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 773
r allows air to pass in or outslowly, forming a sort of brake on the fluctuations of pres-sure within the drum. The regulator controlling the ad-mission of steam to the fuel bed is shown in section inFig. 321. The outlet at the bottom is connected to theash pit of the generator. The upper intake… … Fig. 322smith automatic suction gas producer increases, the increasing suction gradually pulls down thevalve (which is a piston valve) until the steam ports areuncovered to an extent depending upon the load. This The Gas Producer 759 arrangement prevents the chilling of the fire with steam atvery…
