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 221
ENGINES AND PRODUCERS On account of their greater security, preferenceshould be given to double closure devices, which forma sort of preliminary chamber, owing to which the fill-ing of the generator is made in two operations. Thefirst operation consists in filling the preliminary cham-ber after… … Fig. 109.—Door with refractory lining. Stress has been laid on the greater safety of this type ofcharging-box for the reason that, with devices having asingle charging-door, a sudden gust of air may rushin at the time of charging the furnace, and bring aboutan explosion very dangerous to the…
Gas · Internal combustion engines
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