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Mechanical Engineering Mcqs

Water and sediment in fuel oil can be removed by _______________________?

  • (A)  heating the oil in the settling tanks
  • (B)  cooling the oil in the settling tanks
  • (C)  burning the oil
  • (D)  suspension
  • (E)  filtering
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Presence of moisture in fuel oil would____________________?

  • (A)  keep the burner tips cool
  • (B)  aid in proper combustion
  • (C)  cause sputtering, possibly extinguish¬ing flame
  • (D)  clean the nozzles
  • (E)  reduce flame length
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Primary air is the air used to__________________?

  • (A)  provide air around burners for obtaining optimum combustion
  • (B)  transport and dry the coal
  • (C)  convert CO (formed in lower zone of furnace) into C02 at higher zone
  • (D)  air-delivered by forced draft fan
  • (E)  none ot the above
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The economizer is used in boilers to _______________________?

  • (A)  increase thermal efficiency of boiler
  • (B)  economise on fuel
  • (C)  extract heat from the exhaust flue gases
  • (D)  increase flue gas temperature
  • (E)  to heat feed water by bled steam
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For combustion of a fuel, following is essential_____________________?

  • (A)  correct fuel air ratio
  • (B)  proper ignition temperature
  • (C)  02 to support combustion
  • (D)  all the three above
  • (E)  none of the above
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Fire tube boilers are limited to a maximum design working pressure of ____________________?

  • (A)  1 kg/cm
  • (B)  6 kg/cm
  • (C)  17 kg/cm2
  • (D)  100 kg/cm2
  • (E)  250 kg/cm2
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The relative heat absorption for successively added equal areas of boiler convection heating surfaces____________________?

  • (A)  increases
  • (B)  decreases
  • (C)  remains unaffected
  • (D)  first increases and then decreases
  • (E)  first decreases and then increases
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The steam temperature with increase in load in case of a boiler fitted with radiation super heater________________?

  • (A)  increases
  • (B)  decreases
  • (C)  remains unaffected
  • (D)  first increases and then decreases
  • (E)  unpredictable
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A supercritical boiler is one that operates above the pressure and temperature of following values_____________________?

  • (A)  100 kg/cm2 and 540°C
  • (B)  1 kg/cm2 and 100°C
  • (C)  218 kg/cm2 abs and 373°C
  • (D)  218 kg/cm2 abs and 540°C
  • (E)  100 kg/cm2 abs and 373°C
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Maximum energy loss in a boiler occurs due to _______________________?

  • (A)  unburnt carbon in ash
  • (B)  incomplete combustion
  • (C)  ash content
  • (D)  flue gases
  • (E)  radiation losses
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