Fuels and Combustion
A certain thickness of the coal, if stored unscientifically on soft (katcha) ground having no metallic/concrete flooring gets sunked into the ground, which is termed as the 'carpet loss'. The carpet loss may be of the order of __________ cms.

5 to 15
1 to 2
3 to 4
20 to 40

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Fuels and Combustion
Fuel gases containing hydrocarbons (ie.g. coke oven gas) are not preheated before burning, mainly because

It reduces its calorific value tremendously
It reduces its flame temperature tremendously
There are chances of explosion during preheating
The hydrocarbons crack thereby choking and fouling the heat transfer surface by carbon soot

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