The comparison of gas engines and steam turbines as prime movers, and the design of a six hundred kilowatt steam turbine plant (1909)
Doherty, Robert E. (Robert Ernest), 1885-, Pratt, Fred Cameron · leaf 54
-Power Central Station citizens electric company, keene, n. h. Station capacity (three units) 270 kilowatts Number of months run 8.5 Average station load-factor 19-7 per cent load on unit (per cent rating) 50.9 Total coal per kilowatt-hour 2.94 pounds b.h.p.-hour 1.86 « Coal gasified per… … FIG. 8 THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF GAS POWER PLANT TABLE NO. 8 NORMAL OPERATING ECONOMYNorton Gas Power PlantAVERAGE FOR NINE WEEKS ENDING APRIL 21, 1907 Number of hours per week run on load 54.4 hours. Output 13 500.0 kw-hrs. Average running load 248.1 kw. Average running load per cent rating of engine…