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.

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

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Fuels and Combustion
Sometimes water is sprayed during coal charging in the coke oven, which helps in

Prevention of clinker formation in the oven
Controlling the dust nuisance while charging the coal
All of these
Reducing the cracking of hydrocarbons in the gas and increasing the percentage of CO & H₂ in the gas (due to the endothermic reaction represented by C + H₂O = CO + H₂)

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