Fuels and Combustion
Which of the following fuel gases will require maximum amount of air for combustion of 1 Nm³ gas ?

Water gas
Blast furnace gas
Producer gas
Natural gas

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Fuels and Combustion
The main drawback of supplying more excess air in the combustion of fuel is the

Excessive power requirement of air blower
High exit flue gas temperature from the furnace
Enhanced sensible heat loss in the flue gas
Intermittant and uncontrolled combustion of the fuel

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

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