Fuels and Combustion
The optimum percentage of excess air for combustion depends upon the __________ of the fuel.

Type (solid, liquid or gaseous)
Ignition temperature
Sulphur content
Calorific value

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Fuels and Combustion
Rate of low temperature oxidation of coal due to bad storage conditions

Is more for low volatile coal compared to high volatile coal
Is accelerated by storage in large heaps with small surface to volume ratio
Decreases with increase in surface area
Does not vary with increase in surface area

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Fuels and Combustion
Prime coking coal is always blended with medium or non- coking coal before ear-bonisation

Both A & B
Because, it alone produces unreactive coke
To check against its excessive swelling during heating, which may exert high pressure and damage coke oven walls
Neither A nor B

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