PRODUCER-GAS TESTS. 
105 
Gas produced, cubic feet {reduced to standard) . 
'otal 346, 400 
'er hour 11, 550 
er pound coal consumed in producer 25. 15 
er pound dry coal consumed in producer 41. 53 
er pound combustible consumed in producer 46. 42 
er pound equivalent coal used by producer plant 22. 68 
er pound equivalent dry coal used by producer plant 37. 5 
er pound equivalent combustible used by producer plant 41. 88 
Horsepower developed. 
verage electrical horsepower available for outside purposes 125. ] 
verage electrical horsepower developed at switch board 134. 2 
verage brake horsepower! available for outside purposes 147. 3 
verage brake horsepower | developed at engine 158 
Coal consumed in producer, pounds per horsepower per hour. 
r electrical horsepower available for outside purposes. 
sr electrical horsepower developed at switch board . . . 
3r brake horsepower t available for outside purposes . . 
3r brake horsepower! developed at engine 
quivalent pounds used by producer plant per electrical 
horsepower available for outside purposes 
^uivalent pounds used by producer plant per electrical 
horsepower developed at switch board 
juivalent pounds used by producer plant per brake 
horsepower | available for outside purposes 
uivalent pounds used by producer plant per brake 
horsepower t developed at engine 
Coal as 
fired. 
Dry coal. 
2.22 
3.67 
3.42 
2.07 
3.13 
1.89 
2.91 
1.76 
4.07 
2.46 
3.80 
2.29 
3.47 
2.09 
3.23 
1.95 
Combus- 
tible. 
1.99 
1.86 
1.69 
1.58 
2.20 
2.05 
1.88 
1.74 
Average composition of coal and gas. 
coal. Per cent. 
risture 39. 56 
>latile matter 27. 78 
sed carbon 26. 30 
h 6. 36 
lphur 
.93 
GAS BY VOLUME 
Carbon dioxide 
Per cent. 
8. 69 
Oxygen 23 
Carbon monoxide 20. 90 
Hydrogen 14. 33 
Methane 4. 85 
Nitrogen 51. 02 
100. 02 
This brown lignite would be an ideal gas-producer fuel but for its 
idency to clinker. It yielded a rich gas and not so very much tar. 
lis tar was } T elIow and sticky and not at all like that from bitumi- 
us coal. The bed had to be carried deeper than for soft coal and had 
be poked frequently to prevent the formation of clinkers. After 
t Based on an assumed efficiency of 85 per cent for generator and belt. 
