Boiler Furnace Arrangement
Boiler Furnace Arrangement. The Construction Of The Furnace For Oil Varies With The Type Of Boiler And The Class Of Burner Used. It Is The Most Important Part Of The Installation, But Until Recently Has Received The Least Attention By The Engi Neers. It Is In The Furnace That The ...
Fuel Oil
Fuel Oil The Use Of Oil As Fuel Has Been A Remarkable De Velopment Of The Past Few Years. After Carefully In Vestigating The Source Of Supply, Both The Older Oil Fields That Have Long Been Producing As Well As The Newer Fields, Such As Those In Mexico, Together With ...
Fuel Oil For Naval
Fuel Oil For Naval And Maritime Purposes. The Supply Of A Fuel Is One Of The Most Important Problems With Which The Navies And Steamship Com Panies Of The World Have Had To Deal. That Fuel Oil Has Practically Solved This Problem Is Clearly Indi Cated By The Number Of ...
Lime And Cement Industry
Oil Ln The Clay, Lime And Cement Industry One Of The Important Fields For Oil As A Commercial Fuel Is In Kilns Used In The Manufacture Of Clay Pro Ducts. Enameled, Vitrified, Fire And Common Brick, Sewer And Water Pipe, Enameled Sinks And Tubs, Ce Ment, Lime And Cermanic Ware ...
Metallurgical And Shop Furnaces
Metallurgical And Shop Furnaces. Scientists And Engineers Have For Many Years Been Searching For A Cheap And Clean Method Of Refining Ores And Bullions. Electricity Was At One Time Looked To For The Solv Ing Of This Problem. A Great Many Economical Re Sults Were Obtained By The Use Of ...
Oil Burners
Oil Burners. The History Of Oil Burners Dates From The Early Part Of The Last Century. Records Of Improvements Have Been Kept By Various Writers And The Patent Office. Such Writers On Oil Fuel As Brannt, Booth, North, Hodgetts, Lewes, Percy, Henry And Gouli Chambaroff, Have Described In Detail The ...
Oil Burning Locomotives
Oil Burning Locomotives. The First Successful Operation Of Oil Burning Loco Motives Was On The Griazi-tsaritzin Railway, In Rus Sia. Thomas Urquhart, Who Was Superintendent Of Motive Power, Converted Some Of The Coal-burning Locomotives To Oil Burners In 1882. Several Reports Have Been Published Showing Comparisons Between The Performances Of ...
Oil Storage And Pumping
Oil Storage And Pumping Systems. Before Making The Fuel Oil Installation, A Fuel Oil Expert Should Be Engaged. He Should Be Familiar With The Rules And Regulations Regarding The Location Of Oil Storage Tanks Enforced In The Particular Locality By The Inspectors, Fire Marshal And Insurance Officials. These Regulations Vary ...
Oil And The Glass
Oil And The Glass Industry. In Order To Make Clear The Application Of Fuel Oil To The Glass Industry, A General Description Of The Pro Cess Of Making Glass Will Be Given. Broadly Speaking, Glass Is Made By Properly Melting. Together, Cooling, And Shaping, Certain Raw Materials, Of Which Silicates ...
Oil For Gab Making
Oil For Gab Making. The Use Of Oil For Gas Manufacture Was First In Vented By Prof. Lowe In February, 1874, At Phoenix Ville, Penn. The Process Was Described By Him As Follows : "the Basic Principles Involved Were The Use Of A Gener Ator And Superheater, Both Shells Lined ...
Oil In The Steel
Oil In The Steel Industry. In The Open Hearth Process Of Making Steel The Impurities In The Pig Iron Are Removed By The Action Of The Flame Upon An Open Bath Of The Molten Metal. A Very High Temperature Must Be Maintained In Such A Furnace To Keep The Iron ...
Oil In The Sugar
Oil In The Sugar And Rubber Industries. Sugar Cane As Grown In Hawaii, Mexico, Louisi Ana, And The West Indies, Is Made Into Sugar By Ex Tracting The Juice From The Cane And Putting It Through The Processes Of Extraction Of The Juice, Clarification, Evaporation And Separation Of The Crystals. ...
Smelting Furnaces Fired With
Smelting Furnaces Fired With Oil. Many Difficulties Attend The Use Of Coal Or Coke In Reverberatory And Roasting Furnaces Used For Smelt Ing And Refining Metal Ores. If Coking Coal Is Used, The Volatile Matter Is Quickly Driven Off, Leaving A Heavy Bed Of Slow-burning Coke. Ordinary Coal Reduces The ...
Strainers And Heaters
Strainers And Heaters. All Fuel Oils Carry A Certain Amount Of Foreign Mat Ter In Suspension. Some Of The Impurities Settle Out While The Oil Is In The Storage Tank ; But If The Oil Is Heavy And Viscous, Much Of The Foreign Matter Will Remain In Suspension And Be ...
Tests And Reports
Tests And Reports. An Engineer Should Know Whether Or Not He Is Getting The Best Possible Results From The Fuel That He Is Using, And Also The Percentage Of Capacity As Compared With The Builder's Rating. He Should Know How To Compare The Value Of The Different Fuels. By Conducting ...
The Rotary System Of
The Rotary System Of Burning Oil. One Of The Earliest Methods Of Atomizing Em Ployed By Engineers In Experimenting With The Use Of Oil As A Fuel Was The Centrifugal Action Of A Rapidly Rotating Jet. French Engineers, During Their Early Trials, Constructed A Device That Employed Centrifugal Action For ...
Urnace Efficiency And Combustion
Urnace Efficiency And Combustion. Many Engineers Are Satisfied When Their Oil Fires Show A Bright Clear Flame Without Smoke. They Over Look The Fact That Much Unnecessary Air May Be Pass Ing Through The Furnace, Under These Conditions; And If Low Efficiencies Are The Result, They Lay The Blame On ...