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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and
+Furnace Testing, by Rufus T. Strohm
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+Title: Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing
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+Author: Rufus T. Strohm
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+Release Date: December 20, 2006 [EBook #20146]
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+Language: English
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+ UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION
+ BUREAU OF CONSERVATION
+
+ Engineering Bulletin No. 1
+
+ BOILER AND FURNACE
+ TESTING
+
+ Prepared by
+
+ Rufus T. Strohm
+ Associate Editor, Power
+
+ [Illustration: Maximum Production
+
+ Minimum Waste]
+
+ WASHINGTON
+ GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
+ 1918
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+MAXIMUM PRODUCTION.
+
+MINIMUM WASTE.
+
+
+The United States Fuel Administration is making every effort,
+through the producers and transportation lines, to obtain an
+adequate supply of fuel for the industries of the country.
+
+Twenty-five to fifty million tons of coal a year can be saved by
+the improved operation of steam-power plants without changing their
+present equipment and without abating their production the
+slightest.
+
+It is absolutely necessary that this saving be realized, if our
+overburdened railroads are to be relieved and our industries kept
+in full operation.
+
+The extent to which it will be realized depends upon the
+cooperation of the owners, engineers, and firemen of every power
+plant of the country.
+
+YOUR FIRING LINE IS AT THE FURNACE DOOR.
+
+ DAVID MOFFAT MYERS,
+ _Advisory Engineer to United States Fuel Administration_.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+BOILER AND FURNACE TESTING.
+
+By RUFUS T. STROHM.
+
+
+NECESSITY FOR TESTING BOILERS.
+
+A boiler test is necessary in order to determine how well the
+boiler is doing the work expected of it; that is to say, we must
+find out whether we are wasting coal in making steam and how much
+this waste may be. Such a test may be made to discover the
+efficiency of the boiler, or the quantity of water it is
+evaporating, or the cost of evaporating 1,000 pounds of water.
+
+The United States Fuel Administration recommends that every boiler
+plant have some means of daily checking the efficiency of the
+boiler and furnace. The simplest and best way of finding out how
+efficiently the boiler is working is to make an evaporation test,
+as described in this bulletin. All the necessary records can be
+made automatically with suitable instruments, although in many
+small plants the coal must be weighed on ordinary scales. The
+efficiency of the furnace can be found by making analyses of the
+flue gases. (See Bulletin No. 2 of the United States Fuel
+Administration.)
+
+Too many engineers and firemen have the idea that they are not
+fitted to make boiler tests. This is altogether wrong. Any man who
+can weigh water and coal and read steam gages and thermometers is
+able to do the work required in making a boiler test for
+evaporation or efficiency. Such a test requires a knowledge of the
+following:
+
+ 1. The total weight of coal used.
+
+ 2. [1]The total weight of water fed to and evaporated by the
+ boiler.
+
+ 3. The average temperature of the feed water.
+
+ 4. The average steam pressure in the boiler.
+
+If these four items are known, a series of simple calculations will
+show how much water is being evaporated per pound of coal, and the
+efficiency of the boiler and furnace.
+
+To make a test, the following apparatus and instruments are
+necessary:
+
+ 1. Scales to weigh the coal.
+
+ 2. Apparatus to weigh or measure the feed water.
+
+ 3. Thermometers to take feed-water temperature.
+
+ 4. Gages to indicate steam pressure.
+
+A boiler test to be of value should extend over a period of at
+least eight hours. The longer the test the more accurate the
+results.
+
+[Footnote 1: For the sake of simplicity, only the essential
+elements of boiler and furnace testing are treated in this
+bulletin. For rules covering the refinements for an exhaustive
+test, the reader is referred to the boiler test code of the
+American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Copies of this code can
+be obtained from the secretary, 29 West Thirty-ninth Street, New
+York City.]
+
+
+WEIGHING THE COAL.
+
+The weight of coal used during a test may easily be found by using
+an ordinary wheelbarrow and a platform scales, arranged as in
+figure 1. At each side of the scales build an incline with its top
+level with the top of the platform, but take care not to have
+either one touch the platform. Set the empty wheelbarrow on the
+scales, run the movable weight or poise out until it exactly
+balances the weight of the barrow and lock it in position with the
+thumbscrew.
+
+Next, put weights on the scale pan _A_ to correspond to a net
+weight of 250 or 300 pounds of coal. Fill the barrow with coal, run
+it on the scales, and add coal or take off coal until the scales
+balance. This is easily done by having a small pile of coal _B_
+beside the scales. If the weights on the scale pan represent, say,
+300 pounds, the net weight of coal in the barrow is exactly 300
+pounds. This coal is wheeled in front of the boiler and dumped on
+the clean floor, and the barrow is returned for another load.
+
+[Illustration: _Fig. 1._
+
+1 _Set to balance tare of wheelbarrow_
+2 _Add to balance net weight of coal_]
+
+Each time the barrow of coal is weighed on the scales and taken to
+the boiler being tested, a tally mark should be made on a board
+nailed to the wall beside the scales. Each tally mark represents
+300 pounds of coal, since the amount of coal in the barrow is
+adjusted at each weighing, so that the scales just balance. At the
+end of the test, therefore, the number of tally marks is multiplied
+by 300, and the product is the weight of coal used, provided it has
+all been fired; but if any coal remains in front of the boiler at
+the close of the test, it must be gathered up and weighed, and its
+weight must be subtracted from the total weight indicated by the
+tally marks to get the number of pounds of coal actually fired. You
+should, of course, start the test with no coal in front of the
+boiler.
+
+Care must be taken not to forget to make a tally mark each time a
+barrow of coal is run off the scales. By setting the scales so as
+to show any net weight, such as 250 or 300 pounds, and making each
+barrow load exactly this weight, much time is saved, as it is
+unnecessary to change any of the weights or the position of the
+rider on the scale beam.
+
+If the coal used in the test is to be analyzed, take a sample of
+from 4 to 6 pounds from each barrow and throw it into a box near
+the scales. Do this _before_ the coal is weighed. These small
+amounts from the various barrow loads will then give a fair average
+sample of the coal used during the test.
+
+The condition of the furnace should be the same at the end of the
+test period as at the start. Therefore, at the moment the test is
+begun, observe the thickness of the fuel bed and the condition of
+the fire. If the fire was cleaned, say, an hour before the test
+began, see that it is cleaned an hour before the time when the test
+is scheduled to end. If the coal was fired, say, eight minutes
+before the test started, the last coal used during the test should
+be fired eight minutes before the end of the test. The object of
+these precautions is to insure the same conditions at start and
+finish, as nearly as possible; otherwise, the coal weighed will not
+be the same as the coal consumed.
+
+
+MEASURING THE FEED WATER.
+
+The quantity of water fed to the boiler during the test may be
+found by metering or by weighing. A reliable water meter is
+recommended for this work. There are a number of good makes, of
+different types, such as:
+
+ 1. Venturi meter.
+
+ 2. Weir or V-notch meters.
+
+ 3. Diaphragm meters.
+
+ 4. Displacement meters.
+
+ 5. Water weighers.
+
+The best form of meter to use in any particular case depends on the
+local conditions in the plant; but _every plant should be provided
+with a permanently installed meter of some type_. The displacement
+form of meter should be used only with cold water, however.
+
+If there is no meter or water weigher in the plant, the feed water
+used during the test can be measured by the three-barrel
+arrangement illustrated in figure 2.
+
+Obtain three water-tight barrels, and set two of them close
+together on a platform directly over the third, leaving about 12
+inches above barrel 3 in which to fit the valves _V_ and the
+nipples in the bottoms of barrels 1 and 2. Near the top of each of
+the barrels 1 and 2 screw a 1-inch overflow pipe _O_.
+
+Run a pipe _P_ from the city main or other source of supply above
+barrels 1 and 2, and put a valve _A_ on the pipe leading to each
+barrel. From barrel 3 run a suction pipe to the feed pump that is
+to pump water to the boiler to be tested. It is best to have a
+by-pass from the usual water supply direct to the feed pump, or to
+another pump connected to the boiler, so that in case of any
+trouble with the testing barrels, the regular operation of the
+boiler may be resumed without shutting down.
+
+The next step is to fill barrels 1 and 2 with water until they
+overflow at _O_. This water should be of practically the same
+average temperature as that which is to be used during the test.
+Barrel 3 should be high enough above the feed pump so that the pump
+will handle hot water. Put barrel 3 on a scales, before connecting
+it to the feed pump, and weigh it. Then let the water from barrel 1
+run into barrel 3, and weigh again. The second weight minus the
+first weight is the net weight of water run in from barrel 1 and is
+the weight of water contained in barrel 1 when filled to the
+overflow. The weight of water in barrel 2 when it is filled to the
+overflow can be found in like manner. Mark these weights down.
+
+[Illustration: _Fig. 2._]
+
+When the net weights are found and barrel 3 is removed from the
+scales and connected to the feed pump, the apparatus is ready to
+begin the test. Start with the level of the water about 1 foot
+below the top of the barrel 3, and drive a nail into the barrel to
+mark this level. When the test is finished, the level should be
+brought to the same point, so that the water that has passed
+through barrels 1 and 2 will accurately represent the weight of
+water fed to the boiler during the test.
+
+When the test is to begin, stop the feed pump and tie a string
+around the gage glass on the boiler to mark the height of the water
+level in the boiler. Then start the pump connected to barrel 3.
+Fill barrels 1 and 2 up to the overflow before the test is started.
+Then open the valve _V_ on barrel 1 and let the water run into
+barrel 3 as fast as the feed pump draws water from barrel 3. When
+barrel 1 is emptied close its valve _V_ and open its valve _A_ so
+as to refill it.
+
+While barrel 1 is filling empty barrel 2 into barrel 3 in the same
+way, and continue to fill and empty barrels 1 and 2 alternately. In
+this way barrel 3 will be kept supplied with water that has been
+measured in barrels 1 and 2, the net weights of which were found
+before the test began. Keep a separate tally of the number of times
+each of the barrels 1 and 2 is emptied into barrel 3. At the end of
+the test the number of tallies for each barrel multiplied by the
+weight of the water that barrel will hold will be the weight of
+water measured in that barrel. The sum of these weights for barrels
+1 and 2 will be the weight of water used in the test.
+
+With a three-barrel arrangement like this, water can be weighed
+rapidly enough to supply 300 boiler horsepower.
+
+Before starting a test make sure that there is no chance for water
+to leak into or out of the boiler. See that the blow-off is tight,
+that there is no drip from gage cocks, and that the feed-line
+connections are tight, so that all the water fed to the boiler will
+represent accurately the amount evaporated during the test.
+
+If a meter is used instead of the three-barrel method, make
+absolutely sure that the meter is correct, as the accuracy of the
+test depends on the accuracy with which the water measurements are
+made. _After a meter is installed, test it to see that it operates
+correctly under the plant conditions._
+
+The water level in the boiler should be the same at the end of the
+test as at the beginning. As the time for stopping the test draws
+near, therefore, try to bring the conditions the same as at the
+start. Do not, however, run the feed pump rapidly in the last few
+minutes for the test in order to obtain the same water level. If
+there is a slight difference in level, calculate the weight of
+water it represents and make the necessary correction to the total
+weight of water fed.
+
+
+TEMPERATURE OF FEED WATER.
+
+Every plant should have a thermometer on the feed line, so as to
+find the temperature of the feed water. Preferably, this
+thermometer should be of the recording type. If such a form of
+thermometer is used during the test, it is unnecessary to take the
+feed temperature at stated intervals, as the record will show the
+varying temperatures, and so the average feed temperature during
+the test can easily be found.
+
+If there is no thermometer in the feed line, take the feed-water
+temperature by means of a thermometer hung in barrel 3 (figure 2)
+by a hook over the edge of the barrel. Read this thermometer every
+half hour during the test if the feed-water temperature is fairly
+uniform; but if it varies considerably, read the thermometer every
+15 minutes. The object is to obtain the average feed-water
+temperature during the test period. Therefore, mark down the
+temperatures as read at the stated intervals. At the close of the
+test add the readings and divide their sum by the number of
+readings and you will have the average temperature of the feed
+water.
+
+
+STEAM PRESSURE.
+
+Every boiler is fitted with a steam gage by which the pressure is
+indicated. It is important that the pressure gage be accurate. What
+is wanted in a test is the average pressure of the steam in the
+boiler, therefore, observe the pressure at regular intervals, just
+as with the feed-water temperature, and mark down these gage
+readings. The sum of the readings divided by the number of readings
+taken will be the average steam pressure during the test.
+
+A recording steam gage is best and makes its own readings.
+
+
+WORKING UP THE TEST.
+
+After the boiler test has been made, so as to find the weight of
+coal burned, weight of feed water used, feed-water temperature and
+steam pressure, the efficiency, the horsepower, and the economy
+must be obtained by calculation from the test results. The process
+of figuring the desired results from the test data is called
+"working up the test."
+
+To illustrate the method used in finding the efficiency, etc.,
+suppose that the data obtained from the test are as follows:
+
+ Length of test hours 10
+ Total weight of coal fired pounds 5,000
+ Total weight of water evaporated do. 35,000
+ Average temperature of feed water °F 180
+ Average steam pressure, gage pounds per square inch 100
+
+The efficiency of any process is always a comparison, or ratio, of
+the output to the input. In the case of a steam boiler the
+efficiency is the percentage of the heat supplied in the coal that
+is usefully employed in making steam. The output of the steam
+boiler is the heat represented by the quantity of water evaporated
+by a pound of coal, taking into account the feed temperature and
+the steam pressure, and input is the amount of heat contained in a
+pound of the coal used. The efficiency of the boiler is the output
+divided by the input.
+
+The heat contained in a pound of coal is called the "calorific
+value" or "heating value" of the coal. It can be found by taking a
+fair average sample of the coal used during the test, as explained
+in connection with weighing the coal, and sending the sample to a
+chemist, who will make a calorimeter test to determine its heating
+value.
+
+At the end of the test the sample fuel should be spread out on a
+clean floor and all lumps broken up, so that no pieces are larger
+than 2 inches maximum diameter. Then the gross sample should be
+very thoroughly mixed by shoveling, after which it should be spread
+out in the form of a square of uniform depth and quartered down
+until a final average sample is obtained for shipment to a
+competent chemist, experienced in fuel analysis. (See Bureau of
+Mines Technical Paper No. 133.)
+
+About 2 quarts of the chemist's sample should be put in air-tight
+tins or jars for the determination of moisture; the balance of the
+sample (the total weight of which should be from 10 to 50 pounds,
+depending on the total weight of coal used in the test) may be
+packed in a wooden box lined with paper to prevent splinters from
+mingling with the sample. A duplicate coal sample should be kept at
+the plant to be used in case of loss of the sample sent to the
+chemist.
+
+The Bureau of Mines has published a bulletin or pamphlet giving the
+analyses and heating values of the various kinds and grades of coal
+from all parts of the United States. (Bureau of Mines Bulletin No.
+22.) This bulletin can be used to learn the approximate heating
+value of the coal. Simply find out what district the coal used in
+the test came from, and its grade, and then refer to the bulletin
+to obtain the heating value of the coal. If a chemist can be
+obtained to make a heat test, however, it is better to use the
+heating value he determines.
+
+Suppose that during the test the coal used was run-of-mine
+bituminous having a heating value of 13,500 B. t. u. Every pound of
+coal fired, then, carried into the furnace 13,500 heat units, and
+this value therefore is the _input_ to be used in calculating the
+boiler efficiency.
+
+During the test 5,000 pounds of coal was fired and 35,000 pounds of
+water was fed and evaporated. This means that 35,000 ÷ 5,000 = 7
+pounds of water was evaporated per pound of coal burned. This is
+the "actual evaporation," and the heat required to evaporate this 7
+pounds of water is the output to be used in calculating the
+efficiency.
+
+Every fireman knows that it takes more coal, and therefore more
+heat, to make steam with cold feed water than with hot feed water;
+also, that it is somewhat easier to make steam at a low pressure
+than at a high pressure. So it is plain that the heat required to
+evaporate 7 pounds of water into steam depends on two things,
+namely, (1) the temperature of the feed water and (2) the pressure
+of the steam in the boiler. From the data of the test, both the
+average feed-water temperature and the average steam pressure are
+known, and so it is a simple matter to find out the amount of heat
+needed to evaporate 7 pounds of water from the average temperature
+to steam at the average pressure.
+
+A pound of water at 212° F. must have 970.4 B. t. u. added to it to
+become a pound of steam at 212° F., or zero gage pressure. This
+value, 970.4 B. t. u., is called the latent heat of steam at
+atmospheric pressure, or the heat "from and at 212° F." It is the
+heat required to change a pound of water _from_ 212° F. to steam
+_at_ 212° F., and is used by engineers as a standard by which to
+compare the evaporation of different boilers.
+
+In a boiler test the temperature of the feed water is usually
+something less than 212° F., and the steam pressure is commonly
+higher than zero, gage. In the test outlined previously, the
+feed-water temperature was 180° F. and the pressure was 100 pounds
+per square inch, gage. It must be clear, then, that the amount of
+heat required to change a pound of water at 180° to steam at 100
+pounds gage pressure is not the same as to make a pound of steam
+from and at 212° F.
+
+To make allowance for the differences in temperature and pressure,
+the actual evaporation must be multiplied by a number called the
+"factor of evaporation." The factor of evaporation has a certain
+value corresponding to every feed-water temperature and boiler
+pressure, and the values of this factor are given in the
+accompanying table. Along the top of the table are given the gage
+pressures of the steam. In the columns at the sides of the table
+are given the feed-water temperatures. To find the factor of
+evaporation for a given set of conditions, locate the gage pressure
+at the top of the table and follow down that column to the
+horizontal line on which the feed-water temperature is located. The
+value in this column and on the horizontal line thus found is the
+factor of evaporation required. If the feed water has a temperature
+greater than 212° F., obtain the proper factor of evaporation from
+the Marks and Davis steam tables.
+
+Take the data of the test, for example. The average steam pressure
+is 100 pounds, gage. The average feed-water temperature is 180° F.
+So, in the table locate the column headed 100 and follow down this
+column to the line having 180 at the ends, and the value where the
+column and the line cross is 1.0727, which is the factor of
+evaporation for a feed-water temperature of 180° F. and a steam
+pressure of 100 pounds, gage.
+
+This factor, 1.0727, indicates that to change a pound of water at
+180° F. to steam at 100 pounds requires 1.0727 times as much heat
+as to change a pound of water at 212° F. to steam at atmospheric
+pressure. In other words, the heat used in producing an actual
+evaporation of 7 pounds under the test conditions would have
+evaporated 7 × 1.0727 = 7.5 pounds from and at 212° F. Hence, 7.5
+pounds is called the "equivalent evaporation from and at 212° F."
+per pound of coal used.
+
+As already stated, it takes 970.4 B. t. u. to make a pound of steam
+from and at 212° F. Then to make 7.5 pounds there would be required
+7.5 × 970.4 = 7,278 B. t. u. This is the amount of heat required to
+change 7.5 pounds of water at 212° F. to steam at zero gage
+pressure, but it is also the heat required to change 7 pounds of
+water at 180° F. to steam at 100 pounds gage pressure, because 7.5
+pounds from and at 212° F. is equivalent to 7 pounds from 180° F.
+to steam at 100 pounds. Therefore, the 7,278 B. t. u. is the amount
+of heat usefully employed in making steam per pound of coal fired,
+and so it is the _output_. Accordingly, the efficiency of the
+boiler is--
+
+ Output 7,278
+ ~ Efficiency = ------ = ------ = 0.54, nearly.
+ Input 13,500
+
+In other words, the efficiency of the boiler is 0.54, or 54 per
+cent, which means that only a little more than half of the heat in
+the coal is usefully employed in making steam.
+
+The chart shown in figure 3 is given to save the work of figuring
+the efficiency. If the equivalent evaporation per pound of coal is
+calculated and the heating value of the coal is known, the boiler
+efficiency may be found directly from the chart. At the left-hand
+side locate the point corresponding to the equivalent evaporation
+and at the bottom locate the point corresponding to the heating
+value of the coal. Follow the horizontal and vertical lines from
+these two points until they cross, and note the diagonal line that
+is nearest to the crossing point. The figures marked on the
+diagonal line indicate the boiler efficiency.
+
+Take the case just worked out, for example. The equivalent
+evaporation is 7.5 pounds and the heating value of the fuel is
+13,500 B. t. u. At the left of the chart locate the point 7.5
+midway between 7 and 8 and at the bottom locate the point 13,500
+midway between 13,000 and 14,000. Then follow the horizontal and
+vertical lines from these two points until they cross, as indicated
+by the dotted lines. The crossing point lies on the diagonal
+corresponding to 54, and so the efficiency is 54 per cent.
+
+
+BOILER HORSEPOWER OR CAPACITY.
+
+The capacity of a boiler is usually stated in boiler horsepower. A
+boiler horsepower means the evaporation of 34.5 pounds of water per
+hour from and at 212° F. Therefore, to find the boiler horsepower
+developed during a test, calculate the evaporation from and at 212°
+F. per hour and divide it by 34.5.
+
+Take the test previously mentioned, for example. The evaporation
+from and at 212° F. or the equivalent evaporation, was 7.5 pounds
+of water per pound of coal. The weight of coal burned per hour was
+5,000 ÷ 10 = 500 pounds. Then the equivalent evaporation was 7.5 ×
+500 = 3,750 pounds per hour. According to the foregoing definition
+of a boiler horsepower, then--
+
+ 3,750
+ Boiler horsepower = ----- = 109.
+ 34.5
+
+
+The "rated horsepower" of a boiler, or the "builders' rating," is
+the number of square feet of heating surface in the boiler divided
+by a number. In the case of stationary boilers this number is 10 or
+12, but 10 is very commonly taken as the amount of heating surface
+per horsepower. Assuming this value and assuming further that the
+boiler tested had 1,500 square feet of heating surface, its rated
+horsepower would be 1,500 ÷ 10 = 150 boiler horsepower.
+
+It is often desirable to know what per cent of the rated capacity
+is developed in a test. This is found by dividing the horsepower
+developed during the test by the builders' rating. In the case of
+the boiler tested, 109 horsepower was developed. The percentage of
+rated capacity developed, therefore, was 109 ÷ 150 = 0.73, or 73
+per cent.
+
+
+HEATING SURFACE.
+
+The heating surface of a boiler is the surface of metal exposed to
+the fire or hot gases on one side and to water on the other side.
+Thus, the internal surface of the tubes of a fire-tube boiler is
+the heating surface of the tubes, but the outside surface of the
+tubes of a water-tube boiler is the heating surface of those tubes.
+In addition to the tubes, all other surfaces which have hot gases
+on one side and water on the other must be taken into account. For
+instance, in a fire-tube boiler from one-half to two-thirds of the
+shell (depending on how the boiler is set) acts as heating surface.
+In addition to this, the surface presented by both heads, below the
+water level, has to be computed. The heating surface of each head
+is equal to two-thirds its area minus the total area of the holes
+cut away to receive the tubes.
+
+
+COST OF EVAPORATION.
+
+The cost of evaporation is usually stated as the cost of fuel
+required to evaporate 1,000 pounds of water from and at 212° F. To
+find it, multiply the price of coal per ton by 1,000 and divide the
+result by the product of the equivalent evaporation per pound of
+coal and the number of pounds in a ton.
+
+Suppose that the cost of the coal used in the foregoing test was
+$3.60 per ton of 2,000 pounds. The equivalent evaporation per pound
+of coal was 7.5 pounds. Therefore the cost of evaporating 1,000
+pounds of water from 180° F. to steam at 100-pound gage, is--
+
+ $3.60 × 1,000
+ ------------- = $0.24, or 24 cents.
+ 7.5 × 2,000
+
+
+TABLE OF TEST RESULTS.
+
+After the test has been made and properly worked up, as heretofore
+described, collect all the results of the test on one sheet, so
+that they can be kept in convenient form for reference and for
+comparison with later tests. A brief form of arranging the results
+is as follows:
+
+ 1. Date of test May 20, 1918
+ 2. Duration of test hours 10
+ 3. Weight of coal used pounds 5,000
+ 4. Weight of water fed and evaporated do. 35,000
+ 5. Average steam pressure, gauge do. 100
+ 6. Average feed-water temperature °F. 180
+ 7. Factor of evaporation 1.0727
+ 8. Equivalent evaporation from and at 212° F. pounds 37,545
+
+ EFFICIENCY.
+
+ 9. Efficiency of boiler and furnace per cent 54
+
+ CAPACITY.
+
+ 10. Boiler horsepower developed 109
+ 11. Builders' rated horsepower 150
+ 12. Percentage of rated horsepower developed per cent 73
+
+ ECONOMIC RESULTS.
+
+ 13. Actual evaporation per pound of coal pounds 7
+ 14. Equivalent evaporation from and at 212° F.
+ per pound of coal as fired, pounds 7.5
+ 15. Cost of coal per ton (2,000 pounds) $3.60
+ 16. Cost of coal to evaporate 1,000 pounds from and at
+ 212° F. $0.24
+
+
+HOW TO USE THE TEST RESULTS.
+
+The object of working up a test is to obtain a clear idea as to the
+efficiency of operation of the boiler or its operating cost.
+Consequently, after the calculations have been made, they should be
+used as a basis for study with the idea of improving the boiler
+performance.
+
+Take the matter of boiler efficiency, for example, as found from
+the test mentioned. Its value was 54 per cent. This is altogether
+too low and indicates wasteful operation. The efficiency of a
+hand-fired boiler ought not to be less than 65 per cent, and it can
+be increased to 70 per cent by careful management under good
+conditions.
+
+The chart in figure 3 can be used to indicate the evaporation that
+should be obtained in order to reach a desired efficiency. Suppose,
+for example, that it is desired to know how much water per pound of
+coal must be evaporated to produce a boiler efficiency of 65 per
+cent with coal having a heating value of 13,500 B. t. u. per pound.
+
+Locate 13,500 at the bottom of the chart, follow the vertical line
+until it meets the diagonal marked 65 per cent, and then from this
+point follow the horizontal line to the left-hand edge, where the
+figure 9 is found. This means that the equivalent evaporation from
+and by 212° F. per pound of coal must be 9 pounds of water. If the
+steam pressure is 100 pounds gauge, and the feed-water temperature
+is 180° F. the factor of evaporation is 1.0727, then the actual
+evaporation must be 9 ÷ 1.0727 = 8.36 pounds per pound of coal. In
+other words, to increase the efficiency from 54 per cent to 65 per
+cent under the same conditions of pressure and feed-water
+temperature, it would be necessary to increase the actual
+evaporation from 7 pounds to 8.36 pounds. This would mean
+practically 20 per cent more steam from the same weight of coal
+used.
+
+[Illustration: _Heating Value of Coal, in B. t. u. Per Pound_
+
+FIG. 3.]
+
+How to do this will require some study and experimenting on the
+part of the fireman or engineer. The three most common reasons for
+low-boiler efficiency are (1) excess air, (2) dirty heating
+surfaces, and (3) loss of coal through the grates. _The first of
+these items is the most important of the three._ In most cases the
+greatest preventable waste of coal in a boiler plant is directly
+due to excess air. Excess air simply means the amount of air which
+gets into the furnace and boiler which is not needed for completing
+the combustion of the coal. Very often twice as much air is
+admitted to the boiler setting as is required. This extra or excess
+air is heated and carries heat out through the chimney instead of
+heating the water in the boiler to make steam. There are two ways
+in which this excess air gets into the furnace and boiler setting.
+First, by a combination of bad regulation of drafts and firing. The
+chances are your uptake damper is too wide open. Try closing it a
+little. Then, there may be holes in the fire. Keep these covered.
+The second way excess air occurs is by leakage through the boiler
+setting, through cracks in the brickwork, leaks around the frames
+and edges of cleaning doors, and holes around the blow-off pipes.
+There are also other places where such air can leak in.
+
+Take a torch or candle and go over the entire surface of your
+boiler setting--front, back, sides, and top. Where the flame of the
+torch is drawn inward there is an air leak. Plaster up all air
+leaks and repair the brickwork around door frames where necessary.
+You should go over your boiler for air leaks once a month.
+
+In regard to best methods of firing soft coal, see Technical Paper
+No. 80 of the Bureau of Mines, which may be obtained from your
+State Fuel Administrator.
+
+Dirty heating surfaces cause low efficiency because they prevent
+the heat in the hot gases from getting through into the water.
+Therefore, keep the shell and tubes free of soot on one side and
+scale on the other. Soot may be removed by the daily use of
+blowers, scrapers, and cleaners. The problem of scale and pure feed
+water is a big one and should be taken up with proper authorities
+on the subject.
+
+There are many things that may be done to increase the efficiency
+of the boiler and to save coal. For convenience a number of these
+points are grouped in the following list:
+
+ WHAT TO DO. | WHY.
+ |
+ 1. Close up all leaks in the boiler | To prevent waste of heat due to
+ setting. | excess air admitted.
+ |
+ 2. Keep shell and tubes free from | To allow the heat to pass easily
+ soot and scale. | into the water.
+ |
+ 3. Use grates suited to the fuel | To prevent loss of unburnt coal
+ to be burned. | through air spaces.
+ |
+ 4. Fire often, and little at a | To obtain uniform conditions and
+ time. | better combustion.
+ |
+ 5. Cover all thin spots and keep | To prevent burning holes in bed
+ fire bed level. | and admitting excess air.
+ |
+ 6. Do not allow clinkers to form | Because they reduce the effective
+ on side or bridge walls. | area of the grate.
+ |
+ 7. Keep the ash pit free from ashes | To prevent warping and burning out
+ and hot clinkers. | of the grates.
+ |
+ 8. Do not stir the fire except when | Because stirring causes clinker
+ necessary. | and is likely to waste coal.
+ |
+ 9. Use damper and not ash-pit doors | Because less excess air is
+ to control draft. | admitted by so doing.
+ |
+ 10. See that steam pipes and valves | Because steam leaks waste heat
+ are tight. | and therefore coal.
+ |
+ 11. Keep blow-off valves tight. | Because leaks of hot water waste
+ | coal.
+ |
+ 12. Cover steam pipes and the tops | To prevent radiation and loss of
+ of boilers. | heat.
+
+Make a boiler test under the conditions of operation as they now
+exist in your plant. Then make all possible improvements as
+suggested in this bulletin, make another test afterwards and note
+the increase in the equivalent evaporation per pound of coal used.
+
+Remember that the _firing line_ in the boiler room can be just as
+patriotic and helpful as the _firing line_ at the front.
+
+
+_Table of factors of evaporation._
+
+ ============================================================================
+ Feed | Steam pressure in pounds per square inch, gauge.
+ temperature,|---------------------------------------------------------------
+ °F. | 30 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 110 | 120
+ ------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
+ 32 | 1.2073| 1.2144| 1.2195| 1.2216| 1.2234| 1.2251| 1.2266| 1.2279
+ 35 | 1.2042| 1.2113| 1.2164| 1.2184| 1.2203| 1.2219| 1.2235| 1.2248
+ 38 | 1.2011| 1.2082| 1.2133| 1.2153| 1.2172| 1.2188| 1.2204| 1.2217
+ 41 | 1.1980| 1.2051| 1.2102| 1.2122| 1.2141| 1.2157| 1.2173| 1.2186
+ 44 | 1.1949| 1.2020| 1.2071| 1.2091| 1.2110| 1.2126| 1.2142| 1.2155
+ 47 | 1.1918| 1.1989| 1.2040| 1.2060| 1.2079| 1.2095| 1.2111| 1.2124
+ 50 | 1.1887| 1.1958| 1.2009| 1.2029| 1.2048| 1.2064| 1.2080| 1.2093
+ 53 | 1.1856| 1.1927| 1.1978| 1.1998| 1.2017| 1.2033| 1.2049| 1.2062
+ 56 | 1.1825| 1.1896| 1.1947| 1.1967| 1.1986| 1.2002| 1.2018| 1.2031
+ 59 | 1.1794| 1.1865| 1.1916| 1.1937| 1.1955| 1.1972| 1.1987| 1.2000
+ 62 | 1.1763| 1.1835| 1.1885| 1.1906| 1.1924| 1.1941| 1.1956| 1.1970
+ 65 | 1.1733| 1.1804| 1.1854| 1.1875| 1.1893| 1.1910| 1.1925| 1.1939
+ 68 | 1.1702| 1.1773| 1.1823| 1.1844| 1.1862| 1.1879| 1.1894| 1.1908
+ 71 | 1.1671| 1.1742| 1.1792| 1.1813| 1.1832| 1.1848| 1.1864| 1.1877
+ 74 | 1.1640| 1.1711| 1.1762| 1.1782| 1.1801| 1.1817| 1.1833| 1.1846
+ 77 | 1.1609| 1.1680| 1.1731| 1.1751| 1.1770| 1.1786| 1.1802| 1.1815
+ 80 | 1.1578| 1.1650| 1.1700| 1.1721| 1.1739| 1.1756| 1.1771| 1.1785
+ 83 | 1.1548| 1.1619| 1.1669| 1.1690| 1.1708| 1.1725| 1.1740| 1.1754
+ 86 | 1.1518| 1.1588| 1.1638| 1.1659| 1.1678| 1.1694| 1.1710| 1.1723
+ 89 | 1.1486| 1.1557| 1.1608| 1.1628| 1.1647| 1.1663| 1.1679| 1.1692
+ 92 | 1.1455| 1.1526| 1.1577| 1.1597| 1.1616| 1.1632| 1.1648| 1.1661
+ 95 | 1.1424| 1.1495| 1.1546| 1.1566| 1.1585| 1.1602| 1.1617| 1.1630
+ 98 | 1.1393| 1.1465| 1.1515| 1.1536| 1.1554| 1.1571| 1.1586| 1.1600
+ 101 | 1.1363| 1.1434| 1.1484| 1.1505| 1.1523| 1.1540| 1.1555| 1.1569
+ 104 | 1.1332| 1.1403| 1.1453| 1.1474| 1.1492| 1.1509| 1.1525| 1.1538
+ 107 | 1.1301| 1.1372| 1.1423| 1.1443| 1.1462| 1.1478| 1.1494| 1.1507
+ 110 | 1.1270| 1.1341| 1.1392| 1.1412| 1.1431| 1.1447| 1.1463| 1.1476
+ 113 | 1.1239| 1.1310| 1.1360| 1.1382| 1.1400| 1.1417| 1.1432| 1.1445
+ 116 | 1.1209| 1.1280| 1.1330| 1.1351| 1.1369| 1.1386| 1.1401| 1.1415
+ 119 | 1.1178| 1.1249| 1.1299| 1.1320| 1.1339| 1.1355| 1.1370| 1.1384
+ 122 | 1.1147| 1.1218| 1.1269| 1.1289| 1.1308| 1.1324| 1.1340| 1.1353
+ 125 | 1.1116| 1.1187| 1.1238| 1.1258| 1.1277| 1.1293| 1.1309| 1.1322
+ 128 | 1.1085| 1.1156| 1.1207| 1.1227| 1.1246| 1.1262| 1.1278| 1.1291
+ 131 | 1.1054| 1.1125| 1.1176| 1.1197| 1.1215| 1.1232| 1.1247| 1.1260
+ 134 | 1.1023| 1.1095| 1.1145| 1.1166| 1.1184| 1.1201| 1.1216| 1.1230
+ 137 | 1.0993| 1.1064| 1.1114| 1.1135| 1.1153| 1.1170| 1.1185| 1.1199
+ 140 | 1.0962| 1.1033| 1.1083| 1.1104| 1.1123| 1.1139| 1.1154| 1.1168
+ 143 | 1.0931| 1.1002| 1.1052| 1.1073| 1.1092| 1.1108| 1.1124| 1.1137
+ 146 | 1.0900| 1.0971| 1.1022| 1.1042| 1.1061| 1.1077| 1.1093| 1.1106
+ 149 | 1.0869| 1.0940| 1.0991| 1.1011| 1.1030| 1.1046| 1.1062| 1.1075
+ 152 | 1.0838| 1.0909| 1.0960| 1.0980| 1.0999| 1.1015| 1.1031| 1.1044
+ 155 | 1.0807| 1.0878| 1.0929| 1.0950| 1.0968| 1.0985| 1.1000| 1.1013
+ 158 | 1.0776| 1.0847| 1.0898| 1.0919| 1.0937| 1.0954| 1.0969| 1.0982
+ 161 | 1.0745| 1.0817| 1.0867| 1.0888| 1.0906| 1.0923| 1.0938| 1.0952
+ 164 | 1.0715| 1.0786| 1.0836| 1.0857| 1.0875| 1.0892| 1.0907| 1.0921
+ 167 | 1.0684| 1.0755| 1.0805| 1.0826| 1.0844| 1.0861| 1.0876| 1.0890
+ 170 | 1.0653| 1.0724| 1.0774| 1.0795| 1.0813| 1.0830| 1.0845| 1.0859
+ 172 | 1.0632| 1.0703| 1.0754| 1.0774| 1.0793| 1.0809| 1.0825| 1.0838
+ 174 | 1.0611| 1.0683| 1.0733| 1.0754| 1.0772| 1.0789| 1.0804| 1.0817
+ 176 | 1.0591| 1.0662| 1.0712| 1.0733| 1.0752| 1.0768| 1.0783| 1.0797
+ 178 | 1.0570| 1.0641| 1.0692| 1.0712| 1.0731| 1.0747| 1.0763| 1.0776
+ 180 | 1.0549| 1.0621| 1.0671| 1.0692| 1.0710| 1.0727| 1.0742| 1.0756
+ 182 | 1.0529| 1.0600| 1.0650| 1.0671| 1.0690| 1.0706| 1.0721| 1.0735
+ 184 | 1.0508| 1.0579| 1.0630| 1.0650| 1.0669| 1.0685| 1.0701| 1.0714
+ 186 | 1.0488| 1.0559| 1.0609| 1.0630| 1.0648| 1.0665| 1.0680| 1.0694
+ 188 | 1.0467| 1.0538| 1.0588| 1.0609| 1.0628| 1.0644| 1.0660| 1.0673
+ 190 | 1.0446| 1.0517| 1.0568| 1.0588| 1.0607| 1.0623| 1.0639| 1.0652
+ 192 | 1.0425| 1.0497| 1.0547| 1.0568| 1.0586| 1.0603| 1.0618| 1.0632
+ 194 | 1.0405| 1.0476| 1.0526| 1.0547| 1.0566| 1.0582| 1.0597| 1.0611
+ 196 | 1.0384| 1.0455| 1.0506| 1.0526| 1.0545| 1.0561| 1.0577| 1.0590
+ 198 | 1.0363| 1.0435| 1.0485| 1.0506| 1.0524| 1.0541| 1.0556| 1.0570
+ 200 | 1.0343| 1.0414| 1.0464| 1.0485| 1.0504| 1.0520| 1.0535| 1.0549
+ 202 | 1.0322| 1.0393| 1.0444| 1.0464| 1.0483| 1.0499| 1.0515| 1.0528
+ 204 | 1.0301| 1.0372| 1.0423| 1.0444| 1.0462| 1.0479| 1.0494| 1.0507
+ 206 | 1.0281| 1.0352| 1.0402| 1.0423| 1.0441| 1.0458| 1.0473| 1.0487
+ 208 | 1.0260| 1.0331| 1.0381| 1.0402| 1.0421| 1.0437| 1.0453| 1.0466
+ 210 | 1.0239| 1.0310| 1.0361| 1.0381| 1.0400| 1.0416| 1.0432| 1.0445
+ 212 | 1.0218| 1.0290| 1.0340| 1.0361| 1.0379| 1.0396| 1.0411| 1.0425
+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+_Table of factors of evaporation_--Concluded.
+
+ ============================================================================
+ Feed | Steam pressure in pounds per square inch, gauge.
+ temperature,|---------------------------------------------------------------
+ °F. | 130 | 140 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 180 | 190 | 200
+ ------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
+ 32 | 1.2292| 1.2304| 1.2315| 1.2324| 1.2333| 1.2342| 1.2351| 1.2358
+ 35 | 1.2261| 1.2273| 1.2283| 1.2293| 1.2302| 1.2311| 1.2320| 1.2327
+ 38 | 1.2230| 1.2242| 1.2252| 1.2262| 1.2271| 1.2280| 1.2288| 1.2296
+ 41 | 1.2199| 1.2211| 1.2221| 1.2231| 1.2240| 1.2249| 1.2257| 1.2265
+ 44 | 1.2168| 1.2180| 1.2190| 1.2200| 1.2209| 1.2218| 1.2226| 1.2234
+ 47 | 1.2137| 1.2149| 1.2159| 1.2168| 1.2178| 1.2187| 1.2195| 1.2202
+ 50 | 1.2106| 1.2118| 1.2128| 1.2137| 1.2147| 1.2156| 1.2164| 1.2171
+ 53 | 1.2075| 1.2087| 1.2097| 1.2107| 1.2116| 1.2125| 1.2133| 1.2141
+ 56 | 1.2044| 1.2056| 1.2066| 1.2076| 1.2085| 1.2094| 1.2102| 1.2110
+ 59 | 1.2013| 1.2025| 1.2035| 1.2045| 1.2054| 1.2063| 1.2072| 1.2079
+ 62 | 1.1982| 1.1994| 1.2005| 1.2014| 1.2023| 1.2032| 1.2041| 1.2048
+ 65 | 1.1951| 1.1963| 1.1974| 1.1983| 1.1992| 1.2002| 1.2010| 1.2017
+ 68 | 1.1920| 1.1933| 1.1943| 1.1952| 1.1961| 1.1971| 1.1979| 1.1986
+ 71 | 1.1889| 1.1902| 1.1912| 1.1921| 1.1931| 1.1940| 1.1948| 1.1955
+ 74 | 1.1859| 1.1871| 1.1881| 1.1890| 1.1900| 1.1909| 1.1917| 1.1924
+ 77 | 1.1828| 1.1840| 1.1850| 1.1860| 1.1869| 1.1878| 1.1886| 1.1894
+ 80 | 1.1797| 1.1809| 1.1820| 1.1829| 1.1838| 1.1847| 1.1856| 1.1863
+ 83 | 1.1766| 1.1778| 1.1789| 1.1798| 1.1807| 1.1817| 1.1825| 1.1832
+ 86 | 1.1735| 1.1748| 1.1758| 1.1767| 1.1776| 1.1786| 1.1794| 1.1801
+ 89 | 1.1704| 1.1717| 1.1727| 1.1736| 1.1746| 1.1755| 1.1763| 1.1770
+ 92 | 1.1674| 1.1686| 1.1696| 1.1705| 1.1715| 1.1724| 1.1732| 1.1739
+ 95 | 1.1643| 1.1655| 1.1665| 1.1675| 1.1684| 1.1693| 1.1701| 1.1709
+ 98 | 1.1612| 1.1624| 1.1635| 1.1644| 1.1653| 1.1662| 1.1671| 1.1678
+ 101 | 1.1581| 1.1593| 1.1604| 1.1613| 1.1622| 1.1632| 1.1640| 1.1647
+ 104 | 1.1550| 1.1563| 1.1573| 1.1582| 1.1592| 1.1601| 1.1609| 1.1616
+ 107 | 1.1519| 1.1532| 1.1542| 1.1551| 1.1561| 1.1570| 1.1578| 1.1585
+ 110 | 1.1489| 1.1501| 1.1511| 1.1521| 1.1530| 1.1539| 1.1547| 1.1555
+ 113 | 1.1458| 1.1470| 1.1481| 1.1490| 1.1499| 1.1508| 1.1515| 1.1524
+ 116 | 1.1427| 1.1439| 1.1450| 1.1459| 1.1468| 1.1478| 1.1486| 1.1493
+ 119 | 1.1396| 1.1409| 1.1419| 1.1428| 1.1437| 1.1447| 1.1455| 1.1462
+ 122 | 1.1365| 1.1378| 1.1388| 1.1397| 1.1407| 1.1416| 1.1424| 1.1431
+ 125 | 1.1335| 1.1347| 1.1357| 1.1366| 1.1376| 1.1385| 1.1393| 1.1400
+ 128 | 1.1304| 1.1316| 1.1326| 1.1336| 1.1345| 1.1354| 1.1362| 1.1370
+ 131 | 1.1273| 1.1285| 1.1295| 1.1305| 1.1314| 1.1323| 1.1332| 1.1339
+ 134 | 1.1242| 1.1254| 1.1265| 1.1274| 1.1283| 1.1292| 1.1301| 1.1308
+ 137 | 1.1211| 1.1224| 1.1234| 1.1243| 1.1252| 1.1262| 1.1270| 1.1277
+ 140 | 1.1180| 1.1193| 1.1203| 1.1212| 1.1221| 1.1231| 1.1239| 1.1246
+ 143 | 1.1149| 1.1162| 1.1172| 1.1181| 1.1191| 1.1200| 1.1208| 1.1215
+ 146 | 1.1119| 1.1131| 1.1141| 1.1150| 1.1160| 1.1169| 1.1177| 1.1184
+ 149 | 1.1088| 1.1100| 1.1110| 1.1120| 1.1129| 1.1138| 1.1146| 1.1154
+ 152 | 1.1057| 1.1069| 1.1079| 1.1089| 1.1098| 1.1107| 1.1115| 1.1123
+ 155 | 1.1026| 1.1038| 1.1048| 1.1058| 1.1067| 1.1076| 1.1085| 1.1092
+ 158 | 1.0995| 1.1007| 1.1018| 1.1027| 1.1036| 1.1045| 1.1054| 1.1061
+ 161 | 1.0964| 1.0976| 1.0987| 1.0996| 1.1005| 1.1014| 1.1023| 1.1030
+ 164 | 1.0933| 1.0945| 1.0956| 1.0965| 1.0974| 1.0984| 1.0992| 1.0999
+ 167 | 1.0902| 1.0914| 1.0925| 1.0934| 1.0943| 1.0953| 1.0961| 1.0968
+ 170 | 1.0871| 1.0883| 1.0894| 1.0903| 1.0912| 1.0922| 1.0930| 1.0937
+ 172 | 1.0850| 1.0863| 1.0873| 1.0882| 1.0892| 1.0901| 1.0909| 1.0916
+ 174 | 1.0830| 1.0842| 1.0853| 1.0862| 1.0871| 1.0880| 1.0889| 1.0896
+ 176 | 1.0809| 1.0822| 1.0832| 1.0841| 1.0850| 1.0860| 1.0868| 1.0875
+ 178 | 1.0789| 1.0801| 1.0811| 1.0820| 1.0830| 1.0839| 1.0847| 1.0854
+ 180 | 1.0768| 1.0780| 1.0791| 1.0800| 1.0809| 1.0818| 1.0827| 1.0834
+ 182 | 1.0747| 1.0760| 1.0770| 1.0779| 1.0788| 1.0798| 1.0806| 1.0813
+ 184 | 1.0727| 1.0739| 1.0749| 1.0759| 1.0768| 1.0777| 1.0785| 1.0793
+ 186 | 1.0706| 1.0718| 1.0729| 1.0738| 1.0747| 1.0756| 1.0765| 1.0772
+ 188 | 1.0685| 1.0698| 1.0708| 1.0717| 1.0727| 1.0736| 1.0744| 1.0751
+ 190 | 1.0665| 1.0677| 1.0687| 1.0697| 1.0706| 1.0715| 1.0723| 1.0731
+ 192 | 1.0644| 1.0656| 1.0667| 1.0676| 1.0685| 1.0694| 1.0703| 1.0710
+ 194 | 1.0623| 1.0636| 1.0646| 1.0655| 1.0664| 1.0674| 1.0682| 1.0689
+ 196 | 1.0603| 1.0615| 1.0625| 1.0635| 1.0644| 1.0653| 1.0661| 1.0669
+ 198 | 1.0582| 1.0594| 1.0605| 1.0614| 1.0623| 1.0632| 1.0641| 1.0648
+ 200 | 1.0561| 1.0574| 1.0584| 1.0593| 1.0602| 1.0612| 1.0620| 1.0627
+ 202 | 1.0541| 1.0553| 1.0563| 1.0572| 1.0582| 1.0591| 1.0599| 1.0606
+ 204 | 1.0520| 1.0532| 1.0542| 1.0552| 1.0561| 1.0570| 1.0579| 1.0586
+ 206 | 1.0499| 1.0511| 1.0522| 1.0531| 1.0540| 1.0550| 1.0558| 1.0565
+ 208 | 1.0478| 1.0491| 1.0501| 1.0510| 1.0520| 1.0529| 1.0537| 1.0544
+ 210 | 1.0458| 1.0470| 1.0480| 1.0490| 1.0499| 1.0508| 1.0516| 1.0524
+ 212 | 1.0437| 1.0449| 1.0460| 1.0469| 1.0478| 1.0487| 1.0496| 1.0503
+
+
+
+
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+BULLETIN 58. Fuel briquetting investigations, July, 1904, to July,
+1912, by C. A. Wright. 1913. 277 pp., 21 pls., 3 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 76. United States coals available for export trade, by
+Van. H. Manning. 1914. 15 pp., 1 pl.
+
+BULLETIN 85. Analyses of mine and car samples of coal collected in
+the fiscal years 1911 to 1913, by A. C. Fieldner, H. I. Smith, A.
+H. Fay, and Samuel Sanford. 1914. 444 pp., 2 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 89. Economic methods of utilizing western lignites, by E.
+J. Babcock. 1915. 74 pp., 5 pls., 5 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 119. Analyses of coals purchased by the Government during
+the fiscal years 1908-1915, by G. S. Pope. 1916. 118 pp.
+
+BULLETIN 135. Combustion of coal and design of furnaces, by Henry
+Kreisinger, C. E. Augustine, and F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 144 pp., 1 pl.,
+45 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 136. Deterioration in the heating value of coal during
+storage, by H. C. Porter and F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 38 pp., 7 pls.
+
+BULLETIN 138. Coking of Illinois coals, by F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 71
+pp., 11 pls. 1 fig.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 34. Experiments with furnaces for a hand-fired
+return tubular boiler, by S. B. Flagg, G. C. Cook, and F. E.
+Woodman. 1914. 32 pp., 1 pl., 4 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 50. Metallurgical coke, by A. W. Belden. 1913. 48
+pp., 1 pl., 23 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 76. Notes on the sampling and analysis of coal, by
+A. C. Fieldner. 1914. 59 pp., 6 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 80. Hand-firing soft coal under power-plant
+boilers, by Henry Kreisinger. 1915. 83 pp., 32 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 97. Saving fuel in heating a house, by L. P.
+Breckenridge and S. B. Flagg. 1915. 35 pp., 3 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 98. Effect of low-temperature oxidation on the
+hydrogen in coal and the change of weight of coal in drying, by S.
+H. Katz and H. C. Porter. 1917. 16 pp., 2 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 123. Notes on the uses of low-grade fuel in Europe,
+by R. H. Fernald. 1915. 37 pp., 4 pls., 4 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 133. Directions for sampling coal for shipment or
+delivery, by G. S. Pope. 1917. 15 pp., 1 pl.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 137. Combustion in the fuel bed of hand-fired
+furnaces, by Henry Kreisinger, F. K. Ovitz, and C. E. Augustine.
+1916. 76 pp., 2 pls., 21 figs. 15 cents.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 148. The determination of moisture in coke, by A.
+C. Fieldner and W. A. Selvig. 1917. 13 pp.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 170. The diffusion of oxygen through stored coal,
+by S. H. Katz. 1917. 49 pp., 1 pl., 27 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 172. Effects of moisture on the spontaneous heating
+of stored coal, by S. H. Katz and H. C. Porter. 1917. 25 pp., 1
+pl., 8 figs.
+
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+BULLETIN 8. The flow of heat through furnace walls, by W. T. Ray
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+
+BULLETIN 11. The purchase of coal by the Government under
+specifications, with analyses of coal delivered for the fiscal year
+1908-9, by G. S. Pope. 1910. 80 pp. 10 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 13. Résumé of producer-gas investigations, October 1,
+1904, to June 30, 1910, by R. H. Fernald and C. D. Smith. 1911. 393
+pp., 12 pls., 250 figs. 65 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 14. Briquetting tests of lignite at Pittsburgh, Pa.,
+1908-9, with a chapter on sulphite-pitch binder, by C. L. Wright.
+1911. 64 pp., 11 pls., 4 figs. 15 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 18. The transmission of heat into steam boilers, by Henry
+Kreisinger and W. T. Ray. 1912. 180 pp., 78 figs. 20 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 21. The significance of drafts in steam-boiler practice,
+by W. T. Ray and Henry Kreisinger. 64 pp., 26 figs. 10 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 22. Analyses of coals in the United States, with
+descriptions of mine and field samples collected between July 1,
+1904, and June 30, 1910, by N. W. Lord, with chapters by J. A.
+Holmes, F. M. Stanton, A. C. Fieldner, and Samuel Sanford. 1912.
+Part I, Analyses, pp. 1-321; Part II, Descriptions of samples, pp.
+321-1129. 85 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 23. Steaming tests of coals and related investigations,
+September 1, 1904, to December 31, 1908, by L. P. Breckenridge,
+Henry Kreisinger, and W. T. Ray. 1912. 380 pp., 2 pls., 94 figs. 50
+cents.
+
+BULLETIN 27. Tests of coal and briquets as fuel for house-heating
+boilers, by D. T. Randall. 44 pp., 3 pls., 2 figs. 10 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 37. Comparative tests of run-of-mine and briquetted coal
+on locomotives, including torpedo-boat tests, and some foreign
+specifications for briquetted fuel, by W. F. M. Goss. 1911. 58 pp.,
+4 pls., 35 figs. 15 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 40. The smokeless combustion of coal in boiler furnaces,
+with a chapter on central heating plants, by D. T. Randall and H.
+W. Weeks. 1912. 188 pp., 40 figs. 20 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 41. Government coal purchases under specifications, with
+analyses, for the fiscal year 1909-10 by G. S. Pope, with a chapter
+on the fuel-inspection laboratory of the Bureau of Mines, by J. D.
+Davis. 1912. 97 pp., 3 pls., 9 figs. 15 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 109. Operating details of gas producers, by R. H. Fernald.
+1916. 74 pp. 10 cents.
+
+BULLETIN 116. Methods of sampling delivered coal, and
+specifications for the purchase of coal for the Government, by G.
+S. Pope. 1916. 64 pp., 5 pls., 2 figs. 15 cents.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 20. The slagging type of gas producer, with a brief
+report of preliminary tests, by C. D. Smith. 1912. 14 pp., 1 pl. 5
+cents.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 63. Factors governing the combustion of coal in
+boiler furnaces; a preliminary report, by J. K. Clement, J. C. W.
+Frazer, and C. E. Augustine. 1914. 46 pp., 26 figs. 10 cents.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 65. A study of the oxidation of coal, by H. C.
+Porter. 1914. 30 pp., 12 figs. 5 cents.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 114. Heat transmission through boiler tubes, by
+Henry Kreisinger and F. K. Ovitz. 1915. 36 pp., 23 figs. 10 cents.
+
+
+TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
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+Page 5: Added period to the sentence: "If the coal used in the test
+is to be analyzed, take a sample of from 4 to 6 pounds from each
+barrow and throw it into a box near the scales.".
+
+Page 11: Changed typo "calcuate" to "calculate."
+
+Page 18: Changed typo "1.1854" to "1.0854", see intersecting
+columns 184° F and 200 psi.
+
+Page 19: Changed typo "Samuel Sandford" to "Samuel Sanford."
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+<hr style="width: 95%;" />
+
+<h2>TABLE OF CONTENTS.</h2>
+
+<div class='center' style="font-size: 12pt">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="TABLE OF CONTENTS" class="toc">
+<col style="width:85%" />
+<col style="width:15%" />
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Title Page</td><td><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Foreword</td><td><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Boiler and Furnace Testing</td><td><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Necessity for Testing Boilers</td><td><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Weighing the Coal</td><td><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Measuring the Feed Water</td><td><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Temperature of Feed Water</td><td><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Steam Pressure</td><td><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Working up the Test</td><td><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Boiler Horsepower or Capacity</td><td><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Heating Surface</td><td><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Cost of Evaporation</td><td><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Table of Test Results</td><td><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">How to Use the Test Results</td><td><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Table of Factors of Evaporation</td><td><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Table of Factors of Evaporation&mdash;Concluded</td><td><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Publications on the Utilization of Coal and Lignite</td><td><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Publications Available for Free Distribution</td><td><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Publications That May Be Obtained Only Through</td><td><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Superintendent of Documents</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Illustrations</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Figure 1</td><td><a href="#FIG1">4</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Figure 2</td><td><a href="#FIG2">6</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Figure 3</td><td><a href="#FIG3">14</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left' class="smcap">Transcriber's Notes</td><td><a href="#TN">np</a></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<p><br /></p>
+<hr style="width: 95%;" />
+<p><br /></p>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1" href="#Page_1">[1]</a></span></p>
+<table border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="Title Page" class="bbox">
+
+<tr><td class="bb">
+<p class="center smcap" style="font-size: 12pt">UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION<br />
+<span style="font-size: 10pt">BUREAU OF CONSERVATION</span></p>
+
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td>
+<p class="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><b>Engineering Bulletin No. 1</b></p>
+
+<h1>&nbsp;BOILER <span class="smcap">and</span> FURNACE&nbsp;<br />
+TESTING</h1>
+
+<p class="center" style="font-size: 8pt">Prepared by</p>
+
+<p class="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><b>Rufus T. Strohm</b><br />
+<span style="font-size: 10pt">Associate Editor, Power</span></p>
+
+<p><br /></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 179px;">
+<img src="images/title.jpg" width="179" height="256" alt="Maximum Production: Minimum Waste" title="Maximum Production: Minimum Waste" />
+</div><p><br /></p>
+
+<p class="center" style="font-size: 10pt">WASHINGTON<br />
+GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE<br />
+1918</p>
+</td></tr></table>
+<p><br /></p>
+<hr style="width: 95%;" />
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2" href="#Page_2">[2]</a></span></p>
+<h2>MAXIMUM PRODUCTION.</h2>
+
+<h2>MINIMUM WASTE.</h2>
+
+
+<p>The United States Fuel Administration is making every effort, through the producers
+and transportation lines, to obtain an adequate supply of fuel for the industries
+of the country.</p>
+
+<p>Twenty-five to fifty million tons of coal a year can be saved by the improved operation
+of steam-power plants without changing their present equipment and without
+abating their production the slightest.</p>
+
+<p>It is absolutely necessary that this saving be realized, if our overburdened railroads
+are to be relieved and our industries kept in full operation.</p>
+
+<p>The extent to which it will be realized depends upon the cooperation of the owners,
+engineers, and firemen of every power plant of the country.</p>
+
+<h3>YOUR FIRING LINE IS AT THE FURNACE DOOR.</h3>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<span class="smcap">David Moffat Myers</span>,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
+<i>Advisory Engineer to United States Fuel Administration</i>.<br />
+</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 95%;" />
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3" href="#Page_3">[3]</a></span></p>
+
+<h2>BOILER AND FURNACE TESTING.</h2>
+
+<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Rufus T. Strohm</span>.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 10%; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"/>
+
+<h3>NECESSITY FOR TESTING BOILERS.</h3>
+
+<p>A boiler test is necessary in order to determine how well the boiler
+is doing the work expected of it; that is to say, we must find out
+whether we are wasting coal in making steam and how much this
+waste may be. Such a test may be made to discover the efficiency
+of the boiler, or the quantity of water it is evaporating, or the cost
+of evaporating 1,000 pounds of water.</p>
+
+<p>The United States Fuel Administration recommends that every
+boiler plant have some means of daily checking the efficiency of the
+boiler and furnace. The simplest and best way of finding out how
+efficiently the boiler is working is to make an evaporation test, as
+described in this bulletin. All the necessary records can be made
+automatically with suitable instruments, although in many small
+plants the coal must be weighed on ordinary scales. The efficiency
+of the furnace can be found by making analyses of the flue gases.
+(See Bulletin No. 2 of the United States Fuel Administration.)</p>
+
+<p>Too many engineers and firemen have the idea that they are not
+fitted to make boiler tests. This is altogether wrong. Any man
+who can weigh water and coal and read steam gages and thermometers
+is able to do the work required in making a boiler test for evaporation
+or efficiency. Such a test requires a knowledge of the following:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>1. The total weight of coal used.</p>
+
+<p>2. <a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a>The total weight of water fed to and evaporated by the boiler.</p>
+
+<p>3. The average temperature of the feed water.</p>
+
+<p>4. The average steam pressure in the boiler.</p></div>
+
+<p>If these four items are known, a series of simple calculations will
+show how much water is being evaporated per pound of coal, and the
+efficiency of the boiler and furnace.</p>
+
+<p>To make a test, the following apparatus and instruments are
+necessary:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>1. Scales to weigh the coal.</p>
+
+<p>2. Apparatus to weigh or measure the feed water.</p>
+
+<p>3. Thermometers to take feed-water temperature.</p>
+
+<p>4. Gages to indicate steam pressure.</p></div>
+
+<p>A boiler test to be of value should extend over a period of at least
+eight hours. The longer the test the more accurate the results.</p>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> For the sake of simplicity, only the essential elements of boiler and furnace testing are treated in this
+bulletin. For rules covering the refinements for an exhaustive test, the reader is referred to the boiler test
+code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Copies of this code can be obtained from the
+secretary, 29 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York City.</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4" href="#Page_4">[4]</a></span></p>
+<h3>WEIGHING THE COAL.</h3>
+
+<p>The weight of coal used during a test may easily be found by using
+an ordinary wheelbarrow and a platform scales, arranged as in
+figure 1. At each side of the scales build an incline with its top level
+with the top of the platform, but take care not to have either one
+touch the platform. Set the empty wheelbarrow on the scales, run
+the movable weight or poise out until it exactly balances the weight
+of the barrow and lock it in position with the thumbscrew.</p>
+
+<p>Next, put weights on the scale pan <i>A</i> to correspond to a net weight
+of 250 or 300 pounds of coal. Fill the barrow with coal, run it on the
+scales, and add coal or take off coal until the scales balance. This
+is easily done by having a small pile of coal <i>B</i> beside the scales. If
+the weights on the scale pan represent, say, 300 pounds, the net
+weight of coal in the barrow is exactly 300 pounds. This coal is
+wheeled in front of the boiler and dumped on the clean floor, and
+the barrow is returned for another load.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 563px;"><a name="FIG1" id="FIG1"></a>
+<img src="images/fig01.jpg" width="563" height="266" alt="Fig. 1.; 1 Set to balance tare of wheelbarrow; 2 Add to balance net weight of coal" title="Figure 1." />
+</div>
+
+<p>Each time the barrow of coal is weighed on the scales and taken
+to the boiler being tested, a tally mark should be made on a board
+nailed to the wall beside the scales. Each tally mark represents 300
+pounds of coal, since the amount of coal in the barrow is adjusted
+at each weighing, so that the scales just balance. At the end of the
+test, therefore, the number of tally marks is multiplied by 300, and
+the product is the weight of coal used, provided it has all been fired;
+but if any coal remains in front of the boiler at the close of the test,
+it must be gathered up and weighed, and its weight must be subtracted
+from the total weight indicated by the tally marks to get
+the number of pounds of coal actually fired. You should, of course,
+start the test with no coal in front of the boiler.</p>
+
+<p>Care must be taken not to forget to make a tally mark each time
+a barrow of coal is run off the scales. By setting the scales so as to
+show any net weight, such as 250 or 300 pounds, and making each bar<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5" href="#Page_5">[5]</a></span>row
+load exactly this weight, much time is saved, as it is unnecessary
+to change any of the weights or the position of the rider on the
+scale beam.</p>
+
+<p>If the coal used in the test is to be analyzed, take a sample of
+from 4 to 6 pounds from each barrow and throw it into a box near
+the scales. Do this <i>before</i> the coal is weighed. These small amounts
+from the various barrow loads will then give a fair average sample
+of the coal used during the test.</p>
+
+<p>The condition of the furnace should be the same at the end of the
+test period as at the start. Therefore, at the moment the test is
+begun, observe the thickness of the fuel bed and the condition of the
+fire. If the fire was cleaned, say, an hour before the test began, see
+that it is cleaned an hour before the time when the test is scheduled
+to end. If the coal was fired, say, eight minutes before the test
+started, the last coal used during the test should be fired eight minutes
+before the end of the test. The object of these precautions is
+to insure the same conditions at start and finish, as nearly as possible;
+otherwise, the coal weighed will not be the same as the coal
+consumed.</p>
+
+
+<h3>MEASURING THE FEED WATER.</h3>
+
+<p>The quantity of water fed to the boiler during the test may be
+found by metering or by weighing. A reliable water meter is recommended
+for this work. There are a number of good makes, of different
+types, such as:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>1. Venturi meter.</p>
+
+<p>2. Weir or V-notch meters.</p>
+
+<p>3. Diaphragm meters.</p>
+
+<p>4. Displacement meters.</p>
+
+<p>5. Water weighers.</p></div>
+
+<p>The best form of meter to use in any particular case depends on
+the local conditions in the plant; but <i>every plant should be provided
+with a permanently installed meter of some type</i>. The displacement
+form of meter should be used only with cold water, however.</p>
+
+<p>If there is no meter or water weigher in the plant, the feed water
+used during the test can be measured by the three-barrel arrangement
+illustrated in figure 2.</p>
+
+<p>Obtain three water-tight barrels, and set two of them close together
+on a platform directly over the third, leaving about 12 inches above
+barrel 3 in which to fit the valves <i>V</i> and the nipples in the bottoms
+of barrels 1 and 2. Near the top of each of the barrels 1 and 2
+screw a 1-inch overflow pipe <i>O</i>.</p>
+
+<p>Run a pipe <i>P</i> from the city main or other source of supply above
+barrels 1 and 2, and put a valve <i>A</i> on the pipe leading to each barrel.
+From barrel 3 run a suction pipe to the feed pump that is to pump
+water to the boiler to be tested. It is best to have a by-pass from<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6" href="#Page_6">[6]</a></span>
+the usual water supply direct to the feed pump, or to another pump
+connected to the boiler, so that in case of any trouble with the testing
+barrels, the regular operation of the boiler may be resumed without
+shutting down.</p>
+
+<p>The next step is to fill barrels 1 and 2 with water until they overflow
+at <i>O</i>. This water should be of practically the same average
+temperature as that which is to be used during the test. Barrel 3
+should be high enough above the feed pump so that the pump will
+handle hot water. Put barrel 3 on a scales, before connecting it to
+the feed pump, and weigh it. Then let the water from barrel 1 run
+into barrel 3, and weigh again. The second weight minus the first
+weight is the net weight of water run in from barrel 1 and is the
+weight of water contained in barrel 1 when filled to the overflow.
+The weight of water in barrel 2 when it is filled to the overflow can
+be found in like manner. Mark these weights down.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 559px;"><a name="FIG2" id="FIG2"></a>
+<img src="images/fig02.jpg" width="559" height="280" alt="Figure 2." title="Figure 2." />
+</div>
+
+<p>When the net weights are found and barrel 3 is removed from the
+scales and connected to the feed pump, the apparatus is ready to
+begin the test. Start with the level of the water about 1 foot below
+the top of the barrel 3, and drive a nail into the barrel to mark this
+level. When the test is finished, the level should be brought to the
+same point, so that the water that has passed through barrels 1 and 2
+will accurately represent the weight of water fed to the boiler during
+the test.</p>
+
+<p>When the test is to begin, stop the feed pump and tie a string
+around the gage glass on the boiler to mark the height of the water
+level in the boiler. Then start the pump connected to barrel 3.
+Fill barrels 1 and 2 up to the overflow before the test is started.
+Then open the valve <i>V</i> on barrel 1 and let the water run into barrel 3
+as fast as the feed pump draws water from barrel 3. When barrel 1
+is emptied close its valve <i>V</i> and open its valve <i>A</i> so as to refill it.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7" href="#Page_7">[7]</a></span>
+While barrel 1 is filling empty barrel 2 into barrel 3 in the same way,
+and continue to fill and empty barrels 1 and 2 alternately. In this
+way barrel 3 will be kept supplied with water that has been measured
+in barrels 1 and 2, the net weights of which were found before the
+test began. Keep a separate tally of the number of times each of the
+barrels 1 and 2 is emptied into barrel 3. At the end of the test the
+number of tallies for each barrel multiplied by the weight of the
+water that barrel will hold will be the weight of water measured in
+that barrel. The sum of these weights for barrels 1 and 2 will be
+the weight of water used in the test.</p>
+
+<p>With a three-barrel arrangement like this, water can be weighed
+rapidly enough to supply 300 boiler horsepower.</p>
+
+<p>Before starting a test make sure that there is no chance for water
+to leak into or out of the boiler. See that the blow-off is tight, that
+there is no drip from gage cocks, and that the feed-line connections
+are tight, so that all the water fed to the boiler will represent accurately
+the amount evaporated during the test.</p>
+
+<p>If a meter is used instead of the three-barrel method, make absolutely
+sure that the meter is correct, as the accuracy of the test depends
+on the accuracy with which the water measurements are made.
+<i>After a meter is installed, test it to see that it operates correctly under
+the plant conditions.</i></p>
+
+<p>The water level in the boiler should be the same at the end of the
+test as at the beginning. As the time for stopping the test draws
+near, therefore, try to bring the conditions the same as at the start.
+Do not, however, run the feed pump rapidly in the last few minutes
+for the test in order to obtain the same water level. If there is a
+slight difference in level, calculate the weight of water it represents
+and make the necessary correction to the total weight of water fed.</p>
+
+
+<h3>TEMPERATURE OF FEED WATER.</h3>
+
+<p>Every plant should have a thermometer on the feed line, so as to
+find the temperature of the feed water. Preferably, this thermometer
+should be of the recording type. If such a form of thermometer
+is used during the test, it is unnecessary to take the feed temperature
+at stated intervals, as the record will show the varying temperatures,
+and so the average feed temperature during the test can easily be
+found.</p>
+
+<p>If there is no thermometer in the feed line, take the feed-water
+temperature by means of a thermometer hung in barrel 3 (figure 2) by
+a hook over the edge of the barrel. Read this thermometer every
+half hour during the test if the feed-water temperature is fairly uniform;
+but if it varies considerably, read the thermometer every 15
+minutes. The object is to obtain the average feed-water temperature
+during the test period. Therefore, mark down the tempera<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8" href="#Page_8">[8]</a></span>tures
+as read at the stated intervals. At the close of the test add the
+readings and divide their sum by the number of readings and you
+will have the average temperature of the feed water.</p>
+
+
+<h3>STEAM PRESSURE.</h3>
+
+<p>Every boiler is fitted with a steam gage by which the pressure is
+indicated. It is important that the pressure gage be accurate.
+What is wanted in a test is the average pressure of the steam in
+the boiler, therefore, observe the pressure at regular intervals, just as
+with the feed-water temperature, and mark down these gage readings.
+The sum of the readings divided by the number of readings taken will
+be the average steam pressure during the test.</p>
+
+<p>A recording steam gage is best and makes its own readings.</p>
+
+
+<h3>WORKING UP THE TEST.</h3>
+
+<p>After the boiler test has been made, so as to find the weight of coal
+burned, weight of feed water used, feed-water temperature and steam
+pressure, the efficiency, the horsepower, and the economy must be
+obtained by calculation from the test results. The process of figuring
+the desired results from the test data is called "working up the test."</p>
+
+<p>To illustrate the method used in finding the efficiency, etc., suppose
+that the data obtained from the test are as follows:</p>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Efficiency test data">
+<col style="width:50%;" />
+<col style="width:35%;" />
+<col style="width:15%;" />
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>Length of test....................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>hours</td>
+ <td align='right'>10</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>Total weight of coal fired...................</td>
+ <td align='right'>pounds</td>
+ <td align='right'>5,000</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>Total weight of water evaporated.......</td>
+ <td align='right'>do.</td>
+ <td align='right'>35,000</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>Average temperature of feed water....</td>
+ <td align='right'>&deg;F</td>
+ <td align='right'>180</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>Average steam pressure, gage............</td>
+ <td align='right'>pounds per square inch</td>
+ <td align='right'>100</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>The efficiency of any process is always a comparison, or ratio, of the
+output to the input. In the case of a steam boiler the efficiency is the
+percentage of the heat supplied in the coal that is usefully employed
+in making steam. The output of the steam boiler is the heat represented
+by the quantity of water evaporated by a pound of coal,
+taking into account the feed temperature and the steam pressure,
+and input is the amount of heat contained in a pound of the coal
+used. The efficiency of the boiler is the output divided by the input.</p>
+
+<p>The heat contained in a pound of coal is called the "calorific value"
+or "heating value" of the coal. It can be found by taking a fair
+average sample of the coal used during the test, as explained in connection
+with weighing the coal, and sending the sample to a chemist,
+who will make a calorimeter test to determine its heating value.</p>
+
+<p>At the end of the test the sample fuel should be spread out on a
+clean floor and all lumps broken up, so that no pieces are larger than
+2 inches maximum diameter. Then the gross sample should be very
+thoroughly mixed by shoveling, after which it should be spread out
+in the form of a square of uniform depth and quartered down until<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9" href="#Page_9">[9]</a></span>
+a final average sample is obtained for shipment to a competent
+chemist, experienced in fuel analysis. (See <a href="#p133">Bureau of Mines Technical
+Paper No. 133</a>.)</p>
+
+<p>About 2 quarts of the chemist's sample should be put in air-tight
+tins or jars for the determination of moisture; the balance of the
+sample (the total weight of which should be from 10 to 50 pounds,
+depending on the total weight of coal used in the test) may be packed
+in a wooden box lined with paper to prevent splinters from mingling
+with the sample. A duplicate coal sample should be kept at the
+plant to be used in case of loss of the sample sent to the chemist.</p>
+
+<p>The Bureau of Mines has published a bulletin or pamphlet giving
+the analyses and heating values of the various kinds and grades of
+coal from all parts of the United States. (<a href="#p22">Bureau of Mines Bulletin
+No. 22.</a>) This bulletin can be used to learn the approximate heating
+value of the coal. Simply find out what district the coal used in
+the test came from, and its grade, and then refer to the bulletin to
+obtain the heating value of the coal. If a chemist can be obtained
+to make a heat test, however, it is better to use the heating value
+he determines.</p>
+
+<p>Suppose that during the test the coal used was run-of-mine bituminous
+having a heating value of 13,500 B. t. u. Every pound of
+coal fired, then, carried into the furnace 13,500 heat units, and this
+value therefore is the <i>input</i> to be used in calculating the boiler
+efficiency.</p>
+
+<p>During the test 5,000 pounds of coal was fired and 35,000 pounds
+of water was fed and evaporated. This means that 35,000 &divide; 5,000 = 7
+pounds of water was evaporated per pound of coal burned. This is
+the "actual evaporation," and the heat required to evaporate this
+7 pounds of water is the output to be used in calculating the efficiency.</p>
+
+<p>Every fireman knows that it takes more coal, and therefore more
+heat, to make steam with cold feed water than with hot feed water;
+also, that it is somewhat easier to make steam at a low pressure
+than at a high pressure. So it is plain that the heat required to
+evaporate 7 pounds of water into steam depends on two things,
+namely, (1) the temperature of the feed water and (2) the pressure
+of the steam in the boiler. From the data of the test, both the average
+feed-water temperature and the average steam pressure are
+known, and so it is a simple matter to find out the amount of heat
+needed to evaporate 7 pounds of water from the average temperature
+to steam at the average pressure.</p>
+
+<p>A pound of water at 212&deg; F. must have 970.4 B. t. u. added to it
+to become a pound of steam at 212&deg; F., or zero gage pressure. This
+value, 970.4 B. t. u., is called the latent heat of steam at atmospheric
+pressure, or the heat "from and at 212&deg; F." It is the heat
+required to change a pound of water <i>from</i> 212&deg; F. to steam <i>at</i> 212&deg; F.,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10" href="#Page_10">[10]</a></span>
+and is used by engineers as a standard by which to compare the
+evaporation of different boilers.</p>
+
+<p>In a boiler test the temperature of the feed water is usually something
+less than 212&deg; F., and the steam pressure is commonly higher
+than zero, gage. In the test outlined previously, the feed-water temperature
+was 180&deg; F. and the pressure was 100 pounds per square
+inch, gage. It must be clear, then, that the amount of heat required
+to change a pound of water at 180&deg; to steam at 100 pounds
+gage pressure is not the same as to make a pound of steam from and
+at 212&deg; F.</p>
+
+<p>To make allowance for the differences in temperature and pressure,
+the actual evaporation must be multiplied by a number called
+the "factor of evaporation." The factor of evaporation has a certain
+value corresponding to every feed-water temperature and boiler pressure,
+and the values of this factor are given in the accompanying
+table. Along the top of the table are given the gage pressures of
+the steam. In the columns at the sides of the table are given the
+feed-water temperatures. To find the factor of evaporation for a
+given set of conditions, locate the gage pressure at the top of the
+table and follow down that column to the horizontal line on which
+the feed-water temperature is located. The value in this column
+and on the horizontal line thus found is the factor of evaporation
+required. If the feed water has a temperature greater than 212&deg; F.,
+obtain the proper factor of evaporation from the Marks and Davis
+steam tables.</p>
+
+<p>Take the data of the test, for example. The average steam pressure
+is 100 pounds, gage. The average feed-water temperature is
+180&deg; F. So, in the table locate the column headed 100 and follow
+down this column to the line having 180 at the ends, and the value
+where the column and the line cross is 1.0727, which is the factor of
+evaporation for a feed-water temperature of 180&deg; F. and a steam
+pressure of 100 pounds, gage.</p>
+
+<p>This factor, 1.0727, indicates that to change a pound of water at
+180&deg; F. to steam at 100 pounds requires 1.0727 times as much heat
+as to change a pound of water at 212&deg; F. to steam at atmospheric
+pressure. In other words, the heat used in producing an actual evaporation
+of 7 pounds under the test conditions would have evaporated
+7 &times; 1.0727 = 7.5 pounds from and at 212&deg; F. Hence, 7.5 pounds is
+called the "equivalent evaporation from and at 212&deg; F." per pound
+of coal used.</p>
+
+<p>As already stated, it takes 970.4 B. t. u. to make a pound of
+steam from and at 212&deg; F. Then to make 7.5 pounds there would
+be required 7.5 &times; 970.4 = 7,278 B. t. u. This is the amount of heat
+required to change 7.5 pounds of water at 212&deg; F. to steam at zero
+gage pressure, but it is also the heat required to change 7 pounds<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11" href="#Page_11">[11]</a></span>
+of water at 180&deg; F. to steam at 100 pounds gage pressure, because
+7.5 pounds from and at 212&deg; F. is equivalent to 7 pounds from 180&deg;
+F. to steam at 100 pounds. Therefore, the 7,278 B. t. u. is the
+amount of heat usefully employed in making steam per pound of
+coal fired, and so it is the <i>output</i>. Accordingly, the efficiency of the
+boiler is&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table summary="formula" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle;">~ Efficiency = </td>
+ <td style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; text-align: center;">Output</td>
+ <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="2">=</td>
+ <td style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; text-align: center;">7,278</td>
+ <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle;"> = 0.54, nearly.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td style="text-align: center">Input</td>
+ <td style="text-align: center">13,500</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>In other words, the efficiency of the boiler is 0.54, or 54 per cent,
+which means that only a little more than half of the heat in the coal
+is usefully employed in making steam.</p>
+
+<p>The chart shown in figure 3 is given to save the work of figuring
+the efficiency. If the equivalent evaporation per pound of coal is
+calculated and the heating value of the coal is known, the boiler
+efficiency may be found directly from the chart. At the left-hand
+side locate the point corresponding to the equivalent evaporation
+and at the bottom locate the point corresponding to the heating
+value of the coal. Follow the horizontal and vertical lines from
+these two points until they cross, and note the diagonal line that is
+nearest to the crossing point. The figures marked on the diagonal
+line indicate the boiler efficiency.</p>
+
+<p>Take the case just worked out, for example. The equivalent
+evaporation is 7.5 pounds and the heating value of the fuel is 13,500
+B. t. u. At the left of the chart locate the point 7.5 midway between
+7 and 8 and at the bottom locate the point 13,500 midway between
+13,000 and 14,000. Then follow the horizontal and vertical lines
+from these two points until they cross, as indicated by the dotted
+lines. The crossing point lies on the diagonal corresponding to 54,
+and so the efficiency is 54 per cent.</p>
+
+
+<h3>BOILER HORSEPOWER OR CAPACITY.</h3>
+
+<p>The capacity of a boiler is usually stated in boiler horsepower. A
+boiler horsepower means the evaporation of 34.5 pounds of water
+per hour from and at 212&deg; F. Therefore, to find the boiler horsepower
+developed during a test, calculate the evaporation from and
+at 212&deg; F. per hour and divide it by 34.5.</p>
+
+<p>Take the test previously mentioned, for example. The evaporation
+from and at 212&deg; F. or the equivalent evaporation, was 7.5
+pounds of water per pound of coal. The weight of coal burned per
+hour was 5,000 &divide; 10 = 500 pounds. Then the equivalent evaporation
+was 7.5 &times; 500 = 3,750 pounds per hour. According to the foregoing
+definition of a boiler horsepower, then&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table summary="formula" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle;">Boiler horsepower = </td>
+ <td style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; text-align: center;">3,750</td>
+ <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle;"> = 109.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td style="text-align: center">34.5</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12" href="#Page_12">[12]</a></span></p>
+<p>The "rated horsepower" of a boiler, or the "builders' rating," is
+the number of square feet of heating surface in the boiler divided
+by a number. In the case of stationary boilers this number is 10
+or 12, but 10 is very commonly taken as the amount of heating
+surface per horsepower. Assuming this value and assuming further
+that the boiler tested had 1,500 square feet of heating surface, its
+rated horsepower would be 1,500 &divide; 10 = 150 boiler horsepower.</p>
+
+<p>It is often desirable to know what per cent of the rated capacity
+is developed in a test. This is found by dividing the horsepower
+developed during the test by the builders' rating. In the case of
+the boiler tested, 109 horsepower was developed. The percentage
+of rated capacity developed, therefore, was 109 &divide; 150 = 0.73, or 73
+per cent.</p>
+
+
+<h3>HEATING SURFACE.</h3>
+
+<p>The heating surface of a boiler is the surface of metal exposed to
+the fire or hot gases on one side and to water on the other side.
+Thus, the internal surface of the tubes of a fire-tube boiler is the
+heating surface of the tubes, but the outside surface of the tubes of
+a water-tube boiler is the heating surface of those tubes. In addition
+to the tubes, all other surfaces which have hot gases on one side
+and water on the other must be taken into account. For instance,
+in a fire-tube boiler from one-half to two-thirds of the shell (depending
+on how the boiler is set) acts as heating surface. In addition to
+this, the surface presented by both heads, below the water level, has
+to be computed. The heating surface of each head is equal to two-thirds
+its area minus the total area of the holes cut away to receive
+the tubes.</p>
+
+
+<h3>COST OF EVAPORATION.</h3>
+
+<p>The cost of evaporation is usually stated as the cost of fuel required
+to evaporate 1,000 pounds of water from and at 212&deg; F. To find it,
+multiply the price of coal per ton by 1,000 and divide the result by
+the product of the equivalent evaporation per pound of coal and the
+number of pounds in a ton.</p>
+
+<p>Suppose that the cost of the coal used in the foregoing test was
+$3.60 per ton of 2,000 pounds. The equivalent evaporation per
+pound of coal was 7.5 pounds. Therefore the cost of evaporating
+1,000 pounds of water from 180&deg; F. to steam at 100-pound gage, is&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table summary="formula" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; text-align: center;">$3.60 &times; 1,000</td>
+ <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle;"> = $0.24, or 24 cents.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td style="text-align: center">7.5&nbsp; &times; 2,000</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13" href="#Page_13">[13]</a></span></p>
+
+<h3>TABLE OF TEST RESULTS.</h3>
+
+<p>After the test has been made and properly worked up, as heretofore
+described, collect all the results of the test on one sheet, so
+that they can be kept in convenient form for reference and for comparison
+with later tests. A brief form of arranging the results is as
+follows:</p>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="test results">
+
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>1. Date of test...............................................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'></td>
+ <td align='right'>&nbsp;May 20, 1918</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>2. Duration of test..........................................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>hours</td>
+ <td align='right'>10</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>3. Weight of coal used...................................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>pounds</td>
+ <td align='right'>5,000</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>4. Weight of water fed and evaporated...........................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>do.</td>
+ <td align='right'>35,000</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>5. Average steam pressure, gauge...................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>do.</td>
+ <td align='right'>100</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>6. Average feed-water temperature.................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>&deg;F.</td>
+ <td align='right'>180</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>7. Factor of evaporation.................................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'></td>
+ <td align='right'>1.0727</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>8. Equivalent evaporation from and at 212&deg; F..................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>pounds</td>
+ <td align='right'>37,545</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td align="center" colspan="3">EFFICIENCY.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>9. Efficiency of boiler and furnace...................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>per cent</td>
+ <td align='right'>54</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td align="center" colspan="3">CAPACITY.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>10. Boiler horsepower developed...................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'></td>
+ <td align='right'>109</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>11. Builders' rated horsepower.......................................................</td>
+ <td align='right'></td>
+ <td align='right'>150</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>12. Percentage of rated horsepower developed...............................</td>
+ <td align='right'>per cent</td>
+ <td align='right'>73</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td align="center" colspan="3">ECONOMIC RESULTS.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>13. Actual evaporation per pound of coal........................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>pounds</td>
+ <td align='right'>7</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>14. Equivalent evaporation from and at 212&deg; F................................</td>
+ <td align='right'>pounds</td>
+ <td align='right'>7.5</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;per pound of coal as fired,</td>
+ <td align="right"></td>
+ <td align="right"></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>15. Cost of coal per ton (2,000 pounds).........................................</td>
+ <td align='right'></td>
+ <td align='right'>$3.60</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left'>16. Cost of coal to evaporate 1,000 pounds from and at 212&deg; F.....</td>
+ <td align='right'></td>
+ <td align='right'>$0.24</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<h3>HOW TO USE THE TEST RESULTS.</h3>
+
+<p>The object of working up a test is to obtain a clear idea as to the
+efficiency of operation of the boiler or its operating cost. Consequently,
+after the calculations have been made, they should be
+used as a basis for study with the idea of improving the boiler performance.</p>
+
+<p>Take the matter of boiler efficiency, for example, as found from
+the test mentioned. Its value was 54 per cent. This is altogether
+too low and indicates wasteful operation. The efficiency of a hand-fired
+boiler ought not to be less than 65 per cent, and it can be increased
+to 70 per cent by careful management under good conditions.</p>
+
+<p>The chart in figure 3 can be used to indicate the evaporation that
+should be obtained in order to reach a desired efficiency. Suppose,
+for example, that it is desired to know how much water per pound
+of coal must be evaporated to produce a boiler efficiency of 65 per
+cent with coal having a heating value of 13,500 B. t. u. per pound.</p>
+
+<p>Locate 13,500 at the bottom of the chart, follow the vertical line
+until it meets the diagonal marked 65 per cent, and then from this
+point follow the horizontal line to the left-hand edge, where the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14" href="#Page_14">[14]</a></span>
+figure 9 is found. This means that the equivalent evaporation
+from and by 212&deg; F. per pound of coal must be 9 pounds of water.
+If the steam pressure is 100 pounds gauge, and the feed-water temperature
+is 180&deg; F. the factor of evaporation is 1.0727, then the
+actual evaporation must be 9 &divide; 1.0727 = 8.36 pounds per pound of
+coal. In other words, to increase the efficiency from 54 per cent to
+65 per cent under the same conditions of pressure and feed-water
+temperature, it would be necessary to increase the actual evaporation
+from 7 pounds to 8.36 pounds. This would mean practically
+20 per cent more steam from the same weight of coal used.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 548px;"><a name="FIG3" id="FIG3"></a>
+<img src="images/fig03.jpg" width="548" height="609" alt="Heating Value of Coal, in B. t. u. Per Pound; Fig. 3." title="Figure 3. " />
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15" href="#Page_15">[15]</a></span></p>
+<p>How to do this will require some study and experimenting on the
+part of the fireman or engineer. The three most common reasons
+for low-boiler efficiency are (1) excess air, (2) dirty heating surfaces,
+and (3) loss of coal through the grates. <i>The first of these items is
+the most important of the three.</i> In most cases the greatest preventable
+waste of coal in a boiler plant is directly due to excess air.
+Excess air simply means the amount of air which gets into
+the furnace and boiler which is not needed for completing the combustion
+of the coal. Very often twice as much air is admitted to the
+boiler setting as is required. This extra or excess air is heated and
+carries heat out through the chimney instead of heating the water
+in the boiler to make steam. There are two ways in which this
+excess air gets into the furnace and boiler setting. First, by a
+combination of bad regulation of drafts and firing. The chances
+are your uptake damper is too wide open. Try closing it a little.
+Then, there may be holes in the fire. Keep these covered. The
+second way excess air occurs is by leakage through the boiler setting,
+through cracks in the brickwork, leaks around the frames and edges
+of cleaning doors, and holes around the blow-off pipes. There are
+also other places where such air can leak in.</p>
+
+<p>Take a torch or candle and go over the entire surface of your
+boiler setting&mdash;front, back, sides, and top. Where the flame of the
+torch is drawn inward there is an air leak. Plaster up all air leaks
+and repair the brickwork around door frames where necessary.
+You should go over your boiler for air leaks once a month.</p>
+
+<p>In regard to best methods of firing soft coal, see <a href="#p80">Technical Paper
+No. 80</a> of the Bureau of Mines, which may be obtained from your
+State Fuel Administrator.</p>
+
+<p>Dirty heating surfaces cause low efficiency because they prevent
+the heat in the hot gases from getting through into the water. Therefore,
+keep the shell and tubes free of soot on one side and scale on the
+other. Soot may be removed by the daily use of blowers, scrapers,
+and cleaners. The problem of scale and pure feed water is a big one
+and should be taken up with proper authorities on the subject.</p>
+
+<p>There are many things that may be done to increase the efficiency
+of the boiler and to save coal. For convenience a number of these
+points are grouped in the following list:</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16" href="#Page_16">[16]</a></span></p>
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<col style="width:50%;" />
+<col style="width:50%;" />
+ <tr>
+ <td align='center' style="border-right: 1pt black solid"><b>WHAT TO DO.</b></td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-left: 1pt black solid"><b>WHY.</b></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">1. Close up all leaks in the boiler setting.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To prevent waste of heat due to excess air admitted.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">2. Keep shell and tubes free from soot and scale.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To allow the heat to pass easily into the water.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">3. Use grates suited to the fuel to be burned.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To prevent loss of unburnt coal through air spaces.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">4. Fire often, and little at a time.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To obtain uniform conditions and better combustion.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">5. Cover all thin spots and keep fire bed level.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To prevent burning holes in bed and admitting excess air.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">6. Do not allow clinkers to form on side or bridge walls.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because they reduce the effective area of the grate.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">7. Keep the ash pit free from ashes and hot clinkers.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To prevent warping and burning out of the grates.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">8. Do not stir the fire except when necessary.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because stirring causes clinker and is likely to waste coal.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">9. Use damper and not ash-pit doors to control draft.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because less excess air is admitted by so doing.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">10. See that steam pipes and valves are tight.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because steam leaks waste heat and therefore coal.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">11. Keep blow-off valves tight.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because leaks of hot water waste coal.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='left' style="border-right: 1pt black solid">12. Cover steam pipes and the tops of boilers.</td>
+ <td align='left' style="border-left: 1pt black solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To prevent radiation and loss of heat.</td>
+ </tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>Make a boiler test under the conditions of operation as they now
+exist in your plant. Then make all possible improvements as suggested
+in this bulletin, make another test afterwards and note the
+increase in the equivalent evaporation per pound of coal used.</p>
+
+<p>Remember that the <i>firing line</i> in the boiler room can be just as
+patriotic and helpful as the <i>firing line</i> at the front.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17" href="#Page_17">[17]</a></span></p>
+<h3><i>Table of factors of evaporation.</i></h3>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-top: 1pt black solid" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="evaporation factors">
+<tr><td align='center'>Feed<br /> temperature,</td><td align='center' colspan="8" style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> Steam pressure in pounds per square inch, gauge.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='center' class="bb">&deg;F.</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 30</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 50</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 70</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 80</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 90</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 100</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 110</td><td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 120</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>32.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2073</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2144</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2195</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2216</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2234</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2251</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2266</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2279</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>35.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2042</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2113</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2164</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2184</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2203</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2219</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2235</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2248</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>38.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2011</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2082</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2133</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2153</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2172</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2188</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2204</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2217</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>41.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1980</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2051</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2102</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2122</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2141</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2157</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2173</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2186</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>44.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1949</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2020</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2071</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2091</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2110</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2126</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2142</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2155</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>47.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1918</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1989</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2040</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2060</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2079</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2095</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2111</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2124</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>50.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1887</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1958</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2009</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2029</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2048</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2064</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2080</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2093</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>53.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1856</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1927</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1978</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1998</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2017</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2033</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2049</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2062</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>56.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1825</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1896</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1947</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1967</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1986</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2002</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2018</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2031</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>59.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1794</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1865</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1916</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1937</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1955</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1972</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1987</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2000</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>62.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1763</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1835</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1885</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1906</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1924</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1941</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1956</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1970</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>65.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1733</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1804</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1854</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1875</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1893</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1910</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1925</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1939</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>68.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1702</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1773</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1823</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1844</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1862</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1879</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1894</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1908</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>71.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1671</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1742</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1792</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1813</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1832</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1848</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1864</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1877</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>74.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1640</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1711</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1762</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1782</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1801</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1817</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1833</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1846</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>77.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1609</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1680</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1731</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1751</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1770</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1786</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1802</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1815</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>80.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1578</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1650</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1700</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1721</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1739</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1756</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1771</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1785</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>83.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1548</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1619</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1669</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1690</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1708</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1725</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1740</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1754</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>86.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1518</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1588</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1638</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1659</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1678</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1694</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1710</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1723</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>89.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1486</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1557</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1608</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1628</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1647</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1663</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1679</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1692</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>92.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1455</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1526</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1577</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1597</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1616</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1632</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1648</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1661</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>95.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1424</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1495</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1546</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1566</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1585</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1602</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1617</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1630</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>98.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1393</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1465</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1515</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1536</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1554</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1571</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1586</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1600</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>101.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1363</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1434</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1484</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1505</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1523</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1540</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1555</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1569</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>104.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1332</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1403</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1453</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1474</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1492</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1509</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1525</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1538</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>107.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1301</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1372</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1423</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1443</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1462</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1478</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1494</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1507</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>110.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1270</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1341</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1392</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1412</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1431</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1447</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1463</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1476</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>113.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1239</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1310</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1360</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1382</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1400</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1417</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1432</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1445</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>116.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1209</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1280</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1330</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1351</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1369</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1386</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1401</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1415</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>119.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1178</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1249</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1299</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1320</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1339</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1355</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1370</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1384</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>122.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1147</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1218</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1269</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1289</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1308</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1324</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1340</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1353</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>125.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1116</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1187</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1238</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1258</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1277</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1293</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1309</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1322</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>128.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1085</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1156</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1207</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1227</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1246</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1262</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1278</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1291</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>131.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1054</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1125</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1176</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1197</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1215</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1232</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1247</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1260</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>134.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1023</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1095</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1145</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1166</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1184</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1201</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1216</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1230</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>137.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0993</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1064</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1114</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1135</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1153</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1170</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1185</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1199</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>140.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0962</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1033</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1083</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1104</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1123</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1139</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1154</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1168</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>143.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0931</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1002</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1052</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1073</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1092</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1108</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1124</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1137</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>146.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0900</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0971</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1022</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1042</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1061</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1077</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1093</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1106</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>149.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0869</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0940</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0991</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1011</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1030</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1046</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1062</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1075</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>152.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0838</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0909</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0960</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0980</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0999</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1015</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1031</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1044</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>155.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0807</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0878</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0929</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0950</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0968</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0985</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1000</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1013</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>158.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0776</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0847</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0898</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0919</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0937</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0954</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0969</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0982</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>161.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0745</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0817</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0867</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0888</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0906</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0923</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0938</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0952</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>164.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0715</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0786</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0836</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0857</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0875</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0892</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0907</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0921</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>167.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0684</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0755</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0805</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0826</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0844</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0861</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0876</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0890</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>170.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0653</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0724</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0774</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0795</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0813</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0830</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0845</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0859</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>172.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0632</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0703</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0754</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0774</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0793</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0809</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0825</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0838</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>174.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0611</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0683</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0733</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0754</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0772</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0789</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0804</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0817</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>176.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0591</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0662</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0712</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0733</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0752</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0768</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0783</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0797</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>178.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0570</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0641</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0692</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0712</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0731</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0747</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0763</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0776</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>180.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0549</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0621</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0671</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0692</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0710</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0727</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0742</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0756</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>182.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0529</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0600</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0650</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0671</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0690</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0706</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0721</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0735</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>184.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0508</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0579</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0630</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0650</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0669</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0685</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0701</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0714</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>186.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0488</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0559</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0609</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0630</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0648</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0665</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0680</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0694</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>188.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0467</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0538</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0588</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0609</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0628</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0644</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0660</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0673</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>190.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0446</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0517</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0568</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0588</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0607</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0623</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0639</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0652</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>192.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0425</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0497</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0547</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0568</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0586</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0603</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0618</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0632</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>194.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0405</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0476</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0526</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0547</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0566</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0582</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0597</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0611</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>196.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0384</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0455</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0506</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0526</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0545</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0561</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0577</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0590</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>198.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0363</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0435</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0485</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0506</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0524</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0541</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0556</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0570</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>200.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0343</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0414</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0464</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0485</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0504</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0520</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0535</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0549</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>202.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0322</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0393</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0444</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0464</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0483</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0499</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0515</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0528</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>204.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0301</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0372</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0423</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0444</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0462</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0479</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0494</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0507</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>206.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0281</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0352</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0402</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0423</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0441</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0458</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0473</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0487</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>208.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0260</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0331</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0381</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0402</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0421</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0437</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0453</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0466</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>210.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0239</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0310</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0361</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0381</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0400</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0416</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0432</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0445</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>212.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0218</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0290</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0340</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0361</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0379</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0396</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0411</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0425</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18" href="#Page_18">[18]</a></span></p>
+
+<h3><i>Table of factors of evaporation</i>&mdash;Concluded.</h3>
+
+<div class='center'>
+
+<table style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-top: 1pt black solid" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="evaporation factors cont">
+ <tr>
+ <td align='center'>Feed<br /> temperature,</td>
+ <td align='center' colspan="8" style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> Steam pressure in pounds per square inch, gauge.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align='center' class="bb">&deg;F.</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 130</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 140</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 150</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 160</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 170</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 180</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 190</td>
+ <td align='center' style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-left: 1pt black solid"> 200</td>
+ </tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>32.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2292</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2304</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2315</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2324</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2333</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2342</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2351</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2358</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>35.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2261</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2273</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2283</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2293</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2302</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2311</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2320</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2327</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>38.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2230</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2242</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2252</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2262</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2271</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2280</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2288</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2296</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>41.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2199</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2211</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2221</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2231</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2240</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2249</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2257</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2265</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>44.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2168</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2180</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2190</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2200</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2209</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2218</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2226</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2234</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>47.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2137</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2149</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2159</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2168</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2178</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2187</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2195</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2202</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>50.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2106</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2118</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2128</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2137</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2147</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2156</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2164</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2171</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>53.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2075</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2087</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2097</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2107</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2116</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2125</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2133</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2141</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>56.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2044</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2056</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2066</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2076</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2085</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2094</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2102</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2110</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>59.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2013</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2025</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2035</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2045</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2054</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2063</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2072</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2079</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>62.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1982</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1994</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2005</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2014</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2023</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2032</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2041</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2048</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>65.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1951</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1963</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1974</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1983</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1992</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2002</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2010</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.2017</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>68.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1920</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1933</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1943</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1952</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1961</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1971</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1979</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1986</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>71.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1889</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1902</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1912</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1921</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1931</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1940</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1948</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1955</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>74.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1859</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1871</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1881</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1890</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1900</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1909</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1917</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1924</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>77.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1828</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1840</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1850</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1860</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1869</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1878</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1886</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1894</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>80.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1797</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1809</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1820</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1829</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1838</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1847</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1856</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1863</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>83.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1766</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1778</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1789</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1798</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1807</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1817</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1825</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1832</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>86.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1735</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1748</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1758</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1767</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1776</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1786</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1794</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1801</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>89.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1704</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1717</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1727</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1736</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1746</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1755</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1763</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1770</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>92.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1674</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1686</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1696</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1705</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1715</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1724</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1732</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1739</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>95.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1643</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1655</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1665</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1675</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1684</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1693</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1701</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1709</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>98.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1612</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1624</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1635</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1644</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1653</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1662</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1671</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1678</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>101.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1581</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1593</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1604</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1613</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1622</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1632</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1640</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1647</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>104.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1550</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1563</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1573</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1582</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1592</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1601</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1609</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1616</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>107.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1519</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1532</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1542</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1551</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1561</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1570</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1578</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1585</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>110.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1489</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1501</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1511</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1521</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1530</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1539</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1547</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1555</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>113.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1458</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1470</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1481</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1490</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1499</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1508</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1515</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1524</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>116.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1427</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1439</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1450</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1459</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1468</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1478</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1486</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1493</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>119.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1396</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1409</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1419</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1428</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1437</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1447</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1455</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1462</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>122.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1365</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1378</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1388</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1397</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1407</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1416</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1424</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1431</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>125.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1335</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1347</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1357</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1366</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1376</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1385</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1393</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1400</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>128.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1304</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1316</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1326</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1336</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1345</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1354</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1362</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1370</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>131.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1273</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1285</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1295</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1305</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1314</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1323</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1332</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1339</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>134.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1242</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1254</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1265</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1274</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1283</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1292</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1301</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1308</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>137.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1211</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1224</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1234</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1243</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1252</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1262</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1270</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1277</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>140.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1180</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1193</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1203</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1212</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1221</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1231</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1239</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1246</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>143.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1149</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1162</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1172</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1181</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1191</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1200</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1208</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1215</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>146.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1119</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1131</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1141</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1150</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1160</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1169</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1177</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1184</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>149.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1088</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1100</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1110</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1120</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1129</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1138</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1146</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1154</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>152.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1057</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1069</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1079</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1089</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1098</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1107</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1115</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1123</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>155.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1026</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1038</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1048</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1058</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1067</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1076</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1085</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1092</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>158.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0995</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1007</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1018</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1027</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1036</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1045</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1054</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1061</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>161.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0964</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0976</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0987</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0996</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1005</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1014</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1023</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.1030</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>164.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0933</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0945</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0956</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0965</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0974</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0984</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0992</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0999</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>167.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0902</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0914</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0925</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0934</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0943</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0953</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0961</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0968</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>170.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0871</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0883</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0894</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0903</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0912</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0922</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0930</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0937</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>172.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0850</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0863</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0873</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0882</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0892</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0901</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0909</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0916</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>174.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0830</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0842</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0853</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0862</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0871</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0880</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0889</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0896</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>176.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0809</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0822</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0832</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0841</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0850</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0860</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0868</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0875</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>178.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0789</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0801</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0811</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0820</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0830</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0839</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0847</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0854</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>180.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0768</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0780</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0791</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0800</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0809</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0818</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0827</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0834</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>182.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0747</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0760</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0770</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0779</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0788</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0798</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0806</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0813</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>184.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0727</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0739</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0749</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0759</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0768</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0777</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0785</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0793</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>186.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0706</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0718</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0729</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0738</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0747</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0756</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0765</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0772</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>188.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0685</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0698</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0708</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0717</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0727</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0736</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0744</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0751</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>190.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0665</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0677</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0687</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0697</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0706</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0715</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0723</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0731</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>192.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0644</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0656</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0667</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0676</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0685</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0694</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0703</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0710</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>194.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0623</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0636</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0646</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0655</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0664</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0674</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0682</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0689</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>196.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0603</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0615</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0625</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0635</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0644</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0653</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0661</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0669</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>198.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0582</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0594</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0605</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0614</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0623</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0632</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0641</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0648</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>200.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0561</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0574</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0584</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0593</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0602</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0612</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0620</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0627</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>202.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0541</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0553</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0563</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0572</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0582</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0591</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0599</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0606</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>204.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0520</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0532</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0542</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0552</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0561</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0570</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0579</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0586</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>206.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0499</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0511</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0522</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0531</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0540</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0550</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0558</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0565</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>208.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0478</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0491</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0501</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0510</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0520</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0529</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0537</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0544</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>210.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0458</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0470</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0480</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0490</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0499</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0508</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0516</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0524</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='right'>212.......</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0437</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0449</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0460</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0469</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0478</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0487</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0496</td><td align='center' class="bl"> 1.0503</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19" href="#Page_19">[19]</a></span></p>
+
+<h3>PUBLICATIONS ON THE UTILIZATION OF COAL AND LIGNITE.</h3>
+
+<p>A limited supply of the following publications of the Bureau of
+Mines has been printed and is available for free distribution until
+the edition is exhausted. Requests for all publications can not be
+granted, and to insure equitable distribution applicants are requested
+to limit their selection to publications that may be of especial
+interest to them. Requests for publications should be addressed to
+the Director, Bureau of Mines.</p>
+
+<p>The Bureau of Mines issues a list showing all its publications
+available for free distribution, as well as those obtainable only from
+the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, on
+payment of the price of printing. Interested persons should apply
+to the Director, Bureau of Mines, for a copy of the latest list.</p>
+
+
+<h3>PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION.</h3>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 58. Fuel briquetting investigations, July, 1904, to July, 1912, by C. A.
+Wright. 1913. 277 pp., 21 pls., 3 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 76. United States coals available for export trade, by Van. H. Manning.
+1914. 15 pp., 1 pl.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 85. Analyses of mine and car samples of coal collected in the fiscal
+years 1911 to 1913, by A. C. Fieldner, H. I. Smith, A. H. Fay, and Samuel Sanford.
+1914. 444 pp., 2 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 89. Economic methods of utilizing western lignites, by E. J. Babcock.
+1915. 74 pp., 5 pls., 5 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 119. Analyses of coals purchased by the Government during the fiscal
+years 1908-1915, by G. S. Pope. 1916. 118 pp.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 135. Combustion of coal and design of furnaces, by Henry Kreisinger,
+C. E. Augustine, and F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 144 pp., 1 pl., 45 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 136. Deterioration in the heating value of coal during storage, by H. C.
+Porter and F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 38 pp., 7 pls.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 138. Coking of Illinois coals, by F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 71 pp., 11 pls.
+1 fig.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 34. Experiments with furnaces for a hand-fired return tubular
+boiler, by S. B. Flagg, G. C. Cook, and F. E. Woodman. 1914. 32 pp., 1 pl., 4 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 50. Metallurgical coke, by A. W. Belden. 1913. 48 pp., 1 pl.,
+23 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 76. Notes on the sampling and analysis of coal, by A. C.
+Fieldner. 1914. 59 pp., 6 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> <a name="p80" id="p80"></a>80. Hand-firing soft coal under power-plant boilers, by Henry
+Kreisinger. 1915. 83 pp., 32 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 97. Saving fuel in heating a house, by L. P. Breckenridge and
+S. B. Flagg. 1915. 35 pp., 3 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 98. Effect of low-temperature oxidation on the hydrogen in
+coal and the change of weight of coal in drying, by S. H. Katz and H. C. Porter.
+1917. 16 pp., 2 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 123. Notes on the uses of low-grade fuel in Europe, by R. H.
+Fernald. 1915. 37 pp., 4 pls., 4 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> <a name="p133" id="p133"></a>133. Directions for sampling coal for shipment or delivery, by
+G. S. Pope. 1917. 15 pp., 1 pl.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 137. Combustion in the fuel bed of hand-fired furnaces, by
+Henry Kreisinger, F. K. Ovitz, and C. E. Augustine. 1916. 76 pp., 2 pls., 21 figs.
+15 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20" href="#Page_20">[20]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 148. The determination of moisture in coke, by A. C. Fieldner
+and W. A. Selvig. 1917. 13 pp.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 170. The diffusion of oxygen through stored coal, by S. H.
+Katz. 1917. 49 pp., 1 pl., 27 figs.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 172. Effects of moisture on the spontaneous heating of stored
+coal, by S. H. Katz and H. C. Porter. 1917. 25 pp., 1 pl., 8 figs.</span></p>
+
+
+<h3>PUBLICATIONS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED ONLY THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT
+OF DOCUMENTS.</h3>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 8. The flow of heat through furnace walls, by W. T. Ray and Henry
+Kreisinger. 1911. 32 pp., 19 figs. 5 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 11. The purchase of coal by the Government under specifications,
+with analyses of coal delivered for the fiscal year 1908-9, by G. S. Pope. 1910. 80 pp.
+10 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 13. R&eacute;sum&eacute; of producer-gas investigations, October 1, 1904, to June 30,
+1910, by R. H. Fernald and C. D. Smith. 1911. 393 pp., 12 pls., 250 figs. 65 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 14. Briquetting tests of lignite at Pittsburgh, Pa., 1908-9, with a chapter
+on sulphite-pitch binder, by C. L. Wright. 1911. 64 pp., 11 pls., 4 figs. 15 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 18. The transmission of heat into steam boilers, by Henry Kreisinger
+and W. T. Ray. 1912. 180 pp., 78 figs. 20 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 21. The significance of drafts in steam-boiler practice, by W. T. Ray
+and Henry Kreisinger. 64 pp., 26 figs. 10 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> <a name="p22" id="p22"></a>22. Analyses of coals in the United States, with descriptions of mine
+and field samples collected between July 1, 1904, and June 30, 1910, by N. W. Lord,
+with chapters by J. A. Holmes, F. M. Stanton, A. C. Fieldner, and Samuel Sanford.
+1912. Part I, Analyses, pp. 1-321; Part II, Descriptions of samples, pp. 321-1129.
+85 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 23. Steaming tests of coals and related investigations, September 1,
+1904, to December 31, 1908, by L. P. Breckenridge, Henry Kreisinger, and W. T.
+Ray. 1912. 380 pp., 2 pls., 94 figs. 50 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 27. Tests of coal and briquets as fuel for house-heating boilers, by D. T.
+Randall. 44 pp., 3 pls., 2 figs. 10 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 37. Comparative tests of run-of-mine and briquetted coal on locomotives,
+including torpedo-boat tests, and some foreign specifications for briquetted
+fuel, by W. F. M. Goss. 1911. 58 pp., 4 pls., 35 figs. 15 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 40. The smokeless combustion of coal in boiler furnaces, with a chapter
+on central heating plants, by D. T. Randall and H. W. Weeks. 1912. 188 pp.,
+40 figs. 20 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 41. Government coal purchases under specifications, with analyses,
+for the fiscal year 1909-10 by G. S. Pope, with a chapter on the fuel-inspection laboratory
+of the Bureau of Mines, by J. D. Davis. 1912. 97 pp., 3 pls., 9 figs. 15 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 109. Operating details of gas producers, by R. H. Fernald. 1916.
+74 pp. 10 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Bulletin</span> 116. Methods of sampling delivered coal, and specifications for the
+purchase of coal for the Government, by G. S. Pope. 1916. 64 pp., 5 pls., 2 figs.
+15 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 20. The slagging type of gas producer, with a brief report of
+preliminary tests, by C. D. Smith. 1912. 14 pp., 1 pl. 5 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 63. Factors governing the combustion of coal in boiler furnaces;
+a preliminary report, by J. K. Clement, J. C. W. Frazer, and C. E. Augustine.
+1914. 46 pp., 26 figs. 10 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 65. A study of the oxidation of coal, by H. C. Porter. 1914.
+30 pp., 12 figs. 5 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="smcap">Technical Paper</span> 114. Heat transmission through boiler tubes, by Henry Kreisinger
+and F. K. Ovitz. 1915. 36 pp., 23 figs. 10 cents.</span></p>
+
+<p><br /><br /></p>
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+<table border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="Transcriber's Notes">
+<tr><td><b><a name="TN" id="TN"></a>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES</b>
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+<p>Added table of contents to HTML version.</p>
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+<p>Page 5: Added period to the sentence: "If the coal used in the test is to be analyzed, take a sample of
+from 4 to 6 pounds from each barrow and throw it into a box near
+the scales.".</p>
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+<p>Page 11: Changed typo "calcuate" to "calculate."</p>
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+<p>Page 18: Changed typo "1.1854" to "1.0854", see intersecting columns 184&deg; F and 200 psi.</p>
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+<p>Page 19: Changed typo "Samuel Sandford" to "Samuel Sanford."</p>
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+ UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION
+ BUREAU OF CONSERVATION
+
+ Engineering Bulletin No. 1
+
+ BOILER AND FURNACE
+ TESTING
+
+ Prepared by
+
+ Rufus T. Strohm
+ Associate Editor, Power
+
+ [Illustration: Maximum Production
+
+ Minimum Waste]
+
+ WASHINGTON
+ GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
+ 1918
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+MAXIMUM PRODUCTION.
+
+MINIMUM WASTE.
+
+
+The United States Fuel Administration is making every effort,
+through the producers and transportation lines, to obtain an
+adequate supply of fuel for the industries of the country.
+
+Twenty-five to fifty million tons of coal a year can be saved by
+the improved operation of steam-power plants without changing their
+present equipment and without abating their production the
+slightest.
+
+It is absolutely necessary that this saving be realized, if our
+overburdened railroads are to be relieved and our industries kept
+in full operation.
+
+The extent to which it will be realized depends upon the
+cooperation of the owners, engineers, and firemen of every power
+plant of the country.
+
+YOUR FIRING LINE IS AT THE FURNACE DOOR.
+
+ DAVID MOFFAT MYERS,
+ _Advisory Engineer to United States Fuel Administration_.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+BOILER AND FURNACE TESTING.
+
+By RUFUS T. STROHM.
+
+
+NECESSITY FOR TESTING BOILERS.
+
+A boiler test is necessary in order to determine how well the
+boiler is doing the work expected of it; that is to say, we must
+find out whether we are wasting coal in making steam and how much
+this waste may be. Such a test may be made to discover the
+efficiency of the boiler, or the quantity of water it is
+evaporating, or the cost of evaporating 1,000 pounds of water.
+
+The United States Fuel Administration recommends that every boiler
+plant have some means of daily checking the efficiency of the
+boiler and furnace. The simplest and best way of finding out how
+efficiently the boiler is working is to make an evaporation test,
+as described in this bulletin. All the necessary records can be
+made automatically with suitable instruments, although in many
+small plants the coal must be weighed on ordinary scales. The
+efficiency of the furnace can be found by making analyses of the
+flue gases. (See Bulletin No. 2 of the United States Fuel
+Administration.)
+
+Too many engineers and firemen have the idea that they are not
+fitted to make boiler tests. This is altogether wrong. Any man who
+can weigh water and coal and read steam gages and thermometers is
+able to do the work required in making a boiler test for
+evaporation or efficiency. Such a test requires a knowledge of the
+following:
+
+ 1. The total weight of coal used.
+
+ 2. [1]The total weight of water fed to and evaporated by the
+ boiler.
+
+ 3. The average temperature of the feed water.
+
+ 4. The average steam pressure in the boiler.
+
+If these four items are known, a series of simple calculations will
+show how much water is being evaporated per pound of coal, and the
+efficiency of the boiler and furnace.
+
+To make a test, the following apparatus and instruments are
+necessary:
+
+ 1. Scales to weigh the coal.
+
+ 2. Apparatus to weigh or measure the feed water.
+
+ 3. Thermometers to take feed-water temperature.
+
+ 4. Gages to indicate steam pressure.
+
+A boiler test to be of value should extend over a period of at
+least eight hours. The longer the test the more accurate the
+results.
+
+[Footnote 1: For the sake of simplicity, only the essential
+elements of boiler and furnace testing are treated in this
+bulletin. For rules covering the refinements for an exhaustive
+test, the reader is referred to the boiler test code of the
+American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Copies of this code can
+be obtained from the secretary, 29 West Thirty-ninth Street, New
+York City.]
+
+
+WEIGHING THE COAL.
+
+The weight of coal used during a test may easily be found by using
+an ordinary wheelbarrow and a platform scales, arranged as in
+figure 1. At each side of the scales build an incline with its top
+level with the top of the platform, but take care not to have
+either one touch the platform. Set the empty wheelbarrow on the
+scales, run the movable weight or poise out until it exactly
+balances the weight of the barrow and lock it in position with the
+thumbscrew.
+
+Next, put weights on the scale pan _A_ to correspond to a net
+weight of 250 or 300 pounds of coal. Fill the barrow with coal, run
+it on the scales, and add coal or take off coal until the scales
+balance. This is easily done by having a small pile of coal _B_
+beside the scales. If the weights on the scale pan represent, say,
+300 pounds, the net weight of coal in the barrow is exactly 300
+pounds. This coal is wheeled in front of the boiler and dumped on
+the clean floor, and the barrow is returned for another load.
+
+[Illustration: _Fig. 1._
+
+1 _Set to balance tare of wheelbarrow_
+2 _Add to balance net weight of coal_]
+
+Each time the barrow of coal is weighed on the scales and taken to
+the boiler being tested, a tally mark should be made on a board
+nailed to the wall beside the scales. Each tally mark represents
+300 pounds of coal, since the amount of coal in the barrow is
+adjusted at each weighing, so that the scales just balance. At the
+end of the test, therefore, the number of tally marks is multiplied
+by 300, and the product is the weight of coal used, provided it has
+all been fired; but if any coal remains in front of the boiler at
+the close of the test, it must be gathered up and weighed, and its
+weight must be subtracted from the total weight indicated by the
+tally marks to get the number of pounds of coal actually fired. You
+should, of course, start the test with no coal in front of the
+boiler.
+
+Care must be taken not to forget to make a tally mark each time a
+barrow of coal is run off the scales. By setting the scales so as
+to show any net weight, such as 250 or 300 pounds, and making each
+barrow load exactly this weight, much time is saved, as it is
+unnecessary to change any of the weights or the position of the
+rider on the scale beam.
+
+If the coal used in the test is to be analyzed, take a sample of
+from 4 to 6 pounds from each barrow and throw it into a box near
+the scales. Do this _before_ the coal is weighed. These small
+amounts from the various barrow loads will then give a fair average
+sample of the coal used during the test.
+
+The condition of the furnace should be the same at the end of the
+test period as at the start. Therefore, at the moment the test is
+begun, observe the thickness of the fuel bed and the condition of
+the fire. If the fire was cleaned, say, an hour before the test
+began, see that it is cleaned an hour before the time when the test
+is scheduled to end. If the coal was fired, say, eight minutes
+before the test started, the last coal used during the test should
+be fired eight minutes before the end of the test. The object of
+these precautions is to insure the same conditions at start and
+finish, as nearly as possible; otherwise, the coal weighed will not
+be the same as the coal consumed.
+
+
+MEASURING THE FEED WATER.
+
+The quantity of water fed to the boiler during the test may be
+found by metering or by weighing. A reliable water meter is
+recommended for this work. There are a number of good makes, of
+different types, such as:
+
+ 1. Venturi meter.
+
+ 2. Weir or V-notch meters.
+
+ 3. Diaphragm meters.
+
+ 4. Displacement meters.
+
+ 5. Water weighers.
+
+The best form of meter to use in any particular case depends on the
+local conditions in the plant; but _every plant should be provided
+with a permanently installed meter of some type_. The displacement
+form of meter should be used only with cold water, however.
+
+If there is no meter or water weigher in the plant, the feed water
+used during the test can be measured by the three-barrel
+arrangement illustrated in figure 2.
+
+Obtain three water-tight barrels, and set two of them close
+together on a platform directly over the third, leaving about 12
+inches above barrel 3 in which to fit the valves _V_ and the
+nipples in the bottoms of barrels 1 and 2. Near the top of each of
+the barrels 1 and 2 screw a 1-inch overflow pipe _O_.
+
+Run a pipe _P_ from the city main or other source of supply above
+barrels 1 and 2, and put a valve _A_ on the pipe leading to each
+barrel. From barrel 3 run a suction pipe to the feed pump that is
+to pump water to the boiler to be tested. It is best to have a
+by-pass from the usual water supply direct to the feed pump, or to
+another pump connected to the boiler, so that in case of any
+trouble with the testing barrels, the regular operation of the
+boiler may be resumed without shutting down.
+
+The next step is to fill barrels 1 and 2 with water until they
+overflow at _O_. This water should be of practically the same
+average temperature as that which is to be used during the test.
+Barrel 3 should be high enough above the feed pump so that the pump
+will handle hot water. Put barrel 3 on a scales, before connecting
+it to the feed pump, and weigh it. Then let the water from barrel 1
+run into barrel 3, and weigh again. The second weight minus the
+first weight is the net weight of water run in from barrel 1 and is
+the weight of water contained in barrel 1 when filled to the
+overflow. The weight of water in barrel 2 when it is filled to the
+overflow can be found in like manner. Mark these weights down.
+
+[Illustration: _Fig. 2._]
+
+When the net weights are found and barrel 3 is removed from the
+scales and connected to the feed pump, the apparatus is ready to
+begin the test. Start with the level of the water about 1 foot
+below the top of the barrel 3, and drive a nail into the barrel to
+mark this level. When the test is finished, the level should be
+brought to the same point, so that the water that has passed
+through barrels 1 and 2 will accurately represent the weight of
+water fed to the boiler during the test.
+
+When the test is to begin, stop the feed pump and tie a string
+around the gage glass on the boiler to mark the height of the water
+level in the boiler. Then start the pump connected to barrel 3.
+Fill barrels 1 and 2 up to the overflow before the test is started.
+Then open the valve _V_ on barrel 1 and let the water run into
+barrel 3 as fast as the feed pump draws water from barrel 3. When
+barrel 1 is emptied close its valve _V_ and open its valve _A_ so
+as to refill it.
+
+While barrel 1 is filling empty barrel 2 into barrel 3 in the same
+way, and continue to fill and empty barrels 1 and 2 alternately. In
+this way barrel 3 will be kept supplied with water that has been
+measured in barrels 1 and 2, the net weights of which were found
+before the test began. Keep a separate tally of the number of times
+each of the barrels 1 and 2 is emptied into barrel 3. At the end of
+the test the number of tallies for each barrel multiplied by the
+weight of the water that barrel will hold will be the weight of
+water measured in that barrel. The sum of these weights for barrels
+1 and 2 will be the weight of water used in the test.
+
+With a three-barrel arrangement like this, water can be weighed
+rapidly enough to supply 300 boiler horsepower.
+
+Before starting a test make sure that there is no chance for water
+to leak into or out of the boiler. See that the blow-off is tight,
+that there is no drip from gage cocks, and that the feed-line
+connections are tight, so that all the water fed to the boiler will
+represent accurately the amount evaporated during the test.
+
+If a meter is used instead of the three-barrel method, make
+absolutely sure that the meter is correct, as the accuracy of the
+test depends on the accuracy with which the water measurements are
+made. _After a meter is installed, test it to see that it operates
+correctly under the plant conditions._
+
+The water level in the boiler should be the same at the end of the
+test as at the beginning. As the time for stopping the test draws
+near, therefore, try to bring the conditions the same as at the
+start. Do not, however, run the feed pump rapidly in the last few
+minutes for the test in order to obtain the same water level. If
+there is a slight difference in level, calculate the weight of
+water it represents and make the necessary correction to the total
+weight of water fed.
+
+
+TEMPERATURE OF FEED WATER.
+
+Every plant should have a thermometer on the feed line, so as to
+find the temperature of the feed water. Preferably, this
+thermometer should be of the recording type. If such a form of
+thermometer is used during the test, it is unnecessary to take the
+feed temperature at stated intervals, as the record will show the
+varying temperatures, and so the average feed temperature during
+the test can easily be found.
+
+If there is no thermometer in the feed line, take the feed-water
+temperature by means of a thermometer hung in barrel 3 (figure 2)
+by a hook over the edge of the barrel. Read this thermometer every
+half hour during the test if the feed-water temperature is fairly
+uniform; but if it varies considerably, read the thermometer every
+15 minutes. The object is to obtain the average feed-water
+temperature during the test period. Therefore, mark down the
+temperatures as read at the stated intervals. At the close of the
+test add the readings and divide their sum by the number of
+readings and you will have the average temperature of the feed
+water.
+
+
+STEAM PRESSURE.
+
+Every boiler is fitted with a steam gage by which the pressure is
+indicated. It is important that the pressure gage be accurate. What
+is wanted in a test is the average pressure of the steam in the
+boiler, therefore, observe the pressure at regular intervals, just
+as with the feed-water temperature, and mark down these gage
+readings. The sum of the readings divided by the number of readings
+taken will be the average steam pressure during the test.
+
+A recording steam gage is best and makes its own readings.
+
+
+WORKING UP THE TEST.
+
+After the boiler test has been made, so as to find the weight of
+coal burned, weight of feed water used, feed-water temperature and
+steam pressure, the efficiency, the horsepower, and the economy
+must be obtained by calculation from the test results. The process
+of figuring the desired results from the test data is called
+"working up the test."
+
+To illustrate the method used in finding the efficiency, etc.,
+suppose that the data obtained from the test are as follows:
+
+ Length of test hours 10
+ Total weight of coal fired pounds 5,000
+ Total weight of water evaporated do. 35,000
+ Average temperature of feed water deg.F 180
+ Average steam pressure, gage pounds per square inch 100
+
+The efficiency of any process is always a comparison, or ratio, of
+the output to the input. In the case of a steam boiler the
+efficiency is the percentage of the heat supplied in the coal that
+is usefully employed in making steam. The output of the steam
+boiler is the heat represented by the quantity of water evaporated
+by a pound of coal, taking into account the feed temperature and
+the steam pressure, and input is the amount of heat contained in a
+pound of the coal used. The efficiency of the boiler is the output
+divided by the input.
+
+The heat contained in a pound of coal is called the "calorific
+value" or "heating value" of the coal. It can be found by taking a
+fair average sample of the coal used during the test, as explained
+in connection with weighing the coal, and sending the sample to a
+chemist, who will make a calorimeter test to determine its heating
+value.
+
+At the end of the test the sample fuel should be spread out on a
+clean floor and all lumps broken up, so that no pieces are larger
+than 2 inches maximum diameter. Then the gross sample should be
+very thoroughly mixed by shoveling, after which it should be spread
+out in the form of a square of uniform depth and quartered down
+until a final average sample is obtained for shipment to a
+competent chemist, experienced in fuel analysis. (See Bureau of
+Mines Technical Paper No. 133.)
+
+About 2 quarts of the chemist's sample should be put in air-tight
+tins or jars for the determination of moisture; the balance of the
+sample (the total weight of which should be from 10 to 50 pounds,
+depending on the total weight of coal used in the test) may be
+packed in a wooden box lined with paper to prevent splinters from
+mingling with the sample. A duplicate coal sample should be kept at
+the plant to be used in case of loss of the sample sent to the
+chemist.
+
+The Bureau of Mines has published a bulletin or pamphlet giving the
+analyses and heating values of the various kinds and grades of coal
+from all parts of the United States. (Bureau of Mines Bulletin No.
+22.) This bulletin can be used to learn the approximate heating
+value of the coal. Simply find out what district the coal used in
+the test came from, and its grade, and then refer to the bulletin
+to obtain the heating value of the coal. If a chemist can be
+obtained to make a heat test, however, it is better to use the
+heating value he determines.
+
+Suppose that during the test the coal used was run-of-mine
+bituminous having a heating value of 13,500 B. t. u. Every pound of
+coal fired, then, carried into the furnace 13,500 heat units, and
+this value therefore is the _input_ to be used in calculating the
+boiler efficiency.
+
+During the test 5,000 pounds of coal was fired and 35,000 pounds of
+water was fed and evaporated. This means that 35,000 / 5,000 = 7
+pounds of water was evaporated per pound of coal burned. This is
+the "actual evaporation," and the heat required to evaporate this 7
+pounds of water is the output to be used in calculating the
+efficiency.
+
+Every fireman knows that it takes more coal, and therefore more
+heat, to make steam with cold feed water than with hot feed water;
+also, that it is somewhat easier to make steam at a low pressure
+than at a high pressure. So it is plain that the heat required to
+evaporate 7 pounds of water into steam depends on two things,
+namely, (1) the temperature of the feed water and (2) the pressure
+of the steam in the boiler. From the data of the test, both the
+average feed-water temperature and the average steam pressure are
+known, and so it is a simple matter to find out the amount of heat
+needed to evaporate 7 pounds of water from the average temperature
+to steam at the average pressure.
+
+A pound of water at 212 deg. F. must have 970.4 B. t. u. added to it to
+become a pound of steam at 212 deg. F., or zero gage pressure. This
+value, 970.4 B. t. u., is called the latent heat of steam at
+atmospheric pressure, or the heat "from and at 212 deg. F." It is the
+heat required to change a pound of water _from_ 212 deg. F. to steam
+_at_ 212 deg. F., and is used by engineers as a standard by which to
+compare the evaporation of different boilers.
+
+In a boiler test the temperature of the feed water is usually
+something less than 212 deg. F., and the steam pressure is commonly
+higher than zero, gage. In the test outlined previously, the
+feed-water temperature was 180 deg. F. and the pressure was 100 pounds
+per square inch, gage. It must be clear, then, that the amount of
+heat required to change a pound of water at 180 deg. to steam at 100
+pounds gage pressure is not the same as to make a pound of steam
+from and at 212 deg. F.
+
+To make allowance for the differences in temperature and pressure,
+the actual evaporation must be multiplied by a number called the
+"factor of evaporation." The factor of evaporation has a certain
+value corresponding to every feed-water temperature and boiler
+pressure, and the values of this factor are given in the
+accompanying table. Along the top of the table are given the gage
+pressures of the steam. In the columns at the sides of the table
+are given the feed-water temperatures. To find the factor of
+evaporation for a given set of conditions, locate the gage pressure
+at the top of the table and follow down that column to the
+horizontal line on which the feed-water temperature is located. The
+value in this column and on the horizontal line thus found is the
+factor of evaporation required. If the feed water has a temperature
+greater than 212 deg. F., obtain the proper factor of evaporation from
+the Marks and Davis steam tables.
+
+Take the data of the test, for example. The average steam pressure
+is 100 pounds, gage. The average feed-water temperature is 180 deg. F.
+So, in the table locate the column headed 100 and follow down this
+column to the line having 180 at the ends, and the value where the
+column and the line cross is 1.0727, which is the factor of
+evaporation for a feed-water temperature of 180 deg. F. and a steam
+pressure of 100 pounds, gage.
+
+This factor, 1.0727, indicates that to change a pound of water at
+180 deg. F. to steam at 100 pounds requires 1.0727 times as much heat
+as to change a pound of water at 212 deg. F. to steam at atmospheric
+pressure. In other words, the heat used in producing an actual
+evaporation of 7 pounds under the test conditions would have
+evaporated 7 x 1.0727 = 7.5 pounds from and at 212 deg. F. Hence, 7.5
+pounds is called the "equivalent evaporation from and at 212 deg. F."
+per pound of coal used.
+
+As already stated, it takes 970.4 B. t. u. to make a pound of steam
+from and at 212 deg. F. Then to make 7.5 pounds there would be required
+7.5 x 970.4 = 7,278 B. t. u. This is the amount of heat required to
+change 7.5 pounds of water at 212 deg. F. to steam at zero gage
+pressure, but it is also the heat required to change 7 pounds of
+water at 180 deg. F. to steam at 100 pounds gage pressure, because 7.5
+pounds from and at 212 deg. F. is equivalent to 7 pounds from 180 deg. F.
+to steam at 100 pounds. Therefore, the 7,278 B. t. u. is the amount
+of heat usefully employed in making steam per pound of coal fired,
+and so it is the _output_. Accordingly, the efficiency of the
+boiler is--
+
+ Output 7,278
+ ~ Efficiency = ------ = ------ = 0.54, nearly.
+ Input 13,500
+
+In other words, the efficiency of the boiler is 0.54, or 54 per
+cent, which means that only a little more than half of the heat in
+the coal is usefully employed in making steam.
+
+The chart shown in figure 3 is given to save the work of figuring
+the efficiency. If the equivalent evaporation per pound of coal is
+calculated and the heating value of the coal is known, the boiler
+efficiency may be found directly from the chart. At the left-hand
+side locate the point corresponding to the equivalent evaporation
+and at the bottom locate the point corresponding to the heating
+value of the coal. Follow the horizontal and vertical lines from
+these two points until they cross, and note the diagonal line that
+is nearest to the crossing point. The figures marked on the
+diagonal line indicate the boiler efficiency.
+
+Take the case just worked out, for example. The equivalent
+evaporation is 7.5 pounds and the heating value of the fuel is
+13,500 B. t. u. At the left of the chart locate the point 7.5
+midway between 7 and 8 and at the bottom locate the point 13,500
+midway between 13,000 and 14,000. Then follow the horizontal and
+vertical lines from these two points until they cross, as indicated
+by the dotted lines. The crossing point lies on the diagonal
+corresponding to 54, and so the efficiency is 54 per cent.
+
+
+BOILER HORSEPOWER OR CAPACITY.
+
+The capacity of a boiler is usually stated in boiler horsepower. A
+boiler horsepower means the evaporation of 34.5 pounds of water per
+hour from and at 212 deg. F. Therefore, to find the boiler horsepower
+developed during a test, calculate the evaporation from and at 212 deg.
+F. per hour and divide it by 34.5.
+
+Take the test previously mentioned, for example. The evaporation
+from and at 212 deg. F. or the equivalent evaporation, was 7.5 pounds
+of water per pound of coal. The weight of coal burned per hour was
+5,000 / 10 = 500 pounds. Then the equivalent evaporation was 7.5 x
+500 = 3,750 pounds per hour. According to the foregoing definition
+of a boiler horsepower, then--
+
+ 3,750
+ Boiler horsepower = ----- = 109.
+ 34.5
+
+
+The "rated horsepower" of a boiler, or the "builders' rating," is
+the number of square feet of heating surface in the boiler divided
+by a number. In the case of stationary boilers this number is 10 or
+12, but 10 is very commonly taken as the amount of heating surface
+per horsepower. Assuming this value and assuming further that the
+boiler tested had 1,500 square feet of heating surface, its rated
+horsepower would be 1,500 / 10 = 150 boiler horsepower.
+
+It is often desirable to know what per cent of the rated capacity
+is developed in a test. This is found by dividing the horsepower
+developed during the test by the builders' rating. In the case of
+the boiler tested, 109 horsepower was developed. The percentage of
+rated capacity developed, therefore, was 109 / 150 = 0.73, or 73
+per cent.
+
+
+HEATING SURFACE.
+
+The heating surface of a boiler is the surface of metal exposed to
+the fire or hot gases on one side and to water on the other side.
+Thus, the internal surface of the tubes of a fire-tube boiler is
+the heating surface of the tubes, but the outside surface of the
+tubes of a water-tube boiler is the heating surface of those tubes.
+In addition to the tubes, all other surfaces which have hot gases
+on one side and water on the other must be taken into account. For
+instance, in a fire-tube boiler from one-half to two-thirds of the
+shell (depending on how the boiler is set) acts as heating surface.
+In addition to this, the surface presented by both heads, below the
+water level, has to be computed. The heating surface of each head
+is equal to two-thirds its area minus the total area of the holes
+cut away to receive the tubes.
+
+
+COST OF EVAPORATION.
+
+The cost of evaporation is usually stated as the cost of fuel
+required to evaporate 1,000 pounds of water from and at 212 deg. F. To
+find it, multiply the price of coal per ton by 1,000 and divide the
+result by the product of the equivalent evaporation per pound of
+coal and the number of pounds in a ton.
+
+Suppose that the cost of the coal used in the foregoing test was
+$3.60 per ton of 2,000 pounds. The equivalent evaporation per pound
+of coal was 7.5 pounds. Therefore the cost of evaporating 1,000
+pounds of water from 180 deg. F. to steam at 100-pound gage, is--
+
+ $3.60 x 1,000
+ ------------- = $0.24, or 24 cents.
+ 7.5 x 2,000
+
+
+TABLE OF TEST RESULTS.
+
+After the test has been made and properly worked up, as heretofore
+described, collect all the results of the test on one sheet, so
+that they can be kept in convenient form for reference and for
+comparison with later tests. A brief form of arranging the results
+is as follows:
+
+ 1. Date of test May 20, 1918
+ 2. Duration of test hours 10
+ 3. Weight of coal used pounds 5,000
+ 4. Weight of water fed and evaporated do. 35,000
+ 5. Average steam pressure, gauge do. 100
+ 6. Average feed-water temperature deg.F. 180
+ 7. Factor of evaporation 1.0727
+ 8. Equivalent evaporation from and at 212 deg. F. pounds 37,545
+
+ EFFICIENCY.
+
+ 9. Efficiency of boiler and furnace per cent 54
+
+ CAPACITY.
+
+ 10. Boiler horsepower developed 109
+ 11. Builders' rated horsepower 150
+ 12. Percentage of rated horsepower developed per cent 73
+
+ ECONOMIC RESULTS.
+
+ 13. Actual evaporation per pound of coal pounds 7
+ 14. Equivalent evaporation from and at 212 deg. F.
+ per pound of coal as fired, pounds 7.5
+ 15. Cost of coal per ton (2,000 pounds) $3.60
+ 16. Cost of coal to evaporate 1,000 pounds from and at
+ 212 deg. F. $0.24
+
+
+HOW TO USE THE TEST RESULTS.
+
+The object of working up a test is to obtain a clear idea as to the
+efficiency of operation of the boiler or its operating cost.
+Consequently, after the calculations have been made, they should be
+used as a basis for study with the idea of improving the boiler
+performance.
+
+Take the matter of boiler efficiency, for example, as found from
+the test mentioned. Its value was 54 per cent. This is altogether
+too low and indicates wasteful operation. The efficiency of a
+hand-fired boiler ought not to be less than 65 per cent, and it can
+be increased to 70 per cent by careful management under good
+conditions.
+
+The chart in figure 3 can be used to indicate the evaporation that
+should be obtained in order to reach a desired efficiency. Suppose,
+for example, that it is desired to know how much water per pound of
+coal must be evaporated to produce a boiler efficiency of 65 per
+cent with coal having a heating value of 13,500 B. t. u. per pound.
+
+Locate 13,500 at the bottom of the chart, follow the vertical line
+until it meets the diagonal marked 65 per cent, and then from this
+point follow the horizontal line to the left-hand edge, where the
+figure 9 is found. This means that the equivalent evaporation from
+and by 212 deg. F. per pound of coal must be 9 pounds of water. If the
+steam pressure is 100 pounds gauge, and the feed-water temperature
+is 180 deg. F. the factor of evaporation is 1.0727, then the actual
+evaporation must be 9 / 1.0727 = 8.36 pounds per pound of coal. In
+other words, to increase the efficiency from 54 per cent to 65 per
+cent under the same conditions of pressure and feed-water
+temperature, it would be necessary to increase the actual
+evaporation from 7 pounds to 8.36 pounds. This would mean
+practically 20 per cent more steam from the same weight of coal
+used.
+
+[Illustration: _Heating Value of Coal, in B. t. u. Per Pound_
+
+FIG. 3.]
+
+How to do this will require some study and experimenting on the
+part of the fireman or engineer. The three most common reasons for
+low-boiler efficiency are (1) excess air, (2) dirty heating
+surfaces, and (3) loss of coal through the grates. _The first of
+these items is the most important of the three._ In most cases the
+greatest preventable waste of coal in a boiler plant is directly
+due to excess air. Excess air simply means the amount of air which
+gets into the furnace and boiler which is not needed for completing
+the combustion of the coal. Very often twice as much air is
+admitted to the boiler setting as is required. This extra or excess
+air is heated and carries heat out through the chimney instead of
+heating the water in the boiler to make steam. There are two ways
+in which this excess air gets into the furnace and boiler setting.
+First, by a combination of bad regulation of drafts and firing. The
+chances are your uptake damper is too wide open. Try closing it a
+little. Then, there may be holes in the fire. Keep these covered.
+The second way excess air occurs is by leakage through the boiler
+setting, through cracks in the brickwork, leaks around the frames
+and edges of cleaning doors, and holes around the blow-off pipes.
+There are also other places where such air can leak in.
+
+Take a torch or candle and go over the entire surface of your
+boiler setting--front, back, sides, and top. Where the flame of the
+torch is drawn inward there is an air leak. Plaster up all air
+leaks and repair the brickwork around door frames where necessary.
+You should go over your boiler for air leaks once a month.
+
+In regard to best methods of firing soft coal, see Technical Paper
+No. 80 of the Bureau of Mines, which may be obtained from your
+State Fuel Administrator.
+
+Dirty heating surfaces cause low efficiency because they prevent
+the heat in the hot gases from getting through into the water.
+Therefore, keep the shell and tubes free of soot on one side and
+scale on the other. Soot may be removed by the daily use of
+blowers, scrapers, and cleaners. The problem of scale and pure feed
+water is a big one and should be taken up with proper authorities
+on the subject.
+
+There are many things that may be done to increase the efficiency
+of the boiler and to save coal. For convenience a number of these
+points are grouped in the following list:
+
+ WHAT TO DO. | WHY.
+ |
+ 1. Close up all leaks in the boiler | To prevent waste of heat due to
+ setting. | excess air admitted.
+ |
+ 2. Keep shell and tubes free from | To allow the heat to pass easily
+ soot and scale. | into the water.
+ |
+ 3. Use grates suited to the fuel | To prevent loss of unburnt coal
+ to be burned. | through air spaces.
+ |
+ 4. Fire often, and little at a | To obtain uniform conditions and
+ time. | better combustion.
+ |
+ 5. Cover all thin spots and keep | To prevent burning holes in bed
+ fire bed level. | and admitting excess air.
+ |
+ 6. Do not allow clinkers to form | Because they reduce the effective
+ on side or bridge walls. | area of the grate.
+ |
+ 7. Keep the ash pit free from ashes | To prevent warping and burning out
+ and hot clinkers. | of the grates.
+ |
+ 8. Do not stir the fire except when | Because stirring causes clinker
+ necessary. | and is likely to waste coal.
+ |
+ 9. Use damper and not ash-pit doors | Because less excess air is
+ to control draft. | admitted by so doing.
+ |
+ 10. See that steam pipes and valves | Because steam leaks waste heat
+ are tight. | and therefore coal.
+ |
+ 11. Keep blow-off valves tight. | Because leaks of hot water waste
+ | coal.
+ |
+ 12. Cover steam pipes and the tops | To prevent radiation and loss of
+ of boilers. | heat.
+
+Make a boiler test under the conditions of operation as they now
+exist in your plant. Then make all possible improvements as
+suggested in this bulletin, make another test afterwards and note
+the increase in the equivalent evaporation per pound of coal used.
+
+Remember that the _firing line_ in the boiler room can be just as
+patriotic and helpful as the _firing line_ at the front.
+
+
+_Table of factors of evaporation._
+
+ ============================================================================
+ Feed | Steam pressure in pounds per square inch, gauge.
+ temperature,|---------------------------------------------------------------
+ deg.F. | 30 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 110 | 120
+ ------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
+ 32 | 1.2073| 1.2144| 1.2195| 1.2216| 1.2234| 1.2251| 1.2266| 1.2279
+ 35 | 1.2042| 1.2113| 1.2164| 1.2184| 1.2203| 1.2219| 1.2235| 1.2248
+ 38 | 1.2011| 1.2082| 1.2133| 1.2153| 1.2172| 1.2188| 1.2204| 1.2217
+ 41 | 1.1980| 1.2051| 1.2102| 1.2122| 1.2141| 1.2157| 1.2173| 1.2186
+ 44 | 1.1949| 1.2020| 1.2071| 1.2091| 1.2110| 1.2126| 1.2142| 1.2155
+ 47 | 1.1918| 1.1989| 1.2040| 1.2060| 1.2079| 1.2095| 1.2111| 1.2124
+ 50 | 1.1887| 1.1958| 1.2009| 1.2029| 1.2048| 1.2064| 1.2080| 1.2093
+ 53 | 1.1856| 1.1927| 1.1978| 1.1998| 1.2017| 1.2033| 1.2049| 1.2062
+ 56 | 1.1825| 1.1896| 1.1947| 1.1967| 1.1986| 1.2002| 1.2018| 1.2031
+ 59 | 1.1794| 1.1865| 1.1916| 1.1937| 1.1955| 1.1972| 1.1987| 1.2000
+ 62 | 1.1763| 1.1835| 1.1885| 1.1906| 1.1924| 1.1941| 1.1956| 1.1970
+ 65 | 1.1733| 1.1804| 1.1854| 1.1875| 1.1893| 1.1910| 1.1925| 1.1939
+ 68 | 1.1702| 1.1773| 1.1823| 1.1844| 1.1862| 1.1879| 1.1894| 1.1908
+ 71 | 1.1671| 1.1742| 1.1792| 1.1813| 1.1832| 1.1848| 1.1864| 1.1877
+ 74 | 1.1640| 1.1711| 1.1762| 1.1782| 1.1801| 1.1817| 1.1833| 1.1846
+ 77 | 1.1609| 1.1680| 1.1731| 1.1751| 1.1770| 1.1786| 1.1802| 1.1815
+ 80 | 1.1578| 1.1650| 1.1700| 1.1721| 1.1739| 1.1756| 1.1771| 1.1785
+ 83 | 1.1548| 1.1619| 1.1669| 1.1690| 1.1708| 1.1725| 1.1740| 1.1754
+ 86 | 1.1518| 1.1588| 1.1638| 1.1659| 1.1678| 1.1694| 1.1710| 1.1723
+ 89 | 1.1486| 1.1557| 1.1608| 1.1628| 1.1647| 1.1663| 1.1679| 1.1692
+ 92 | 1.1455| 1.1526| 1.1577| 1.1597| 1.1616| 1.1632| 1.1648| 1.1661
+ 95 | 1.1424| 1.1495| 1.1546| 1.1566| 1.1585| 1.1602| 1.1617| 1.1630
+ 98 | 1.1393| 1.1465| 1.1515| 1.1536| 1.1554| 1.1571| 1.1586| 1.1600
+ 101 | 1.1363| 1.1434| 1.1484| 1.1505| 1.1523| 1.1540| 1.1555| 1.1569
+ 104 | 1.1332| 1.1403| 1.1453| 1.1474| 1.1492| 1.1509| 1.1525| 1.1538
+ 107 | 1.1301| 1.1372| 1.1423| 1.1443| 1.1462| 1.1478| 1.1494| 1.1507
+ 110 | 1.1270| 1.1341| 1.1392| 1.1412| 1.1431| 1.1447| 1.1463| 1.1476
+ 113 | 1.1239| 1.1310| 1.1360| 1.1382| 1.1400| 1.1417| 1.1432| 1.1445
+ 116 | 1.1209| 1.1280| 1.1330| 1.1351| 1.1369| 1.1386| 1.1401| 1.1415
+ 119 | 1.1178| 1.1249| 1.1299| 1.1320| 1.1339| 1.1355| 1.1370| 1.1384
+ 122 | 1.1147| 1.1218| 1.1269| 1.1289| 1.1308| 1.1324| 1.1340| 1.1353
+ 125 | 1.1116| 1.1187| 1.1238| 1.1258| 1.1277| 1.1293| 1.1309| 1.1322
+ 128 | 1.1085| 1.1156| 1.1207| 1.1227| 1.1246| 1.1262| 1.1278| 1.1291
+ 131 | 1.1054| 1.1125| 1.1176| 1.1197| 1.1215| 1.1232| 1.1247| 1.1260
+ 134 | 1.1023| 1.1095| 1.1145| 1.1166| 1.1184| 1.1201| 1.1216| 1.1230
+ 137 | 1.0993| 1.1064| 1.1114| 1.1135| 1.1153| 1.1170| 1.1185| 1.1199
+ 140 | 1.0962| 1.1033| 1.1083| 1.1104| 1.1123| 1.1139| 1.1154| 1.1168
+ 143 | 1.0931| 1.1002| 1.1052| 1.1073| 1.1092| 1.1108| 1.1124| 1.1137
+ 146 | 1.0900| 1.0971| 1.1022| 1.1042| 1.1061| 1.1077| 1.1093| 1.1106
+ 149 | 1.0869| 1.0940| 1.0991| 1.1011| 1.1030| 1.1046| 1.1062| 1.1075
+ 152 | 1.0838| 1.0909| 1.0960| 1.0980| 1.0999| 1.1015| 1.1031| 1.1044
+ 155 | 1.0807| 1.0878| 1.0929| 1.0950| 1.0968| 1.0985| 1.1000| 1.1013
+ 158 | 1.0776| 1.0847| 1.0898| 1.0919| 1.0937| 1.0954| 1.0969| 1.0982
+ 161 | 1.0745| 1.0817| 1.0867| 1.0888| 1.0906| 1.0923| 1.0938| 1.0952
+ 164 | 1.0715| 1.0786| 1.0836| 1.0857| 1.0875| 1.0892| 1.0907| 1.0921
+ 167 | 1.0684| 1.0755| 1.0805| 1.0826| 1.0844| 1.0861| 1.0876| 1.0890
+ 170 | 1.0653| 1.0724| 1.0774| 1.0795| 1.0813| 1.0830| 1.0845| 1.0859
+ 172 | 1.0632| 1.0703| 1.0754| 1.0774| 1.0793| 1.0809| 1.0825| 1.0838
+ 174 | 1.0611| 1.0683| 1.0733| 1.0754| 1.0772| 1.0789| 1.0804| 1.0817
+ 176 | 1.0591| 1.0662| 1.0712| 1.0733| 1.0752| 1.0768| 1.0783| 1.0797
+ 178 | 1.0570| 1.0641| 1.0692| 1.0712| 1.0731| 1.0747| 1.0763| 1.0776
+ 180 | 1.0549| 1.0621| 1.0671| 1.0692| 1.0710| 1.0727| 1.0742| 1.0756
+ 182 | 1.0529| 1.0600| 1.0650| 1.0671| 1.0690| 1.0706| 1.0721| 1.0735
+ 184 | 1.0508| 1.0579| 1.0630| 1.0650| 1.0669| 1.0685| 1.0701| 1.0714
+ 186 | 1.0488| 1.0559| 1.0609| 1.0630| 1.0648| 1.0665| 1.0680| 1.0694
+ 188 | 1.0467| 1.0538| 1.0588| 1.0609| 1.0628| 1.0644| 1.0660| 1.0673
+ 190 | 1.0446| 1.0517| 1.0568| 1.0588| 1.0607| 1.0623| 1.0639| 1.0652
+ 192 | 1.0425| 1.0497| 1.0547| 1.0568| 1.0586| 1.0603| 1.0618| 1.0632
+ 194 | 1.0405| 1.0476| 1.0526| 1.0547| 1.0566| 1.0582| 1.0597| 1.0611
+ 196 | 1.0384| 1.0455| 1.0506| 1.0526| 1.0545| 1.0561| 1.0577| 1.0590
+ 198 | 1.0363| 1.0435| 1.0485| 1.0506| 1.0524| 1.0541| 1.0556| 1.0570
+ 200 | 1.0343| 1.0414| 1.0464| 1.0485| 1.0504| 1.0520| 1.0535| 1.0549
+ 202 | 1.0322| 1.0393| 1.0444| 1.0464| 1.0483| 1.0499| 1.0515| 1.0528
+ 204 | 1.0301| 1.0372| 1.0423| 1.0444| 1.0462| 1.0479| 1.0494| 1.0507
+ 206 | 1.0281| 1.0352| 1.0402| 1.0423| 1.0441| 1.0458| 1.0473| 1.0487
+ 208 | 1.0260| 1.0331| 1.0381| 1.0402| 1.0421| 1.0437| 1.0453| 1.0466
+ 210 | 1.0239| 1.0310| 1.0361| 1.0381| 1.0400| 1.0416| 1.0432| 1.0445
+ 212 | 1.0218| 1.0290| 1.0340| 1.0361| 1.0379| 1.0396| 1.0411| 1.0425
+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+_Table of factors of evaporation_--Concluded.
+
+ ============================================================================
+ Feed | Steam pressure in pounds per square inch, gauge.
+ temperature,|---------------------------------------------------------------
+ deg.F. | 130 | 140 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 180 | 190 | 200
+ ------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
+ 32 | 1.2292| 1.2304| 1.2315| 1.2324| 1.2333| 1.2342| 1.2351| 1.2358
+ 35 | 1.2261| 1.2273| 1.2283| 1.2293| 1.2302| 1.2311| 1.2320| 1.2327
+ 38 | 1.2230| 1.2242| 1.2252| 1.2262| 1.2271| 1.2280| 1.2288| 1.2296
+ 41 | 1.2199| 1.2211| 1.2221| 1.2231| 1.2240| 1.2249| 1.2257| 1.2265
+ 44 | 1.2168| 1.2180| 1.2190| 1.2200| 1.2209| 1.2218| 1.2226| 1.2234
+ 47 | 1.2137| 1.2149| 1.2159| 1.2168| 1.2178| 1.2187| 1.2195| 1.2202
+ 50 | 1.2106| 1.2118| 1.2128| 1.2137| 1.2147| 1.2156| 1.2164| 1.2171
+ 53 | 1.2075| 1.2087| 1.2097| 1.2107| 1.2116| 1.2125| 1.2133| 1.2141
+ 56 | 1.2044| 1.2056| 1.2066| 1.2076| 1.2085| 1.2094| 1.2102| 1.2110
+ 59 | 1.2013| 1.2025| 1.2035| 1.2045| 1.2054| 1.2063| 1.2072| 1.2079
+ 62 | 1.1982| 1.1994| 1.2005| 1.2014| 1.2023| 1.2032| 1.2041| 1.2048
+ 65 | 1.1951| 1.1963| 1.1974| 1.1983| 1.1992| 1.2002| 1.2010| 1.2017
+ 68 | 1.1920| 1.1933| 1.1943| 1.1952| 1.1961| 1.1971| 1.1979| 1.1986
+ 71 | 1.1889| 1.1902| 1.1912| 1.1921| 1.1931| 1.1940| 1.1948| 1.1955
+ 74 | 1.1859| 1.1871| 1.1881| 1.1890| 1.1900| 1.1909| 1.1917| 1.1924
+ 77 | 1.1828| 1.1840| 1.1850| 1.1860| 1.1869| 1.1878| 1.1886| 1.1894
+ 80 | 1.1797| 1.1809| 1.1820| 1.1829| 1.1838| 1.1847| 1.1856| 1.1863
+ 83 | 1.1766| 1.1778| 1.1789| 1.1798| 1.1807| 1.1817| 1.1825| 1.1832
+ 86 | 1.1735| 1.1748| 1.1758| 1.1767| 1.1776| 1.1786| 1.1794| 1.1801
+ 89 | 1.1704| 1.1717| 1.1727| 1.1736| 1.1746| 1.1755| 1.1763| 1.1770
+ 92 | 1.1674| 1.1686| 1.1696| 1.1705| 1.1715| 1.1724| 1.1732| 1.1739
+ 95 | 1.1643| 1.1655| 1.1665| 1.1675| 1.1684| 1.1693| 1.1701| 1.1709
+ 98 | 1.1612| 1.1624| 1.1635| 1.1644| 1.1653| 1.1662| 1.1671| 1.1678
+ 101 | 1.1581| 1.1593| 1.1604| 1.1613| 1.1622| 1.1632| 1.1640| 1.1647
+ 104 | 1.1550| 1.1563| 1.1573| 1.1582| 1.1592| 1.1601| 1.1609| 1.1616
+ 107 | 1.1519| 1.1532| 1.1542| 1.1551| 1.1561| 1.1570| 1.1578| 1.1585
+ 110 | 1.1489| 1.1501| 1.1511| 1.1521| 1.1530| 1.1539| 1.1547| 1.1555
+ 113 | 1.1458| 1.1470| 1.1481| 1.1490| 1.1499| 1.1508| 1.1515| 1.1524
+ 116 | 1.1427| 1.1439| 1.1450| 1.1459| 1.1468| 1.1478| 1.1486| 1.1493
+ 119 | 1.1396| 1.1409| 1.1419| 1.1428| 1.1437| 1.1447| 1.1455| 1.1462
+ 122 | 1.1365| 1.1378| 1.1388| 1.1397| 1.1407| 1.1416| 1.1424| 1.1431
+ 125 | 1.1335| 1.1347| 1.1357| 1.1366| 1.1376| 1.1385| 1.1393| 1.1400
+ 128 | 1.1304| 1.1316| 1.1326| 1.1336| 1.1345| 1.1354| 1.1362| 1.1370
+ 131 | 1.1273| 1.1285| 1.1295| 1.1305| 1.1314| 1.1323| 1.1332| 1.1339
+ 134 | 1.1242| 1.1254| 1.1265| 1.1274| 1.1283| 1.1292| 1.1301| 1.1308
+ 137 | 1.1211| 1.1224| 1.1234| 1.1243| 1.1252| 1.1262| 1.1270| 1.1277
+ 140 | 1.1180| 1.1193| 1.1203| 1.1212| 1.1221| 1.1231| 1.1239| 1.1246
+ 143 | 1.1149| 1.1162| 1.1172| 1.1181| 1.1191| 1.1200| 1.1208| 1.1215
+ 146 | 1.1119| 1.1131| 1.1141| 1.1150| 1.1160| 1.1169| 1.1177| 1.1184
+ 149 | 1.1088| 1.1100| 1.1110| 1.1120| 1.1129| 1.1138| 1.1146| 1.1154
+ 152 | 1.1057| 1.1069| 1.1079| 1.1089| 1.1098| 1.1107| 1.1115| 1.1123
+ 155 | 1.1026| 1.1038| 1.1048| 1.1058| 1.1067| 1.1076| 1.1085| 1.1092
+ 158 | 1.0995| 1.1007| 1.1018| 1.1027| 1.1036| 1.1045| 1.1054| 1.1061
+ 161 | 1.0964| 1.0976| 1.0987| 1.0996| 1.1005| 1.1014| 1.1023| 1.1030
+ 164 | 1.0933| 1.0945| 1.0956| 1.0965| 1.0974| 1.0984| 1.0992| 1.0999
+ 167 | 1.0902| 1.0914| 1.0925| 1.0934| 1.0943| 1.0953| 1.0961| 1.0968
+ 170 | 1.0871| 1.0883| 1.0894| 1.0903| 1.0912| 1.0922| 1.0930| 1.0937
+ 172 | 1.0850| 1.0863| 1.0873| 1.0882| 1.0892| 1.0901| 1.0909| 1.0916
+ 174 | 1.0830| 1.0842| 1.0853| 1.0862| 1.0871| 1.0880| 1.0889| 1.0896
+ 176 | 1.0809| 1.0822| 1.0832| 1.0841| 1.0850| 1.0860| 1.0868| 1.0875
+ 178 | 1.0789| 1.0801| 1.0811| 1.0820| 1.0830| 1.0839| 1.0847| 1.0854
+ 180 | 1.0768| 1.0780| 1.0791| 1.0800| 1.0809| 1.0818| 1.0827| 1.0834
+ 182 | 1.0747| 1.0760| 1.0770| 1.0779| 1.0788| 1.0798| 1.0806| 1.0813
+ 184 | 1.0727| 1.0739| 1.0749| 1.0759| 1.0768| 1.0777| 1.0785| 1.0793
+ 186 | 1.0706| 1.0718| 1.0729| 1.0738| 1.0747| 1.0756| 1.0765| 1.0772
+ 188 | 1.0685| 1.0698| 1.0708| 1.0717| 1.0727| 1.0736| 1.0744| 1.0751
+ 190 | 1.0665| 1.0677| 1.0687| 1.0697| 1.0706| 1.0715| 1.0723| 1.0731
+ 192 | 1.0644| 1.0656| 1.0667| 1.0676| 1.0685| 1.0694| 1.0703| 1.0710
+ 194 | 1.0623| 1.0636| 1.0646| 1.0655| 1.0664| 1.0674| 1.0682| 1.0689
+ 196 | 1.0603| 1.0615| 1.0625| 1.0635| 1.0644| 1.0653| 1.0661| 1.0669
+ 198 | 1.0582| 1.0594| 1.0605| 1.0614| 1.0623| 1.0632| 1.0641| 1.0648
+ 200 | 1.0561| 1.0574| 1.0584| 1.0593| 1.0602| 1.0612| 1.0620| 1.0627
+ 202 | 1.0541| 1.0553| 1.0563| 1.0572| 1.0582| 1.0591| 1.0599| 1.0606
+ 204 | 1.0520| 1.0532| 1.0542| 1.0552| 1.0561| 1.0570| 1.0579| 1.0586
+ 206 | 1.0499| 1.0511| 1.0522| 1.0531| 1.0540| 1.0550| 1.0558| 1.0565
+ 208 | 1.0478| 1.0491| 1.0501| 1.0510| 1.0520| 1.0529| 1.0537| 1.0544
+ 210 | 1.0458| 1.0470| 1.0480| 1.0490| 1.0499| 1.0508| 1.0516| 1.0524
+ 212 | 1.0437| 1.0449| 1.0460| 1.0469| 1.0478| 1.0487| 1.0496| 1.0503
+
+
+
+
+PUBLICATIONS ON THE UTILIZATION OF COAL AND LIGNITE.
+
+A limited supply of the following publications of the Bureau of
+Mines has been printed and is available for free distribution until
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+
+The Bureau of Mines issues a list showing all its publications
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+
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+
+BULLETIN 58. Fuel briquetting investigations, July, 1904, to July,
+1912, by C. A. Wright. 1913. 277 pp., 21 pls., 3 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 76. United States coals available for export trade, by
+Van. H. Manning. 1914. 15 pp., 1 pl.
+
+BULLETIN 85. Analyses of mine and car samples of coal collected in
+the fiscal years 1911 to 1913, by A. C. Fieldner, H. I. Smith, A.
+H. Fay, and Samuel Sanford. 1914. 444 pp., 2 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 89. Economic methods of utilizing western lignites, by E.
+J. Babcock. 1915. 74 pp., 5 pls., 5 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 119. Analyses of coals purchased by the Government during
+the fiscal years 1908-1915, by G. S. Pope. 1916. 118 pp.
+
+BULLETIN 135. Combustion of coal and design of furnaces, by Henry
+Kreisinger, C. E. Augustine, and F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 144 pp., 1 pl.,
+45 figs.
+
+BULLETIN 136. Deterioration in the heating value of coal during
+storage, by H. C. Porter and F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 38 pp., 7 pls.
+
+BULLETIN 138. Coking of Illinois coals, by F. K. Ovitz. 1917. 71
+pp., 11 pls. 1 fig.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 34. Experiments with furnaces for a hand-fired
+return tubular boiler, by S. B. Flagg, G. C. Cook, and F. E.
+Woodman. 1914. 32 pp., 1 pl., 4 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 50. Metallurgical coke, by A. W. Belden. 1913. 48
+pp., 1 pl., 23 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 76. Notes on the sampling and analysis of coal, by
+A. C. Fieldner. 1914. 59 pp., 6 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 80. Hand-firing soft coal under power-plant
+boilers, by Henry Kreisinger. 1915. 83 pp., 32 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 97. Saving fuel in heating a house, by L. P.
+Breckenridge and S. B. Flagg. 1915. 35 pp., 3 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 98. Effect of low-temperature oxidation on the
+hydrogen in coal and the change of weight of coal in drying, by S.
+H. Katz and H. C. Porter. 1917. 16 pp., 2 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 123. Notes on the uses of low-grade fuel in Europe,
+by R. H. Fernald. 1915. 37 pp., 4 pls., 4 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 133. Directions for sampling coal for shipment or
+delivery, by G. S. Pope. 1917. 15 pp., 1 pl.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 137. Combustion in the fuel bed of hand-fired
+furnaces, by Henry Kreisinger, F. K. Ovitz, and C. E. Augustine.
+1916. 76 pp., 2 pls., 21 figs. 15 cents.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 148. The determination of moisture in coke, by A.
+C. Fieldner and W. A. Selvig. 1917. 13 pp.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 170. The diffusion of oxygen through stored coal,
+by S. H. Katz. 1917. 49 pp., 1 pl., 27 figs.
+
+TECHNICAL PAPER 172. Effects of moisture on the spontaneous heating
+of stored coal, by S. H. Katz and H. C. Porter. 1917. 25 pp., 1
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+
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+BULLETIN 8. The flow of heat through furnace walls, by W. T. Ray
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+
+BULLETIN 11. The purchase of coal by the Government under
+specifications, with analyses of coal delivered for the fiscal year
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+BULLETIN 14. Briquetting tests of lignite at Pittsburgh, Pa.,
+1908-9, with a chapter on sulphite-pitch binder, by C. L. Wright.
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+BULLETIN 18. The transmission of heat into steam boilers, by Henry
+Kreisinger and W. T. Ray. 1912. 180 pp., 78 figs. 20 cents.
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+BULLETIN 21. The significance of drafts in steam-boiler practice,
+by W. T. Ray and Henry Kreisinger. 64 pp., 26 figs. 10 cents.
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+BULLETIN 22. Analyses of coals in the United States, with
+descriptions of mine and field samples collected between July 1,
+1904, and June 30, 1910, by N. W. Lord, with chapters by J. A.
+Holmes, F. M. Stanton, A. C. Fieldner, and Samuel Sanford. 1912.
+Part I, Analyses, pp. 1-321; Part II, Descriptions of samples, pp.
+321-1129. 85 cents.
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+Henry Kreisinger, and W. T. Ray. 1912. 380 pp., 2 pls., 94 figs. 50
+cents.
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+BULLETIN 27. Tests of coal and briquets as fuel for house-heating
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+4 pls., 35 figs. 15 cents.
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+BULLETIN 40. The smokeless combustion of coal in boiler furnaces,
+with a chapter on central heating plants, by D. T. Randall and H.
+W. Weeks. 1912. 188 pp., 40 figs. 20 cents.
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+BULLETIN 41. Government coal purchases under specifications, with
+analyses, for the fiscal year 1909-10 by G. S. Pope, with a chapter
+on the fuel-inspection laboratory of the Bureau of Mines, by J. D.
+Davis. 1912. 97 pp., 3 pls., 9 figs. 15 cents.
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+BULLETIN 109. Operating details of gas producers, by R. H. Fernald.
+1916. 74 pp. 10 cents.
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+BULLETIN 116. Methods of sampling delivered coal, and
+specifications for the purchase of coal for the Government, by G.
+S. Pope. 1916. 64 pp., 5 pls., 2 figs. 15 cents.
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+TECHNICAL PAPER 20. The slagging type of gas producer, with a brief
+report of preliminary tests, by C. D. Smith. 1912. 14 pp., 1 pl. 5
+cents.
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+TECHNICAL PAPER 63. Factors governing the combustion of coal in
+boiler furnaces; a preliminary report, by J. K. Clement, J. C. W.
+Frazer, and C. E. Augustine. 1914. 46 pp., 26 figs. 10 cents.
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+TECHNICAL PAPER 65. A study of the oxidation of coal, by H. C.
+Porter. 1914. 30 pp., 12 figs. 5 cents.
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+Henry Kreisinger and F. K. Ovitz. 1915. 36 pp., 23 figs. 10 cents.
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+
+TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
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+Page 5: Added period to the sentence: "If the coal used in the test
+is to be analyzed, take a sample of from 4 to 6 pounds from each
+barrow and throw it into a box near the scales.".
+
+Page 11: Changed typo "calcuate" to "calculate."
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+Page 18: Changed typo "1.1854" to "1.0854", see intersecting
+columns 184 deg. F and 200 psi.
+
+Page 19: Changed typo "Samuel Sandford" to "Samuel Sanford."
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