D. Y.

Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi Pune – 411044

Office of Dean Academics
Subject: Engineering Chemistry

UNIT No. 4
Fuels
Question Bank

Q.No. Question Mark

1. What are general principles of all calorimeter? Draw neat labeled diagram of 6
Bomb calorimeter and give construction, working of Bomb calorimeter to
determine GCV of a fuel. State the formula with corrections to calculate GCV.
2. Explain in brief the process with neat labeled diagram for distillation of crude 6
oil. Give composition, boiling range and uses of any three fractions obtained
3. Explain proximate analysis with its significance. 6
4. Explain the production of hydrogen by steam reforming of methane and coke 6
with reaction condition and removal of CO2
5. Define GCV and NCV. State the relationship between GCV and NCV with 4
justification
6. What is power alcohol? Give manufacturing reactions, merits and demerits of 4
power alcohol.
7. What is biodiesel? Give manufacturing reaction, merits and demerits of 4
biodiesel
8. Observation in the Boy’s gas calorimeter experiment on a gaseous fuel are 3
given below, find GCV and NCV of the fuel
Volume of gas burnt = 0.07 m3
Mass of cooling water used = 28.4 kg
Rise in temperature of circulating water = 11.4 0C
Mass of steam condensed = 0.05 kg
9. On burning 0.84 gm of solid fuel in a bomb-calorimeter, the temperature of 4
3000gm of water increased from 26.8oC to 29.6oC. Water equivalent and latent
heat of steam are 380 gm and 587 cal/gm respectively. If the fuel contains
0.7% hydrogen, calculate its gross and net calorific value.
10. Calculate % of carbon and hydrogen in coal sample from the following data: 4
0.25gm of coal sample on burning in combustion chamber in current of pure
O2 was found to increase weight of CaCl2 U tube by 0.12gm and KOH U tube
by 0.57 gm.
11. Calculate S % in coal sample when 2.5 gm of coal is combusted in Bomb 4
calorimeter. The solution from the bomb pot on treatment with BaCl2 formed
0.222 gm of BaSO4 precipitate.
1.6 gm of coal sample in Kjeldahl’s experiment liberated ammonia which was
absorbed in 50 ml sulphuric acid. The resultant solution required 14 ml of 0.1
N NaOH for complete neutralization of H2SO4 in back titration. The reading
for blank titration was 25 ml. Find percentage of nitrogen in coal.