. The street railway review . per cent, of the runninglime. Repairs comprised the relining of the governor throttlevalve chest and the renewal of an oil disk. II—Light and power station, Newcastle-onTyne. England::t.|p00kw. capacity—75 to 500-kw. units. After 11 years of servicefor the greater part of the turbine equipment, the cost of repairsIII the Korth Station averaged, up to 1903, .225 cts. per kw. houroutput. These facts would seem to command respal for the turbineas a machine of wide application, ruggeil and permanent In con-struction, responsive to excessive and sudden demands, pecu-li
. The street railway review . per cent, of the runninglime. Repairs comprised the relining of the governor throttlevalve chest and the renewal of an oil disk. II—Light and power station, Newcastle-onTyne. England::t.|p00kw. capacity—75 to 500-kw. units. After 11 years of servicefor the greater part of the turbine equipment, the cost of repairsIII the Korth Station averaged, up to 1903, .225 cts. per kw. houroutput. These facts would seem to command respal for the turbineas a machine of wide application, ruggeil and permanent In con-struction, responsive to excessive and sudden demands, pecu-liarly suited for parallel operation tmder the most difficult rir-climstances, and capable of yielding lomnienlal results underextremely unsuitable conditions. It is not, however, in themakeshift plants that the turbine can do Its best work. Formerly, the turbine has. In many cases, been designed toaccommodate existing conditions In the plant. Today the re-verse Is true. The plant Is now being designe<l for the turbine,. ran live consecutive at 50 per cent, overload. During thewinter it runs non-condensing part of the day. supplying 32,500sq. ft. of heating surface. D—Industrial plant, Akron, Ohio: One 400-kw. and one 750-kw. turbine operate in parallel, with the greatest ease, with two500kw. and one 150-kw. direct connected corliss engine unitsupon a widely fluctuating factory load, due to ele<-trlc motors,many of which are of 100 to 300-h. p. capacity. The turbinesexert an important corrective influence over the regulation ofthe entire plant. E—Electric light and power plant. Hartford, Conn.: A unit has been started cold and load applied in seven has carried a load of 2,200 kw. for 30 consecutive hours. Itoperates regularly in parallel over a high tension transmissionline with a water power station 11 miles distant. F—Railway plant. Elyria. Ohio: A 1,000-kw. unit has carrieda load of l,(i75 and operates 21 hours daily on a railw
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