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 772
aft holes through the fuelbed. Too much poking from the top will pack the fire,and necessitate an increased vacuum. Too fine a fuel willproduce the same troubles, and any coal that fuses easilywill not do for this type of producer. Anthracite runninghigh in slate mixture tends to run high in… … Fig. 319monahan suction producer —10 pounds of coal per square foot of internal area-rated on l1/^ pounds of coal per horse power hour. -and 756 Steam Engineering It is not good practice to use a suction gas-producerplant of over 150 horse power when the engine has todraw the gas from the producer…
