Pacific service magazine . unds per square inchgauge pressure. During the lasttwo years two batteries of boilers,with a rating of 2,400 horsepower,of new design with double endfiring, were installed. The fuelused for these boilers is lampblack,or carbon, which is a by-productfrom oil-gas generation and con-tains about fifty per cent of mois-ture. With the new design ofboilers it is possible to obtain thefull rating, whereas with the olddesign it is difficult to get a ratingof even sixty per cent. With thisinstallation the plant now has 6,000boiler horsepower. In 1923 the company placed inopera
Pacific service magazine . unds per square inchgauge pressure. During the lasttwo years two batteries of boilers,with a rating of 2,400 horsepower,of new design with double endfiring, were installed. The fuelused for these boilers is lampblack,or carbon, which is a by-productfrom oil-gas generation and con-tains about fifty per cent of mois-ture. With the new design ofboilers it is possible to obtain thefull rating, whereas with the olddesign it is difficult to get a ratingof even sixty per cent. With thisinstallation the plant now has 6,000boiler horsepower. In 1923 the company placed inoperation a new design of gaspurification known as the KoppersCompany Liquid Purification Pro-cess, having a daily capacity of24,000,000 cubic feet. In the fol-lowing year the capacity was increased to36,000,000 cubic feet per day. In early days gas was delivered to thecity under holder pressure of about one-quarter of a pound per square inch, andwhen the demand increased it was neces-sary to boost the pressure to reach some of.
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