Furnace Technology

11.An example of a periodic furnace is the

  1. Blast furnace stoves
  2. Blast furnace
  3. Coke oven heating chamber
  4. Rotary kilns

Correct answer: (A)
Blast furnace stoves

12.An example of indirectly heated furnace is the

  1. Soaking pit
  2. Muffle furnace
  3. Reheating furnace
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
Muffle furnace

13.An example of recuperative furnace is the

  1. Soaking pit
  2. Open hearth furnace
  3. Coke ovens
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (A)
Soaking pit

14.An example of shaft furnace is the

  1. L.D. converter
  2. Glass melting tank
  3. Blast furnace
  4. Soaking pit

Correct answer: (C)
Blast furnace

15.An improved and fuel efficient version of the pusher type reheating furnace is the _________ furnace.

  1. Walking beam
  2. Shaft
  3. Tunnel
  4. Rotary hearth

Correct answer: (A)
Walking beam

16.Artificial draught produced by a fan in the furnace can be controlled by the

  1. Speed of the fan
  2. Damper
  3. Variation in the pitch of fan blades
  4. All (A), (B) and (C)

Correct answer: (D)
All (A), (B) and (C)

17.Blast furnace stoves are meant for heating

  1. Air
  2. Blast furnace gas
  3. Steam
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (A)
Air

18.Cement Kiln is a

  1. Rotary Kiln
  2. Tunnel Kiln
  3. Natural draft furnace
  4. Batch furnace

Correct answer: (A)
Rotary Kiln

19.Ceramic coating material for furnace refractory, which increases its emissivity and thus the radiation heat transfer rate in the furnace, comprises of

  1. Graphite powder
  2. Thoria
  3. Zircon powder
  4. Beryllium

Correct answer: (C)
Zircon powder

20.Ceramic recuperators (made of SiC) is economical, only when used for preheating combustion air above _________ °C.

  1. 250
  2. 650
  3. 850
  4. 1000

Correct answer: (B)
650

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