Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians with questions and answers; a practical non-technical treatise .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 767
carbons. The majority of tliese systems are simple in con-struction and operation, and yield a net efficiency consid-erably in excess of the steam boiler plant. In localities where natural gas is not available, the pro-ducer gas plant affords a comparatively simple, and inex- 752 Steam Engineering… … JPoroont cf Hoat in Coat Fig. 318comparative efficiency of gas and steam plant Fig. 318, which compares the net work obtainable from jcoal in modern well-equipped steam and gas plants ofmoderate size. The producer transmits 75 per cent of the Producer Gas 753 fuel energy^ the boiler 70 per cent;…
