Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 214
left for the purposemidway of the furnace. The gases, on being distilled, im-mediately come in contact with the hot bed of coke on top,and the result is good combustion. In this type of stoker,steam is the active agent used for forcing the coal up intothe furnace, either by means of a long, slowly… … Fig. 78 mansfield chain grate stoker Showing How it Can Be Withdrawn from under Boiler When these stokers are intelligently handled they give goodresults, especially with cheap bituminous coal. The clinkerformed on the grate bars or dead plates is easily removed. 202 Steam Engineering The coal is…
