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Technologies For Clean And Renewable Energy Production MCQ-2

1. Which of these forms of sulphur is present in coal?

  •  FeS2
  •  Organic Sulphur
  •  Sphalerite  (ZnS), galena (PbS), and marcasite
  •  All of these


2. Why Fluidized bed reactor gives relatively higher efficiency

  •  It provides more contact between coal particles and air
  •  Recycling of unburnt coal is possible which increases conversion
  •  Both (a) and (b)
  •  None of these


3. Net energy efficiency and HHV of Ultra- supercritical boiler are:

  •  42% and 8,126 Btu/kWh
  •  44% and 7,757 Btu/kWh
  •  37% and 9,300 Btu/kWh
  •  None of these


4. In chemical looping combustion: At what elevated temperature (around …. to ….0C) Metal reacts with the oxygen in the air in an exothermic reaction producing Metal oxide?

  •  100 and 200
  •  200 and 300
  •  400 and 600
  •  700 and 900


5. Syngas can be used for various applications including liquid fuels (diesel and gasoline) produced through_______.

  •  Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
  •  Reinluft process
  •  Both (a) and (b)
  •  None of these


6. Syngas conversion efficiency of thermal power plant is between …. % and …. % for a single cycle steam power plant.

  •  10 and 20
  •  20 and 30
  •  30 and 40
  •  40 and 50


7. Syngas conversion efficiency of a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant may be:

  •  Up to 50%
  •  Up to 60%
  •  Up to 70%
  •  Up to 80%


8. Which statement is not true about advantages of gasification?

  •  Reduced CO2 emissions
  •  Accurate combustion control  
  •  High thermal efficiency
  •  None of these


9. Which catalyst is used in CTSL process?

  •  Silver
  •  Zeolite
  •  Vanadium oxide on silica
  •  Nickel molybdenum on alumina


10. A low grade coal is combusted in a fixed bed reactor. The composition of flue gas (dry basis) emitting from it is as follows: 15.3% CO2, 4.1% O2, and the rest is nitrogen. From these data, calculate the percentage excess air used in this process

  •  23.67 % 
  •  11.08 % 
  •  33.54 % 
  •  46.42 %