151. 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

 152. Secondary air is the 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 induced draft fan
E. air fed to pulverisers

153. Caking coals are those which __________________________?
A. form lumps or masses of coke
B. burn freely
C. show little or no fusing action
D. burn completely
E. do not form ash

154. The ultimate analysis of fuel lists _____________________?
A. various chemical constituents, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen etc, plus ash as per-cents by volume
B. various chemical constituents, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, etc, plus ash as per-cents by weight
C. fuel constituents as percents by volume of moisture, volatile, fixed carbon and ash
D. fuel constituents as percents by weight of moisture, volatile, fixed carbon and ash
E. moisture and ash free heating value

155. Tertiary air is the air used to____________________?
A. provide air around burners for obtaining optimum combustion
B. transport and dry the coal
C. cool the scanners
D. supply air for ignitors
E. convert CO (formed in lower zone of furnace) into C02 at higher zone

156. The diameter of fire tube of Cornish boiler compared to its shell is__________________?
A. one half
B. one third
C. one-fifth
D. two-fifth
E. three-fifth

157. 100% efficiency of a thermal cycle cannot be achieved because of __________________?
A. frictional losses
B. it is not possible to achieve 0°K temperature
C. leakage
D. non-availability of ideal substance
E. none of the above

158. One kilowatt-hour energy is equivalent to ________________?
A. 1000 J
B. 360 kJ
C. 3600 kJ
D. 3600 kW/sec
E. 1000 kJ

159. Lancashire ‘boiler is a__________________?
A. stationary fire tube boiler
B. stationary water tube boiler
C. water tube boiler with natural/forced circulation
D. mobile fire tube boiler
E. none of the above

160. An ideal regenerative cycle is ______________________?
A. equal to carnot cycle
B. less than carnot cycle
C. more than carnot cycle
D. could be anything
E. none of the above

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