Description : Neutral atmosphere is maintained in a/an __________ furnace. (A) Cold rolled steel coil annealing (B) Open hearth (C) Soaking pit (D) Walking beam reheating
Last Answer : (A) Cold rolled steel coil annealing
Description : __________ is an indirectly heated furnace. (A) Open hearth furnace (B) Muffle furnace (C) Soaking pit (D) Reheating furnace
Last Answer : (B) Muffle furnace
Description : An example of recuperative furnace is the (A) Soaking pit (B) Open hearth furnace (C) Coke ovens (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Soaking pit
Description : An example of indirectly heated furnace is the (A) Soaking pit (B) Muffle furnace (C) Reheating furnace (D) None of these
Description : Which of the following is a periodic furnace? (A) Tunnel kiln (B) Rotary kiln (C) Soaking pit (D) Reheating furnace
Last Answer : (C) Soaking pit
Description : Which of the following is not a recuperative furnace? (A) Soaking pit (B) Reheating furnace (C) Steam boiler (D) Coke oven
Last Answer : (D) Coke oven
Description : 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)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Which is not a hearth furnace? (A) Glass tank furnace (B) Open hearth furnace (C) Cupola
Last Answer : (C) Cupola
Description : Which of the following is a batch furnace? (A) Cupola (B) Reheating furnace (C) Glass tank furnace (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Cupola
Description : An improved and fuel efficient version of the pusher type reheating furnace is the __________ furnace. (A) Walking beam (B) Shaft (C) Tunnel (D) Rotary hearth
Last Answer : (A) Walking beam
Description : Which of the following furnaces will have maximum thermal efficiency? (A) Soaking pits (B) Walking beam reheating furnace (C) Boiler furnace (D) Rotary kilns
Last Answer : (C) Boiler furnace
Description : Which is a regenerative furnace? (A) Coke oven heating chamber (B) Open hearth furnace (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : Reducing atmosphere is maintained in a (A) Calcination kiln (B) Blast furnace (C) Soaking pit (D) L.D. converter
Last Answer : (B) Blast furnace
Description : Combustion of furnace oil in a furnace (soaking pit) with preheated combustion air at 400°C results in saving of about __________ percentfurnace 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
Last Answer : (C) 20
Description : An example of shaft furnace is the (A) L.D. converter (B) Glass melting tank (C) Blast furnace (D) Soaking pit
Last Answer : (C) Blast furnace
Description : Reheating furnace (pusher type) is used for heating (A) Ingots (B) Slabs (C) Steel coils (D) Steel sheets
Last Answer : (B) Slabs
Description : Hearth furnaces are not used for (A) Roasting (B) Melting (C) Reheating (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : If the flame is produced under the hearth and then sweeps up into the heating chamber, this is called a/an __________ furnace. (A) Sidefired (B) Underfired (C) Covered (D) Recirculating
Last Answer : (B) Underfired
Description : Regenerators are normally provided in the (A) Glass melting furnace (B) Open hearth furnace (C) By product coke ovens (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Regenerators are installed in (A) Coke ovens (B) Open hearth furnace (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : Thermal efficiency of an open hearth furnace may be about __________ percent. (A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 50 (D) 80
Last Answer : (B) 20
Description : 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
Last Answer : (A) By-product coke oven
Description : Main use of hard coke produced by high temperature carbonisation is in the (A) Iron blast furnace (B) Cupola in foundries (C) Sinter making (D) Domestic ovens
Last Answer : (A) Iron blast furnace
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) In basic Bessemer process, the steel heats the converter (B) In open-hearth process, the furnace heats the steel (C) In Siemens process, the impurities of pig iron are oxidised by the oxygen of the ore (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : 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) Cannot be predicted
Last Answer : (C) Radiation
Description : In which of the following furnaces, the gases are sucked through the stock bed from below? (A) Soaking pit (B) Sintering machine (C) Beehive oven (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Sintering machine
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Air bubbles in casting produce a dull sound by tapping their surfaces lightly with a hammer (B) Cupola furnace is used for the manufacture of cast iron (C) Red short iron is of no value for welding purpose (D) All the above
Description : The process of manufacturing steel by heating short lengths of wrought iron bars mixed with charcoal in fire clay crucibles and collecting the molten iron into moulds, is known as (A) Cementation process (B) Crucible process (C) Bessemer process (D) Open hearth process
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The thermal efficiency of a steel slab reheating furnace (walking beam type) may be about __________ percent. (A) 15 (B) 40 (C) 70 (D) 85
Last Answer : (B) 40
Description : Which of the following is a heat treatment furnace? (A) Muffle furnace (B) Annealing furnace (C) Reheating furnace (D) Rotary kiln
Last Answer : (B) Annealing furnace
Description : Which is the most thermally efficient furnace? (A) Reheating furnace (B) Reverberatory furnace (C) Rotary kilns (D) Boiler furnace
Last Answer : (D) Boiler furnace
Description : Which of the following is a directly fired intermittent furnace? (A) Walking beam reheating furnace (B) Reverberatory furnace (C) Tower furnace (D) Tunnel kiln
Last Answer : (B) Reverberatory furnace
Description : Preheating temperature of medium viscosity furnace oil for better atomisation through burner is about __________ °C. (A) 50 (B) 70 (C) 90 (D) 140
Last Answer : (C) 90
Description : Which of the following does not require preheating during storage in the storage tank as well as during atomisation through burners? (A) PCM (B) Tar (C) Light diesel oil (D) Low viscosity furnace oil
Last Answer : (C) Light diesel oil
Description : Fuel economy in furnaces can be achieved by (A) Using oxygen enriched combustion air (B) Preheating the combustion air (C) Reducing the heat loss through furnace openings & doors (D) All (A), (B) and (C
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C
Description : Higher furnace temperature cannot be achieved by use of a lean fuel gas in the furnace by (A) Increasing the draft in the furnace (B) Preheating the fuel gas (C) Oxygen enrichment of combustion air (D) Preheating the combustion air
Last Answer : (A) Increasing the draft in the furnace
Description : Temperature of a furnace fired with low calorific value fuel gas (i.e. lean gas) can be increased by (A) Preheating the combustion air (B) Oxygen enrichment of combustion air (C) Preheating the fuel gas (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : Large tonnage of refractory bricks are dried in a (A) Shaft furnace (B) Rotary hearth furnace (C) Tunnel kiln (D) Muffle furnace
Last Answer : (C) Tunnel kiln
Description : Unit of furnace loading is (A) Ton stock/hr/m2 hearth area (B) Ton stock/hr (C) Ton stock/m2 hearth area (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (A) Ton stock/hr/m2 hearth area
Description : Regenerators are used for waste heat recovery in (A) By-product coke ovens (B) Beehive coke oven (C) Blast furnace stoves (D) Soaking pits
Last Answer : (A) By-product coke ovens
Description : Air preheater is not used as a waste heat recovery system in a____. a) Boiler b) billet Reheating Furnace c) Heat treatment furnace d) compressor
Last Answer : compressor
Description : Recuperated is used mainly as a waste heat recovery system in a ____. a) Boiler b) Billet Reheating Furnace c) Compressor d) None of the above
Last Answer : Billet Reheating Furnace
Description : Soaking pits are meant for heating steel (A) Ingots (B) Coils (C) Sheets (D) Slabs
Last Answer : (A) Ingots
Description : Heating the Hypo-eutectoid steels to 30°C above the upper critical temperature line, soaking at that temperature and then cooling slowly to the room temperature to form a pearlite & ferrite structure is called (A) Tempering (B) Hardening (C) Annealing (D) Normalising
Last Answer : Option C
Description : In a heat treatment shop, steel components are heat-treated in batches of 80 Tons. The heat treatment cycle is as follows; Increase temperature from 30 OC to 850 OC in 3 hours. ... efficiency of 80%, for same requirement. The investment towards installation of the new furnace is Rs. 50
Last Answer : Quantity of steel treated per batch - 80 Tons a. Efficiency of Furnace: Useful heat supplied to steel - 80000 x 0.12 x (850 - 30) = 7872000 kcal/batch .1 mark Total heat ... = Rs. 64400/batch Efficiency of new LPG furnace - 80% Heat supplied in new LPG furnace - 7872000/0.8
Description : Apart from feed heating, what should a plant have to obtain a gain in thermal efficiency? a) Lubrication b) Differential heating c) Reheating cycles d) Regenerative cycles
Last Answer : c) Reheating cycles
Description : Which furnace employs natural draft? (A) Coke oven (B) Boiler (C) Rotary kilns (D) L.D. converter
Last Answer : (A) Coke oven
Description : 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
Last Answer : (D) High pressure boiler
Description : Semi steel' is (A) Produced by adding 10-20% steel to the cupola charge (B) Stronger than cast iron (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)