Electrical news and engineering . tains one synchronousmotor, driving a 500 kw. 550/(iO0 volt. .ncncrator sup-plied 1)y the Dick Kerr Co., England. This station also be burned with satisfactory results. This fuel averagesabout 11,500 per pound of dry fuel, and contains from12 per cent to 20 per cent moisture. Efforts were made toburn this fuel on chain .grate stokers for some time with-out success. Owing to tlie excessive moisture, it was im-possible to ignite the coal until it had passed about threefeet into the furnace. The solution of the problem depend-ed on the radia
Electrical news and engineering . tains one synchronousmotor, driving a 500 kw. 550/(iO0 volt. .ncncrator sup-plied 1)y the Dick Kerr Co., England. This station also be burned with satisfactory results. This fuel averagesabout 11,500 per pound of dry fuel, and contains from12 per cent to 20 per cent moisture. Efforts were made toburn this fuel on chain .grate stokers for some time with-out success. Owing to tlie excessive moisture, it was im-possible to ignite the coal until it had passed about threefeet into the furnace. The solution of the problem depend-ed on the radiation of sufficient heat back towards the coalgate of the stoker to dry the moisture out of the coal, .\fterseveral trials the tyiie of furnace illustrated in Fig. 1 was oli 111. u A 1. xi: \vs taincd, and has since given vciy satisfactory results. in the alterations to tliis furnace the hridge wall wasini)s ed back in incIies, and an IS inch sector was removedfrom the sides iil the stoUer, and the stoker ;l this. //y</rv£.ec^ii7
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