. Bulletin . m CO oa u o PS o o N rt H o 05 L_ •< w w o 3 cc Ik o l<5 O E-i . rt fe g o fe a S H » in CO <N BRECKENRIDGE—HOW TO BURN ILLINOIS COAL WITHOUT SMOKE 21 fact that any of the four well known types of boilers may be setover at least three well known types of automatic stokers and beoperated without objectionable smoke. The opinion of the writer,doubtless held by most engineers, is that the boiler has verylittle to do with the smoke problem, except perhaps that some n-n. >u»vnw«ifW/,t«^f.^/:»,-«n,-^i».«i/.».„.j».^^»..J,»I,» Fig. 4 Stirling Standard 260 H. P. Boiler Equip


. Bulletin . m CO oa u o PS o o N rt H o 05 L_ •< w w o 3 cc Ik o l<5 O E-i . rt fe g o fe a S H » in CO <N BRECKENRIDGE—HOW TO BURN ILLINOIS COAL WITHOUT SMOKE 21 fact that any of the four well known types of boilers may be setover at least three well known types of automatic stokers and beoperated without objectionable smoke. The opinion of the writer,doubtless held by most engineers, is that the boiler has verylittle to do with the smoke problem, except perhaps that some n-n. >u»vnw«ifW/,t«^f.^/:»,-«n,-^i».«i/.».„.j».^^»..J,»I,» Fig. 4 Stirling Standard 260 H. P. Boiler Equipped With Chain Grates (Operates easily without smoke at capacities from 50 to 140 per cent) 22 ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION types of boilers lend themselves more easily to the necessaryfurnace construction, which is of the utmost importance when per-fect combustion is desired. Description of the Settings Shown by the Figures In the figures which accompany this article there are shownseveral types of boilers and furnaces that have been found suit-able for burning Illinois coals without smoke. These settingshave been operated under the immediate observation of the figure is supplied with a title which is at the same time adescription of the setting and an indication of the possibility ofits smokeless operation under varying conditions of service. Thedrawings themselves are sufficient to illustrate the conditionsthat must be


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