A Few Of The
A Few Of The Advantages In The Use Of Oil As Fuel Stationary Plants: I. General Cleanliness. 2. High Boiler And Furnace Efficiency. 3. Ability To Carry Overloads Arid Meet, Almost Instantly, Wide Ranges In Load. 4. Total Absence Of Smoke. 5. Uniform Draft And Air Supply, Giving Minimum Variation ...
Atomization Of The Oil
Atomization Of The Oil Delivered To The Furnace For The Perfect Combustion Of Any Fuel, It Is Neces Sary That Each Particle Be Surrounded By An Atmos Phere Of Oxygen, As Is The Case In Calorimetric Deter Minations. In Approaching This Condition When Using Oil, It Is Necessary To Spray ...
Best Tonnage And Cost
Best Tonnage And Cost Records "the Record Month As Regards Both Tonnage And Costs Was January, 1909. In This Month We Smelted: Flue Dust 4639 Tons Calcines. 2711 Silicious Ores. 359 Fluxes. 440 Total 8149 " "an Average Of 263 Tons Per Day. "we Used 7003 Bbl. Of Oil, Of ...
Boiler Tests
Boiler Tests Results Of Three Tests On A 175 H.p. Heine Water Tube Boiler, Using Oklahoma Crude Oil Of 19,58o B.t.u.'s Per Lb. And Oil Fuel Of 19,33o B.t.u.'s Per Lb. While The Results Are Slightly In Favor Of The Crude Oil, The Fact That It Flashes Below F. Makes ...
Calorimeters
Calorimeters An Instrument For Determining The Percentage Of Moisture In Steam Is Termed A Calorimeter, Two Well Known Types Being The Throttling And Separating Calorimeters. The Former Receives Steam At Boiler Pressure And Allows It To Expand To Approximately Atmospheric Pressure, Causing A Condition Of Super Heat. Neglecting Radiation, The ...
Coal
Coal "during This Period (9 Months) The Highest Monthly Cost Per Ton Of Dry Charge Treated Was $8.49, And The Lowest Cost Was $4.75. The Highest Cost Per Ton For Coal Alone Was $6.i6, And The Lowest Was $3.32. The Highest Percentage Of Coal Used Was 61 And The Lowest ...
Determination Of The Most
Determination Of The Most Economical Fuel In Every Power Plant The Fuel Bill Is Perhaps The Largest Single Item Of Expense Confronting The Manager Or Superintendent. In Selecting A Fuel Which Will Be The Most Economical For Any Particular Service, There Are A Number Of Points To Be Considered Other ...
Effective Thermal Value Of
Effective Thermal Value Of Lignites Some Excellent Grades Of Lignite As Purchased At The Mine, At Mine Weights, Contain As High As 4o Per Cent., By Weight, Of Moisture (water). If A Pound Of Such Lignite Is Dried (that Is, All Of The Moisture Ex Pelled), Only 6—io Of A ...
Furnace Arrangement
Furnace Arrangement The Proper Arrangement Of A Boiler Furnace For The Burning Of Oil Does Not Differ Materially From One Ar Ranged For The Use Of Coal, And The Change From One To The Other Is Simple And Inexpensive. The Fitting Will Naturally Depend On The Type Of Boiler And ...
General Directions For Oil
General Directions For Oil Firing Lighting The Fire. Make Sure That No Oil, Due To Leaky Valves Or Fit Tings, Has Accumulated In The Furnace Or Ash-pit While The Boiler Has Been Standing Idle. If Such Conditions Occur, Open The Flue Dampers And Ash-pit Doors And Admit Steam Through The ...
Heating Value Of Wood
Heating Value Of Wood The Heating Value Of Perfectly Dry Wood Is Very Nearly The Same For The Various Specimens. Each Contains Approximately 50% Of Carbon. Hardwood Gives A Little Less Heat Per Pound Than Soft Wood. Newly Felled Wood Contains From 30% To 5o% Of Moisture, A Fair Average ...
Increased Capacity Of Coal
Increased Capacity Of Coal Burning Plants When Using Oil Fuel No Exact Formulae For The Height Of Stacks For Oil Burning Furnaces Are Available, But General Experience Has Proven That For A Given Installation About 6o% Of The Height Of A Stack For A Coal Burning Furnace Will Give Satisfactory ...
Method Of Obtaining Furnace
Method Of Obtaining Furnace Temperature An Approximate Method Of Obtaining The Tempera Ture Of The Furnace. Apparatus. A Piece Of Ordinary Fire-clay Brick Weighing About Two Pounds And The Sharp Edges Of Which Have Been Rounded To Prevent Small Pieces Being Broken Off In Handling. A Metal Pail Of About ...
Oil Burners
Oil Burners It Is Not The Purpose Of This Publication To Point Out The Good Points Or Defects Of Any Particular Oil Burner. It Will Be Sufficient To Say That There Are A Number Of Very Good Makes On The Market, Some Of Which Are Perhaps More Suitable For A ...
Oil Fuel
Oil. Fuel Is Ideal For The Fulfillment Of These Conditions. The Absence Of Smoke Or Red Glow Greatly Increases The Possibility Of Escaping Observation. Bulk For Bulk, Oil Fuel Allows Of A Much Larger Steaming Radius. Full Speed Can Be Quickly Attained And Easily Held. In Time Of War Much ...
Oil Fuel Used In
Oil Fuel Used In Conjunction With Coal To Meet Peak Loads And For Banked Fire Periods. In An Article In The June 20, 1911 Number Of "power," Mr. Herbert A. Wagner Describes An Arrangement Of Furnace Design Whereby Oil Is Used For The Above Purpose. The Boilers Are The B. ...
Oil Fuel For Metallurgical
Oil Fuel For Metallurgical Operations Fuel For Metallurgical Purposes Must Have Certain Properties Not So Essential In Boiler Furnaces. This Is Especially True In Connection With Reverberatory Practice. A Coking Coal Will Not Give Satisfactory Results Owing To The Rapidity With Which The Volatile Matter Is Given Off, Leaving A ...
Oil Fuel In Sugar
Oil Fuel In Sugar Mills The Sugar Mill Engineer's First And Last Thought Is Reliability. Every Minute Lost During The Grinding Season Has A Dollar Sign Prefixed To It. He Spends Eight To Nine Months Each Year Getting Ready For The Three Or Four Months' Day And Night Period Of ...
Plan
P.l.a.n. = The Indicated Horse Power. 33,000 Where P Is The Mean Effective Pressure (as Shown By A Steam Engine Indicator) Per Square Inch, Acting On The Piston. L Is The Length Of The Stroke In Feet. A Is The Area Of The Piston In Sq. Inches (area Of The ...
Steam
Steam Factor Of Evaporation. The Factor Of Evaporation For Any Given Feed Water Temperature And Boiler Pressure Is Calculated By Dividing The Total Heat Above F. In One Pound Of Steam At The Given Pressure Minus The Total Heat In One Pound Of The Feed Water Above F. By The ...
The Hydrometer And Beaume
The Hydrometer And Beaume Gravity An Hydrometer Is An Instrument For Determining The Density Of Liquids. It Usually Consists Of Three Parts: (a) A Graduated Stem Or Tube Of Uniform Diameter; (b) A Bulb Containing Air And Also A Thermometer; (c) A Small Bulb At The Bottom Con Taining Shot ...