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Heavy Oil as Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines (Classic Reprint)

Author : Irving C. Allen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666691828
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Heavy Oil as Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines (Classic Reprint) written by Irving C. Allen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heavy Oil as Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines This gas oil, as its name implies, can be cracked in hot retorts and an excellent illuminating gas made therefrom (3 or it may be burned with good results as a fuel under steam boilers. 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.

Heavy Oil as Fuel for Internal-combustion Engines

Author : Irving Cowan Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Heavy Oil as Fuel for Internal-combustion Engines written by Irving Cowan Allen and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heavy Oil As Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines

Author : Irving Cowan Allen
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340687960
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Heavy Oil As Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines written by Irving Cowan Allen and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Heavy Oil as Fuel for Internal-combustion Engines, by Irving C. Allen

Author : Irving C. Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Heavy Oil as Fuel for Internal-combustion Engines, by Irving C. Allen written by Irving C. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heavy Oil As Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines

Author : Irving Cowan Allen
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230458694
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Heavy Oil As Fuel for Internal-Combustion Engines written by Irving Cowan Allen and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... ANIMAL OILS. Animal oils, such as lard oil, of specific gravity 0.913 to 0.919, like the vegetable oils, can be used successfully, but are high priced and only in an emergency are they to be considered as a fuel. ALCOHOLS. A mixture of 80 per cent alcohol and 20 per cent benzene (268) has been burned successfully in the heavy-oil engine. However, it has been found advisible to warm the engine by first starting it on a more volatile petroleum product, as benzine. WOOD OILS. Wood oils or creosote distillates of specific gravity 0.841 to 0.877 (269) have also been used to a limited extent with success. In short, the following oils and mixtures of them have been used successfully in heavy-oil engines, provided they were mobile, free from free carbon, grit, and water, and were low in sulphur: Petroleum products: Gasoline; lamp oils of all kinds; naphthas; gas oils; fuel-oil distillates; "masut" or residues from the crude oils of Russia; and crudes, if mobile. "Steinkohle" oil products: Heavy oils; anthracene oils; and tar oils. Bituminous oils: Retort oils of all kinds. Lignite products: Benzene; solar oils; paraffin distillates; and creosote oils. Turf oils: Creosote oils. Shale oils. Vegetable oils: Peanut oil; coconut oil; castor-bean oil; cottonseed oil; and palm-seed oil. Animal oils. Alcohols. Wood oils: Creosotes. TREATMENT OF HEAVY OILS TO MAKE THEM MOST SUITABLE FOR FUEL. It has been stated in the previous pages that any fuel that will flow freely can be burned in a heavy-oil engine. Though this in a measure is true, heavy tarry oils, if not kept perfectly fluid by heating, will cool and tend to clog the pipes and valves. It is advisable, therefore, to first subject the tarry oils to a distillation (270), distilling over everything...

Production of Gasoline by Cracking Heavier Oils (Classic Reprint)

Author : E. W. Dean
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484799416
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Production of Gasoline by Cracking Heavier Oils (Classic Reprint) written by E. W. Dean and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Production of Gasoline by Cracking Heavier Oils The ordinary processes of refining crude petroleum yield a series of products differing widely in properties and commercial desirability. Those required for the smaller types of internal combustion engines, such as are now generally used in airplanes, motor boats, farm trac tors, motor trucks, and automobiles, are in greatest demand. Kero sene and fuel oil, which are used to produce light, heat, or power in competition with other more plentiful resources, such as coal, are less desirable with regard both to commercial profit and the conser vation of natural resources. Of the two types of products used in internal combustion engines lubricants and gasoline - the former does not seem as yet to Offer a problem in the conservation of resources. Gasoline is, however, being produced in such quantities that its continued use on the pres ent scale threatens to bring about the practical exhaustion of the country's underground supply of crude petroleum in the course of a few generations at most. The Bureau of Mines knows of no more important problem facing the country to - day than the conservation of this valuable natural resource, and has undertaken through the present investigation and other studies to promote greater efficiency in the utilization of crude petroleum. 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.

The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine, Vol. 1

Author : Dugald Clerk
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528450638
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine, Vol. 1 written by Dugald Clerk and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine, Vol. 1: Thermodynamics of the Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine, Together With Historical Sketch Explosion and Cooling of Gaseous mixtures in large and small vessels and at initial pressures of atmosphere and above. Chapter VIII. Deals for the first time in any work on the subject with Explosion and Cooling in a Cylinder behind a Moving Piston. The recent work by the author enables approximate values to be arrived at for cooling within the internal-combustion Engine Cylinder, apart from tem perature fall due to work done. The last chapter, Chapter IX., discusses the Thermal and Mechanical Efficiency of all the different types of gas engine in use. On this part of the subject more accurate knowledge exists than at any previous time. Important work has been done by English, American, and Continental investigators, and the Research Committees of the Institutions of Civil and Mechanical Engineers have made experiments of great value. All this work has been fully discussed in this chapter. In the present volume the author has attempted to systematise the knowledge existing as to the properties of the working ﬂuid of the Intemal - Combustion Engine, whether using gas, petrol, or heavy oil, so as to enable the engineer and inventor to consider not only mechanical modifications of engine construction, but more profound alterations possible by varying the actions going on in the working ﬂuid. Such variations are, in the author's opinion, necessary to enable light and powerful internal-combustion Engines to be developed for marine work. For this purpose it is necessary that the engineer should be thoroughly familiar with the properties of the working ﬂuid with which he is dealing. 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.

The Gas and Oil Engine (Classic Reprint)

Author : Dugald Clerk
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528447454
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book The Gas and Oil Engine (Classic Reprint) written by Dugald Clerk and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gas and Oil Engine In this edition special attention has been paid to the oil engine, in view of its rapid rate of present development and the probability of its very extensive use for many new purposes, such as motor cars. Many engineers are now paying attention to the oil engine, to whom the subject is unfamiliar and in the hope of proving useful to such new men on the work, the author has gone caref'ully into the discussion of the chemical nature of petroleum and the different methods of vaporising heavy oils. 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.

The Cycles of Gas and Oil Engines (Classic Reprint)

Author : James D. Roots
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332820498
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Cycles of Gas and Oil Engines (Classic Reprint) written by James D. Roots and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cycles of Gas and Oil Engines The words internal combustion engines contain a fairly approximate descriptive definition of gas, oil, and Spirit engines 3 and for the later period of these motors - for the whole may be conveniently divided into two periods, that before and that subsequent to the introduction of the Otto engines - this title is possibly the best that can be devised, yet as these words will necessarily include gunpowder, gun-cotton, and all similar fulminating engines, it is not sufficiently accurate for a work upon the cycles of these motors. 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.

Gas and Petroleum Engines

Author : William Robinson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267970179
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Gas and Petroleum Engines written by William Robinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gas and Petroleum Engines: A Practical Treatise on the Internal Combustion Engine This book is intended to aid students and practical men in studying Gas and Petroleum Engines, and the principles that underlie and control their action, so as to put the practical 'man in a position to test the performance of these engines, and to make an intelligent use of his own experience and observations. Several years' experience in the teaching of technical students and practical workmen has led me to bring out this work, which I have endeavoured to make complete in itself as a text-book on the subject. 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.

Liquid Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines

Author : Harold Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines written by Harold Moore and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gas and Oil Engines and Gas-Producers

Author : Lionel S. Marks
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267792337
Total Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book Gas and Oil Engines and Gas-Producers written by Lionel S. Marks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gas and Oil Engines and Gas-Producers: A Treatise on the Modern Development of the Internal-Combustion Motor and Efficient Methods of Fuel Economy and Power Production Fuel (crude Petroleum, Gasoline, Benzine or Naphtha, Kerosene, Fuel Oil) - Gasoline Engines - Carbureter - Kerosene and Crude Oil En gines - The Diesel Engine - Care of Oil Engine - Oil Consumption. 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.

Handbook on Care and Operation of Gasoline Engines (Classic Reprint)

Author : United States Coast Guard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666508133
Total Pages : 126 pages
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Download or read book Handbook on Care and Operation of Gasoline Engines (Classic Reprint) written by United States Coast Guard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Handbook on Care and Operation of Gasoline Engines When crude Oil is Slightly heated gases are given Off which may be condensed to a liquid by cooling. This liquid is not at all like the original oil, but is quite colorless, light as compared with crude oil, and easily vaporized (changed to the form of gas) by slight heating. The crude oil, if further heated, con tinues to give ofi gases which, when condensed, form a liquid much like that first obtained, but slightly heavier and not quite so easily vaporized. This process can be continued and a whole series of liquids Obtained, each slightly heavier and less easily vaporized than the one before it, until the product is no longer colorless, but yellow, green, or brown. The first liquids thus obtained are not of much use commercially. They vaporize so rapidly that explosive gas is generated at ordinary temper atures, making these oils too dangerous for ordinary use. After these, however, comes a series of oils which are of great value in modern life, known as gasoline, kerosene, and lubricating oils. Gasoline is the part of crude Oil obtained after the lighter liquids referred to above have been distilled OE and while the heating proceeds from about 230° F. To about 280° F. Kerosene is obtained as the distillation continues between 280° and After that, lubricating oils are produced. The remainder, a thick, heavy, sticky oil, is suitable for use as fuel, and is used in some parts of the country for firing locomotives, making steam for factories and power plants, and as fuel on steam vessels. 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.

The Diesel Engine

Author : Herbert Haas
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656234233
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The Diesel Engine written by Herbert Haas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Diesel Engine: Its Fuels and Its Uses The process of charging the air with fuel vapors is called carbure tion. 'the more volatile fuels, like gasoline, can be carbureted at ordinary atmospheric temperatures; that is, without previous heat ing of the air or the fuel. Liquid fuels With higher boiling points may require heating of the air or the fuel, or both, to bring about their evaporation and absorption by the air preceding combustion. In the heavy-oil engine the vaporizing of the fuel takes place inside of the engine. As a fuel with a high boiling point can not be evap orated at moderate temperatures, thorough mechanical division pre ceding ignition and combustion' is necessary. 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.

Comparative Fuel Values of Gasoline and Denatured Alcohol in Internal-Combustion Engines (Classic Reprint)

Author : R. M. Strong
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331837322
Total Pages : 254 pages
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Download or read book Comparative Fuel Values of Gasoline and Denatured Alcohol in Internal-Combustion Engines (Classic Reprint) written by R. M. Strong and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Comparative Fuel Values of Gasoline and Denatured Alcohol in Internal-Combustion Engines Owing to the fact that many difficulties were being encountered in the adaptation of the heavier fuel oils for convenient use in internal combustion engines, it was deemed best to begin the investigation of liquid fuels with tests of gasoline, a fuel in more or less general use. 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.

Liquid Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines

Author : Harry Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liquid Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines written by Harry Moore and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Oil Motors

Author : G. Lieckfeld
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ISBN 13 : 9781332741410
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Oil Motors written by G. Lieckfeld and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Oil Motors: Their Development, Construction, and Management, a Handbook for Engineers, Owners, Attendants, and All Interested in Engines Using Liquid Fuel In the same way as wonders have been wrought with the electric current, it being impossible to define what electricity exactly is, a great deal has been accomplished with liquid fuel, petrol especially, an essence of crude mineral oil - petroleum - of which it is very difficult to say more than that it is the result of a. Very complete natural distillation of some original substance or substances, carried out during a very lengthy period. The adjective mineral in a preface to the present book forms more or less of a misnomer, for the author is of the opinion that petroleum is the result of a natural distillation of animal matter. This, as is well known, is a much disputed point, and there are many experts who entertain the theory that petroleum is a result of the decomposition of vegetable remains, while others, quite as numerous, believe it to be due to the natural reaction of gases upon minerals, the process in the latter case being, if we may so term it, a volcanic one. The formation of a definite opinion on this point is further complicated by the fact that the chemical composition of petroleum from various sources shows many distinctive characteristics. The author is therefore quite justified in putting forward his theory it has as many points in its favour as the two others. 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.