Fuels and Combustion
Higher efficiency in the combustion of solid fuel can not be achieved by

Supplying correct quantity of combustion air
Keeping the flue gas exhaust temperature very high
Adopting efficient-fuel firing technique & equipment
Proper fuel preparation

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Fuels and Combustion
Washing of coal

Reduces its sulphur and ash content
Improves its coking properties
All of these
Controls its ash fusibility and increases its calorific value

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

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

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