than that in coal (B) The calorific value (kcal/Nm3 ) of coke oven gas reduces on removal of hydrogen from it by cryogenic method (C) Ash is normally removed as 'fly-ash' in Kopper-Totzek process of coal gasification (D) Coal based fertiliser plants in India at Talcher (Orissa) and Ramagundam (A.P) employ Kopper-Totzek process of coal gasification

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Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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Last Answer : (D) All a, b & c

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Last Answer : (D) In actual practice, absorption is an endothermic process, while stripping is an exothermic process

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Last Answer : (D) 10 0.67

Pick out the exothermic reaction out of the following: (A) C + H2O = CO + H2 (B) CaC2 + H2O = Ca(OH)2 + C2H2 (C) MgCO3 = MgO + CO2 (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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Last Answer : (B) CH4

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Last Answer : (B) Risk of explosion

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