Oxygen content in a flue gas was found to be 4%. It implies that excess air used for combustion was around ______________ percent?

Related Mcqs:

1. Pure carbon is completely burnt in oxygen. The flue gas analysis is 70%CO2, 20%CO and 10%O2. The percent excess oxygen used is __________________?

   A. 20
   B. 12.5
   C. 0
   D. 10

2. Explosion limit of blast furnace gas is 37 to 71% gas in gas-air mixture. It means that the blast furnace gas will explode when burnt in a confined space, if its concentration in the gas-air mixture is _______________ percent?

   A. 71%
   C. In between 37 & 71%
   D. None of these

3. Use of excess of combustion air in the combustion of fuels results in__________________?

   A. Heat losses
   B. Long flame
   C. Condensation of water vapour from the fuel gas
   D. None of these

4. If oxygen content in the flue gas rises too high, fuel is being wasted by _______________?

   A. Incomplete combustion
   B. Dry gas/stack gas loss
   C. Moisture loss
   D. None of these

5. A liquid/gaseous fuel containing hydrocarbons and high amount of sulphur is burnt with 40% excess air. The flue gas still contains large amount of carbon monoxide. This may be due to the_________________?

   A. Presence of large quantity of hydrogen in the fuel
   B. Low calorific value of the fuel
   C. High sulphur content in the fuel
   D. Lack of thorough mixing of fuel with air

6. Furnace oil consumption in a furnace for a given duty employing preheated combination air (at 300°) may be reduced by about ______________ percent as compared to the use of atmospheric combustion air?

   A. 5
   B. 10
   C. 20
   D. 35

7. Efficiency of the combustion of a fuel is judged by the ______________ the flue gas?

   A. % of CO2 in
   B. % of O2in
   C. Temperature of
   D. Colour of

8. A sample of natural gas containing 80% methane (CH4) and rest nitrogen (N2) is burnt with 20% excess air. With 80% of the combustibles producing CO2 and the remainder going to CO, the Orsat analysis in volume percent is_________________?

   A. CO2 : 6.26, CO : 1.56, O2 : 3.91, H2O :15.66, N2 : 72.60
   B. CO2 : 7.42, CO : 1.86, O2 : 4.64, N2:86.02
   C. CO2 : 6.39, CO : 1.60, O2 : 3.99, H2O:25.96, N2:72.06
   D. CO2 : 7.60, CO : 1.90, O2 : 4.75, N2 : 85.74

9. Incomplete combustion of a fuel is characterised by the high _______________ in the flue gas?

   A. Smoke
   B. Temperature
   C. Oxygen
   D. Carbon monoxide

10. When incomplete combustion loss is high, the flue gas analysis shows large amount of ________________?

    A. CO2
    B. CO
    C. O2
    D. C