Bulletin of the United States Geological SurveyThe Survey., 1909 - Geology |
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analyses for specified anthracite coal axis of producer base of hood boiler Boudouard brake horsepower briquets British thermal units carbon monoxide cents CO₂ coal consumed coal-testing plant consumption per brake cubic foot D. T. Randall depth of bed determine Distance from axis Divided into periods ducer duration entire test error of 750 feet 3 inches formation fuel-bed thickness fuel-testing plant Gas analysis gas per ture gas producer gas samples taken GAS-PRODUCER TESTS gases Geological Survey Height above base horsepower per hour inches 22 INCIDENTAL PROBLEMS J. A. Holmes length of test level of test Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition low temperature measurements methane observed temperatures points in gas pounds of coal proper length Purchase Exposition pyrometer tube sampling tube specified points temperature observations temperature variation temperatures and gas test hole tests of coal thermocouple uniform United States fuel-testing United States Geological units of gas units of pera vertical
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Page 28 - Experimental work conducted in the chemical laboratory of the United States fuel-testing plant at St. Louis, Mo., January 1, 1905, to July 31, 1906, by NW Lord.
Page 28 - Report on the operations of the coal-testing plant of the United States Geological Survey at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1904; E.
Page 28 - BULLETIN 339. The purchase of coal under government and commercial specifications on the basis of its heating value, with analyses of coal delivered under government contracts, by DT Randall. 1908.
Page 28 - BULLETIN 332. Report of the United States fuel-testing plant at St. Louis, Mo., January 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907 ; JA Holmes, in charge. 1908. 299 pp.
Page 28 - Geological Survey, Washington, DC The priced publications can be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC BULLETIN 261.
Page 13 - A test should never be started when the producer has been standing idle for some time with banked fires, as the fuel bed will not be in the average condition under which it will be required to work during the test.
Page 29 - BULLETIN 373. The smokeless combustion of coal in boiler plants, by DT Randall and HW Weeks. 1909. 188 pp. BULLETIN 378. Results of purchasing coal under government specifications, by JS Burrows; Burning the small sizes of anthracite for heat and power purposes, by DT Randall.
Page 28 - Richard Moldenke, AW Belden, and GR Delamater. 1908. 76 pp. 10 cents. BULLETIN 339. The purchase of coal under government and commercial specifications on the basis of its heating value, with analyses of coal delivered under government contracts, by DT Randall.
Page 1 - BULLETIN 31. Incidental problems in gas-producer tests, by RH Fernald, CD Smith, JK Clement, and HA Grine.
Page 28 - BULLETIN 343. Binders for coal briquets, by JE Mills. 1908. 56 pp. BULLETIN 362. Mine sampling and chemical analyses of coals tested at the United States fuel-testing plant, Norfolk, Va., in 1907, by JS Burrows. 1908. 23 pp. 5 cents. BULLETIN 363. Comparative tests of run-of-mine and briquetted coal on locomotives, including torpedo-boat tests and some foreign specifications for briquetted fuel, by WFM Goss.