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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apeil 4, 1907. 



Greenhouse Beating. 



A NEW FUEL SAVER. 



Just after the Toronto convention of 

 the American Carnation Society there 

 were a number of visitors at the estab- 

 lishment of W. J. Palmer & Son, at Lan- 

 caster, N. Y. Not the least interesting 

 of the things seen at the time was a 

 test, then in progress, of a smoke con- 

 sumer which was stated to also be in- 

 stalled under a guarantee of fuel saving. 

 The makers thus describe the apparatus: 



"This apparatus is designeu for both 

 a fuel saver and smoke consumer. This 

 is accomplished by generating a gas 

 from steam from the boiler, together 

 with distillate, which is a by-product of 

 petroleum, which is introduced into a re- 

 tort back of. the bridge wall of the fire- 

 box. Here it is superheated by the heat 

 from the firebox, which generates a gas 

 under pressure that is led from here 

 directly into the fire over the grates. 

 This gas, becoming ignited, greatly in- 

 creases the heat in the firebox, to the ex- 

 tent that the gases which ordinarily pass 

 up the chimney unburned, and represent 

 a considerable loss of fuel, are ignited, 

 and also the carbon in suspension, which 

 also is not burned in the ordinary fire- 

 box, is burned, thus removing all the 

 carbon in the smoke and turning it into 

 heat. 



* * In this manner the gases and the 

 suspended carbon in the smoke, that are 

 at present a source of deterioration to 

 the boilers and grates and at the same 

 time represent a considerable loss of fuel, 

 are consumed by the burning of this gas, 

 thus making a saving in the fuel supply 

 as well as doing away with the smoke 

 nuisance. ' ' 



Below are given the results of tests 

 which were made with one horizontal 

 boiler January 26 and 27, 1907, at Pal- 

 mer & Son's greennouse, at Lancaster, 

 N. Y. The fuel used was bituminous 

 coal, run of mine. The measurements 

 of the boiler are: Grate surface, 16 

 square feet; heating surface, 732 square 

 feet; shell, 124 square feet; tubes, 614 

 square feet. Test No. 1 is without the 

 fuel saver; test No. 2 is with the fuel 

 saver. The test was conducted by C. C. 

 Schrott, M. E.: 



No. 1 No. 2 

 Hrs. Hrs. 



Duration of test (coal welfrhed) 6 5 



Duration of test (water weighed) 4* 



COAL CONSUMPTION. Lbs. Lbs. 



Amount fired, total 1,425. 1,24<1. 



Amount fired per hour 237.5 248. 



Amount fired per hour per sq. 



ft. grate 14.8 15.5 



Amount fired per hour per sq. 



ft. lieatlng surface 322 .3.36 



ASn AND REFUSE. 



Total pounds 258. 198. 



Total percent 18.2 16. 



Arerage boiler pressure, 



gage 24. 26. 



WATER EVAPORATED. 



Total lbs. fed into boiler 9.468. 8,128. 



Total lbs. fed Into boiler per 



hour 1,578. 2,032. 



Total lbs. fed Into boiler per 



hour per lb. of coal 6.64 8.2 



Total lbs. fed into boiler per 



hour per sq. ft. heating 



surface 2.14 2.76 



Total lbs. per hour per lb. 



of coal 7.78 9.05 



Total lbs. per hour per scj. 



ft. heating surface 2.5 3.09 



Horse-power, builders' rating 



from grate surface 48. 48. 



Horse-power developed 53.8 65. 



Percent saved by use of fuel 



saver 14. 



*At the end of four hours with the apparatus 

 the feed water pump broke down and the water 

 readings discontinued. 



The patents on the system are owned 



by several parties who are organizing a 



stock company for the manufacture and 



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installation of this apparatus. At pres- 

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 Gowanda, N. Y., is the sole manufacturer 

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REARRANGE HEATING PIPES. 



We have an east and west house 20x 

 100 feet and twelve feet to the ridge, 

 with three raised benches. There are 

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 Upon tearing out the benches and using 

 solid^JaedSy-CQuld we put the returns on 

 each 8i3o ano'si onn ect direct with the 

 boiler, converting th^ 4-inch flow into 

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 ture of 60 degrees in zero weather. 



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You can dispense with the elevated 

 benches and arrange the 2-inch returns 

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 the single 4-inch flow to near the gable, 

 placing the highest point in the flow at 

 the far end of the house and a liberal 

 fall in the opposite direction in the re- 

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flow pipes and return through the 4-inch 

 pipe. If you so desire all the heating 

 pipes can be arranged on the side walls. 

 Each coil of 2-ineh pipe can be supplied 

 independently by a flow pipe placed near 

 the gutter and running from the boiler 

 to the far end of the house. A 2 1/2 -inch 

 flow pipe on each side will be ample. 

 L.C.C. 



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 — L. J. Brosemee, Oswego, N. Y. 



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