Fuels and Combustion
Ratio of primary air to secondary air increases with increase in the rank of coal, because the

Oxygen content progressively decreases
Ratio of fixed carbon to volatile matter increases
Calorific value of the coal increases
High rank coals have higher amount of volatile matter

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

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