Gas-engines and producer-gas plants; a practice treatise setting forth the principles of gas-engines and producer design, the selection and installation of an engine, conditions of perfect operation, producer-gas engines and their possibilities, the care of gas-engines and producer-gas plants, with a chapter on volatile hydrocarbon and oil engines (1905)
Mathot, Rodolphe Edgard, 1866- · New York N.W. Henley Pub. Co · leaf 190
ewood is discharged through the top of the retort, andthe gas, produced by the distillation, escapes throughthe bottom and passes to the washing apparatus. Thebase of the retort is heated to about 1,652 degrees P.,while at the top this temperature is reduced to 752 de- DISTILLLNG-IMIODL CERS 191… … Fig. 87.—Riche distilling-producer. The wood which is introduced in the upper part ofthe retort is distilled in the chamber. The retort isheld by its own weight in a socket on the foot, whichsocket is lined with a special refractory cement, madeof silicate, asbestos forming the joint. The products…
Gas · Internal combustion engines
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