Fuels and Combustion
Which of the following would require least amount of secondary air for combustion?

Coke breeze containing 25% ash and 2% volatile matter
Bituminous coal containing 20% ash and 25% volatile matter
Anthracite containing 10% volatile matter and 8% ash
Semi-bituminous coal containing 25% ash and 20% volatile matter

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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
Decreases with increase in surface area
Does not vary with increase in surface area
Is accelerated by storage in large heaps with small surface to volume ratio

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

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

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