Advantages And Disadvantages Of
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Liquid Fuel From The Foregoing It Becomes Evident That There Are Certain Advantages Which Oil Fuel Has Over Coal When Burned Under Boilers. These Advantages May Be Summed Up As Follows : • (1) It Is Often Found That It Is Desirable To Push Boilers Far ...
Arrangement Of Boiler Furnaces
Arrangement Of Boiler Furnaces The Only Object Of Burning Fuel Under A Boiler Is To Convey Heat To The Water Inside The Boiler. Any Furnace Arrangement Which Allows The Heat Provided By The Combustion Of The Fuel To Escape Up The Stack Is An Inefficient Arrangement. It Is, Of Course, ...
Calorific Value
Calorific Value In Order To Make A Comparison Between Fuels, It Is Necessary To Know The Amount Of Heat Which A Given Quantity Of The Fuel Will Give Off When Burned. The Amount Of Heat Which A Given Quantity Of A Fuel Gives Off Is Known As The Calorific Value ...
Colloidal Fuel
Colloidal Fuel Mr. Lindon W. Bates, In A Paper Read Before The New York Section Of The American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Has The Following To Say Regarding Colloidal Fuel : Colloidal Fuel Is A Combination Of Liquid Hydro-carbons With Pulverized Carbonaceous Substances, The Components So Combined And So Treated ...
Comparison Of Coal And
Comparison Of Coal And Fuel Oil The Term "coal" As Applied To Fuel Is Very Loosely Used. The Word Is Applied To A Variety Of Substances Ranging From Turf Through Peat, Lignite, Semi-bituminous And Bituminous Coals To Anthracite. It Is Obvious That No Comparison Can Be Drawn Between Coal And ...
Distribution And Storage
Distribution And Storage Oil Refineries Are Built At Points Strategically Located With Re Spect To Production And Markets. From The Refineries Fuel Oil Is Delivered To A Station Located In The Center Of The Industrial Dis Trict To Be Served And It Is Delivered From The Refineries To These Central ...
Flash Point
Flash Point When Oils Are Heated To A Sufficiently High Temperature, Vapors Are Driven Off Which Are Inflammable And Which Create The Danger Of Explosion. The Temperature At Which The Oil Gives Off Suffi Cient Vapor To Form A Momentary Flash When A Small Flame Is Brought Near The Surface ...
Fuel Oil In Ceramic
Fuel Oil In Ceramic Industries In The Manufacture Of Clay Products Any Fuel Which Causes Discoloration By Uneven Heating, Soot Or Smoke, Is Undesirable And Unprofitable. Coal Is Out Of The Running In The Manufacture Of Ceramic Products, Such As Vases And Dishes, And Oil Is The Preferable Fuel Even ...
Fuel Oil In Steam
Fuel Oil In Steam Navigation Dr. George Otis Smith, Director Of The U. S. Geological Sur Vey, In An Address Before The American Iron And Steel Institute, May, 1920, States That The Requirements Of The American Navy And The'new Merchant Marine Present A Priority Demand On Fuel Oil. Dr. Smith ...
Fuel Oil In The
Fuel Oil In The Production Of Electricity The Production Of Electricity In The United States In 1919, According To The U. S. Geological Survey, Totaled 38,900,000,000 Kilowatt-hours, Of Which 24,160,000,000 Kilowatt-hours, Or 62.1 Percent, Were Produced By Fuel Power. During The Year 1919 The Total Fuel Consumption For The Production ...
Heat Treating Furnaces
Heat Treating Furnaces Heat Treatment, It Is Generally Understood, Comprises The Heating Of Steel To A Temperature Slightly Above The Critical Point ; Quenching In Oil Or Water ; Re-heating To Some Temperature To Give The Desired Physical Properties And Cooling Slowly. Mr. James 11. Herron In The 'journal Of ...
Hotels And Residences Heating
Heating Public Buildings, Hotels And Residences The Increasing Cost Of Coal And The Uncertainty Of Obtaining A Supply When It Is Most Needed Have Brought About A Steadily Increasing Use Of Fuel Oil For The Heating And Lighting Plants Of Public Buildings, Hotels, Apartment Houses, And Private Residences And For ...
Mechanical Burners
Mechanical Burners Among The Thousands Of Oil Burners Which Have Been De Signed There Are Many Which Affect Vaporization By Entirely Mechanical Means. Since The Early Clays Of Oil Burning, Various Plans Have Been Proposed To Effect Vaporization By Entirely Me Chanical Means. Early Inventions Contemplated The Use Of Oil ...
Oil Burning Locomotives
Oil-burning Locomotives In 1882 Thomas Urquehart, Superintendent Of Motive Power Of The Griazi-tsaritzin Railway Of Russia Converted 143 Of The Locomotives Of This Railroad From Coal-burners To Oil-burn Ers And Made Service Tests On Them Which Showed That One Pound Of Oil Equaled 1.78 Pounds Of Coal. The Oil Had ...
Oil In Gas Making
Oil In Gas-making William Murdock Of London, First Employed Coal Gas For Illuminating Houses, And His System Was Introduced For Lighting The Streets Of London In 1812 And For Lighting The Streets Of Paris In 1815. Since The Introduction Of Murdock's System, Gas Lighting Has Developed Remarkably. The Gas Produced ...
Physical And Chemical Properties
Physical And Chemical Properties Of Fuel Oil Crude Petroleum In Its Raw Or Unrefined State Varies Con Siderably In Character And Appearance, According To The Locality From Which It Is Obtained. Petroleum Is A Very Complex Mixture Of Organic Compounds Which Are Chiefly Hydrocarbons, That Is, Compounds Composed Of Hydrogen ...
Principles Of Fuel Oil
Principles Of Fuel Oil Combustion Combustion Is Nothing More Nor Less Than A Chemical Union Of Oxygen With Some Combustible Material Such As Carbon. The Decaying Autumn Leaf Is An Example Of Combustion. In This Case The Organic Matter Of The Leaf Forms A Slow Chemical Union With The Oxygen ...
Pulverized Coal
Pulverized Coal To Overcome The Obvious Disadvantages In Burning Raw Coal Screenings, The Idea Was Conceived Of Pulverizing The Coal And Introducing The Pulverized Coal Into The Furnace By Air Pressure. The Early Attempts To Burn Pulverized Coal Under Stationary Boilers Were Unsuccessful Because The Coal Was Not Thoroughly Dried ...
Specific Gravity
Specific Gravity Fuel Oils Are Commonly Sold And Described As Of A Certain Specific Gravity Or Else As Of A Certain Degree Baume. Through Out The Oil-burner' Industry The Baume Reading Is Generally Used. The Specific Gravity Of Fuel Oil Is The Relation By Weight Of A Given Volume Of ...
Spray Burners
Spray Burners In Spray Burners The Oil Is Atomized By A Blast Of Steam Or Compressed Air. The Most Efficient Burner For Any Purpose Is The Simplest Possible Piece Of Mechanism Using The Least Possible Amount Of Steam Or Air For Atomizing Purposes. An Analysis Of The Various Types Of ...
Straining Heating
Heating, Straining, Pumping And Regulating For The Most Effective Atomization All Fuel Oil Should Be Heated In Order To Increase Its Fluidity And All Fuel Oil Below 20 De Grees Baume Gravity Must Be Heated In Order To Insure The Proper Flow Of Oil Through The Burners. Certain Crude Oils ...
Sulphur Content
Sulphur Content Appreciable Sulphur Content In A Fuel Oil Is Objectionable. However, A Content Of 4 Per Cent Or Less Is Not Sufficiently Objec Tionable To Cause The Rejection Of A Fuel Oil For General Purposes. (in General, Experiments In Burning Fuel Oils Of Various Sulphur Content Have Shown That ...
The Manufacture Of Iron
The Manufacture Of Iron And Steel The Importance Of A Nation Depends Upon Its Agricultural Resources, Its Fuel Deposits, And Its Iron Deposits. It Is A Dif Ficult Matter To Determine Which Of These Resources Is The Most Important Or Which Has Contributed Most Largely To The Advance Of A ...
Viscosity Of Fuel Oil
Viscosity Of Fuel Oil The Viscosity Of An Oil Is Inversely Proportional To Its Fluidity, And Is A Measure Of The Internal Friction In The Oil Itself, That Of Its Resistance To Free Flowing. Inasmuch As There Are A Number Of Different Instruments For The Purpose Of Measuring Viscosity, And ...
Water Content
Water Content Fuel Oil Should Not Contain More Than 2 Per Cent By Volume Of Water And Sediment. The Method Of Determining The Amount Of Water And Sediment In Fuel Oil Is As Follows: "a Definite Volume Of The Oil Sample Should Be Thoroughly Shaken Or 'cut' With An Equal ...