Description : Ceramic recuperators are generally made of (A) Silicon carbide (B) Calcium carbide (C) Fireclay bricks (D) High alumina bricks
Last Answer : (A) Silicon carbide
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 : Beehive coke oven (A) Facilitates by-products recovery (B) Takes 2-3 days for coking of coal but requires no external fuel for heating (C) Gives larger yield of coke (around 85%) as compared to by-product ovens (D) Produces coke with very poor strength
Last Answer : (B) Takes 2-3 days for coking of coal but requires no external fuel for heating
Description : hich of the following is the most suitable abrasive for grinding high tensile strength materials? (A) Silicon carbide (B) Corundum (C) Aluminium oxide (D) Boron carbide
Last Answer : Option C
Description : Coke oven regenerators are made of __________ bricks. (A) Fire clay (B) Silica (C) Low thermal conductivity (D) High electrical conductivity
Last Answer : (A) Fire clay
Description : Coke oven walls are lined with __________ bricks. (A) Silica (B) Tar-dolomite (C) Low thermal conductivity (D) Fire clay
Last Answer : (A) Silica
Description : In regenerative air preheater (as practised in heating of coke ovens), the heat is transferred (A) Through a metallic wall (B) By direct contact of hot flue gas with air (C) By ... material (like chequor bricks) and then heating the air from this hot material (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) By heating an intermediate material (like chequor bricks) and then heating the air from this hot material
Description : By-products are __________ recovered in 'Beehive ovens'. (A) Fully (B) Partially (C) Not at all (D) Negligibly
Last Answer : (C) Not at all
Description : The refractory lining of the bottom in a basic electric arc furnace is made of (A) Silica (B) Alumina (C) Magnesia (D) Fireclay
Description : Height of coke oven is limited (say maximum upto 7 metres) mainly by the (A) Problem of uniform heating along its height (B) Structural strength of silica bricks (C) Problem in door cleaning (D) Buckling of ram of pusher car at the time of coke pushing
Last Answer : (A) Problem of uniform heating along its height
Description : Chlorination of benzene is done to produce benzene hexachloride (a pesticide) in a photochemical reactor lined with (A) Karbate (B) Lead or glass (C) Fireclay bricks (D) PVC
Last Answer : (B) Lead or glass
Description : Which of the following is the most widely used heat insulating material for pipelines carrying steam? (A) Tar dolomite bricks followed by asbestos (B) Fireclay refractory followed by aluminium sheet (C) Cotton followed by aluminium foil (D) 85% magnesia cement and glass wool
Last Answer : (D) 85% magnesia cement and glass wool
Description : Out of the following, maximum temperature drop for a given heat flow & for the same thickness will be in the case of (A) Steel (B) Glass wood (C) Copper (D) Fireclay bricks
Last Answer : B) Glass wood
Description : The silica is used for preparing (A) Silica bricks (B) Coke oven (C) Lining for glass furnaces (D) All of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : Mannheim furnace is used in the manufacture of (A) Hydrochloric acid (B) H2SO4 by Chamber process (C) Calcium carbide (D) Corundum
Last Answer : (A) Hydrochloric acid
Description : Rotary kilns in cement industry are lined with _________bricks. (A) Fireclay (B) Silica (C) Lead (D) High alumina & high magnesia
Last Answer : (D) High alumina & high magnesia
Description : How is silicon carbide formed? OR What happens when silicon and coke are heated?
Last Answer : When a mixture of silicon and coke is heated in an electric furnace, silicon carbide is formed. It is an endothermic reaction. Si + C SiC
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 : Which of the following coke has the least percentage of ash? (A) Petroleum coke (B) Beehive coke (C) Foundry coke (D) Metallurgical coke
Last Answer : (A) Petroleum coke
Description : Coking time in beehive coke oven is about (A) 12 hours (B) 2-3 days (C) One week (D) Two weeks
Last Answer : (B) 2-3 days
Description : Heat penetration rate in narrow coke ovens in high temperature carbonisation of coal is around __________ cm/hr. (A) 2.5 (B) 0.5 (C) 10 (D) 20
Last Answer : (A) 2.5
Description : Coking time in narrow by-product coke ovens is around __________ hours. (A) 18 (B) 48 (C) 8 (D) 80
Last Answer : (A) 18
Description : Commercial production of calcium carbide requires limestone and __________ as raw materials. (A) Coke (B) Sand (C) Soda ash (D) Fuel oil
Last Answer : (B) Sand
Description : The main constituent of carborundum is __________ carbide. (A) Calcium (B) Silicon (C) Boron (D) Aluminium
Last Answer : (B) Silicon
Description : Coke made in narrower by-product coke ovens (as compared to wider ovens) is (A) Less reactive (B) Stronger (C) Smaller in size (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : Carbide tipped cutting tools are manufactured by powder metallurgy techniques and have a composition of (A) 90% tungsten carbide and 10% cobalt (B) 70% aluminium oxide & 30% silica (C) 30% nickel, 15% chromium & 55% tungsten (D) 65% tungsten & 35% zirconium
Last Answer : Option A
Description : Electric furnace method for production of phosphorous uses phosphate rock and __________ (A) Phosphoric acid (B) Coke (C) Sulphuric acid (D) Silica and coke
Last Answer : (D) Silica and coke
Description : __________ is used as a flux in the smelting of copper ore like chalcopyrite. (A) Coke breeze (B) Lime powder (C) Silica/quartz (D) Dolomite
Last Answer : (C) Silica/quartz
Description : Rotary driers are generally made of (A) Cast iron (B) Mild steel (C) High silicon iron (14% Si) (D) Tin lined with refractory bricks
Last Answer : (B) Mild steel
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)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Which is a continuous furnace? (A) Coke ovens (B) Annealing furnace (C) Glass tank furnace
Last Answer : (C) Glass tank furnace
Description : Coke ovens in steel plant are heated by (A) Electricity (B) Blast furnace gas/mixed gas (C) Coke oven gas (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (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 : 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 : Narrow coke ovens as compared to wider coke ovens (A) Produce smaller coke (B) Produce stronger coke (C) Require less time of carbonisation (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Flue gas from the heating chamber of byproduct coke ovens is removed by (A) Forced draft fan (B) Induced draft fan (C) Steam ejector (D) Natural draft
Last Answer : (D) Natural draft
Description : Coke ovens in steel plant are heated by (A) Electricity (B) Coke oven gas (C) Mixed gas (D) Both (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) & (C)
Description : High rate of heating of coke ovens (A) May damage its walls due to abrupt excessive swelling of coal (B) Produces larger size coke (C) Increases the time of carbonisation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) May damage its walls due to abrupt excessive swelling of coal
Description : Undercharging of coal in the by-product coke ovens results in (A) Decrease in the c.v. of coke oven gas (B) Increase in its throughput (C) Increase in the c.v. of coke oven gas
Last Answer : (A) Decrease in the c.v. of coke oven gas
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 : Compound coke ovens are those which can be heated by (A) Both steam and electrical power (B) Lean gas (e.g., B.F. gas) (C) Rich gas (e.g., coke oven gas) (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : Preheating of coal charge for the coke ovens reduces the (A) Time of carbonisation (B) Yield of gas and tar (C) Fuel consumption in coking (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Presence of free moisture in coal during its high temperature carbonisation (A) Reduces the coking time (B) Protects the volatile products from pyrolysis (cracking) in the presence of hot coke and hot oven walls (C) Increases the loss of fine coal dust from the ovens when charging (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Protects the volatile products from pyrolysis (cracking) in the presence of hot coke and hot oven walls
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Nitrogen is normally supplied in fertiliser either in Ammoniacal or the nitrate form, from which the soil takes it up in the form of ammonium ions ornitrate ... nitrate fertiliser is obtained as a by-product in an integrated steel plant having by-product coke ovens
Last Answer : (D) Ammonium nitrate fertiliser is obtained as a by-product in an integrated steel plant having by-product coke ovens
Description : Phenolic water generated in coke ovens & by-product plant attached to an integrated steel plant containing phenol in concentration of less than 100 mg/litre can be removed by (A) Chlorination (B) Treating in biological oxygen pond (C) Chemical coagulation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Treating in biological oxygen pond
Description : Phenolic water generated in coke ovens & by-product plant of a steel plant are disposed off by (A) Quenching of hot coke (B) Discharging in the river stream (C) Filtration and recycling for cooling coke oven gas (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Quenching of hot coke
Description : Coke used for the production of calcium carbide should have (A) Low ash content (B) Low ignition temperature (C) High electrical resistivity (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Which of the following has a very high carbide forming tendency in steels? (A) Silicon (B) Chromium (C) Nickel (D) Vanadium
Last Answer : (D) Vanadium
Description : Silicon carbide is a/an (A) Adhesive (B) Abrasive (C) Type of glass (D) Brittle material
Last Answer : (B) Abrasive