The efficient use of fuel : A text-book on fuels and their efficient utilisation for the use of students and technical men in industry / Prepared under the direction of the Education subcommittee of the Fuel efficiency committee of the Ministry of fuel and power.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power. Fuel Efficiency Committee
Date:
1944
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Credit: The efficient use of fuel : A text-book on fuels and their efficient utilisation for the use of students and technical men in industry / Prepared under the direction of the Education subcommittee of the Fuel efficiency committee of the Ministry of fuel and power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ACCUMULATORS, 602 Air: Detection of leaks, 102 Distribution in regenerators, 455 Excess air, 63, 84 Films in steam heating, 562-568 Flow through fuel beds, 83 Heaters, 151 Inleakage effect of, 100-102, 229, 230, 490-492 ; Preheating, 29, 30, 75, 412,463, 705 Primary air, 8] Requirements for combustion—see Com- bustion. Secondary air, 82 Air leaks—see Air. Analysis of solid fuel, 776 Annealing furnaces : Glass, 449, 452 Metals, etc., 471-478 Arc furnaces—see Electric furnaces. Ashes : Loss of combustibles in, 248-250 Recovery of combustible from, 249 BARNES’ Formula, 225, 226 Bernouilli’s Theorem, 167, 168, 173 Blast furnace gas, 30 Blow-down, 245, 332-334 Boiler auxiliaries, 297-324 Air preheaters, 312 Economisers, 305 Fans, 322 Feed pumps, 315 Feed water heaters, 310 Lancing, 299 Mountings and fittings, 297 Power requirements, 313 Soot removal, 298 Steam jets, 321 Superheaters, 299 Boiler mountings and fittings, 297, 619 Boiler pressure, selection of, 110 Boilers : . Air inleakage, 100-102, 229 Banking fires, 245 Carbon. losses, 247-250 Central heating, 616-619, 625, 626 Cornish, 282 Design, 273 Economic, 285-288 Firing, 233-244, 625 Heat balance, 341, 349-352 Heat flow diagram, 712 Heat transmission in, 120, 160-163, 276, 277, 283, 289, 295 Lancashire, 281-284 Oil-fired, 291, 707 Stationary locomotive, 279 Testing, 340-354 Vertical, 274-279 Waste heat, 288, 486-498 Water—see Feed water. Water circulation, 138 Water level, 245 Boilers—continued. Water-tube, 289-296 — Boiler scale : Effects of, 120, 126, 326 prevention, 327 Boiler settings : leakages, 100-102 Bunsen burners, 412, 678 Burners : Fuel oil, 702 Furnace, 412-415 Gas—see Town gas supply. Pulverised fuel, 257 CANNEL, 6 - Carbon : calorific value, 71 Carbonisation, 23 Caustic embrittlement, 331 Cement kilns, 433, 714, 717 Central heating, 606-630. See also Space heating. Channelling in gas producer firebeds, 364 Chimney : Dimension, 81, 102 Pressure loss in, 101 Clarain, 6 Clinker : Formation, 94-96, 249 In gas producers, 363 Prevention, 97—100 CO, indicators, 720-726 Coal : Analysis, 776 Ash, 3, 4, 17, 777 Caking properties, 4, 5, 15, 44 Calorific value, 5, 7, 9, 44, 340, 342, 344 Classification, 7-10 Cleaning, 18-21 Composition, 3, 4; industrial significance, 14-18 Draught required, 103 Flue gas losses, 67 Fuel Research Survey, 788 Industrial uses, 13 Measurement, 202 Moisture, 14 Moisture, effect on density, 202, 203 Open cast—see Open cast coal. Origin, 1 Oxidation, 40 Properties, 14-18, 776-778 Reserves, 1 Sampling, 747-756 Screen analysis, 755 Selection for industrial purposes, 13, 14, 779-786 Size : As marketed, 21 Effect of weathering, 45 Effect on properties, 17 Effect on use, 22 Storage, 39-48 Sulphur, 4, 18 Types, 5 Use in furnaces, 405