Water Gas Apparatus And The Use Of Central District Coal As Generator Fuel

Author : William W. Odell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656333288
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Water-Gas Apparatus and the Use of Central District Coal as Generator Fuel (Classic Reprint) written by William W. Odell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water-Gas Apparatus and the Use of Central District Coal as Generator Fuel By reason of the greatly increased cost of the gas oil used to enrich water gas, and the higher costs of coal and labor, many gas compa nies, especially those having franchises that call for the delivery of gas of a certain quality at a certain price per thousand feet, are having financial difficulties. Reconstruction of plants to manu facture coal gas instead of water gas is difficult if not economically impossible under present conditions. The situation calls for the use of practicable economies and methods. One of these economies is the use of cheaper grades of coal to replace anthracite or coke. In the course of its investigations for increasing efficiency in the use of fuel the Bureau of Mines has given attention to various problems bearing on the manufacture of water gas. This paper presents cer tain preliminary studies made while considering the possibility. Of substituting Indiana and Illinois coal for coke in water-gas generator sets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.