Journal . s the vapours ofvarious liquids for disinfecting purposes whereS ich are required. of gas dehvered under diflerent conditions to the-bottom of the holds, from which it was found that-there is comparatively httle dlmiuution in the-volume of gas delivered into a hold, whether it isfilled with cargo or empty. Even with suclva close-set cargo as fine coal. 1380 cubic feet of gasper minute were dehvered instead of the 1500-cubic feet dehvered mto the hold when series of tests carried out on the same-vessel showed that once the atmosphere in a holitwas made fire-extinctive.
Journal . s the vapours ofvarious liquids for disinfecting purposes whereS ich are required. of gas dehvered under diflerent conditions to the-bottom of the holds, from which it was found that-there is comparatively httle dlmiuution in the-volume of gas delivered into a hold, whether it isfilled with cargo or empty. Even with suclva close-set cargo as fine coal. 1380 cubic feet of gasper minute were dehvered instead of the 1500-cubic feet dehvered mto the hold when series of tests carried out on the same-vessel showed that once the atmosphere in a holitwas made fire-extinctive. about 500 cubic feet ofgas per minute was required to maintain it so>even when the hatches were on and covered by atarpaulin and all ventilators tightly gives an idea of the loss of gas which can take-place from large holds and the need that exists-for instaUing plants of sufficient gas capacity,-where gas is the medium used for niav be of interest to state that a harbour. SIDE ELLVATION lu. 1. The first complete installation using the flue gassyst«m for fire-extinction and fumigation on a steamer of 4470 gross tonnage belongingto the Colonial Sugar Hefimng Co., and tradingbetween Austraha and Fiji. Besides being alwaysavailable in case of fu-e. the plant on this vesselis in continuous use for fumigation, and has provedso satisfactory that another steamer required bythe same Company is being provided with asimUar installation. The macliine is placed nearthe engine room and draws its supply of flue gasfrom the funnel tluough a twelve-inch pipe. Bymean-s ot-two maui leads provided nitli branches,the cooled and cleaned gas is conducted from themachine to the various holds or other compart-ments of the vessel. The installation delivers1500 cubic feet of gas per minute to any of theholds, these compartments being each of about80,000 cubic feet capacity. Allowing for certainlosses by diffusion and leakage, an empty holdcan be filled with
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