BBNALD.] 
PRODUCER-GAS TESTS. 
Coal consumed in produce}', pounds per horsepower per hour. 
115 
er electrical horsepower available for outside purposes.. 
er electrical horsepower developed at switch board 
er brake horsepowerf available for outside purposes 
er brake horsepowerf developed at engine 
quivalent pounds used by producer plant per electrical 
horsepower available for outside purposes 
quivalent pounds used by producer plant per electrical 
horsepower developed at switch board 
quivalent pounds used by producer plant per brake 
horsepower f available for outside purposes 
quivalent pounds used by producer plant per brake 
horsepower t developed at engine 
Coal as 
fired. 
Dry coal. 
1.41 
1 . 39 
1 . 35 
1. 33 
1.20 
1.18 
1.15 
1.13 
1.59 
1.57 
1.53 
1.50 
1.35 
1.34 
1.30 
1.28 
Combus- 
tible. 
1.30 
1.24 
1.11 
1.06 
1.47 
1.40 
1.25 
1.20 
f Based on an assumed efficiency of 85 per cent for generator and belt. 
A verage composition of coal and gas. 
coal. Percent. 
Moisture 1. 43 
olatile matter 18. 93 
ixed carbon 73. 19 
sh 6.45 
ilphur. 
.95 
GAS by VOLUME. Percent. 
Carbon dioxide 10. 34 
Oxygen 12 
Carbon monoxide 14. 21 
Hydrogen 12. 98 
Methane 4.61 
Nitrogen 57. 75 
100. 01 
The West Virginia No. 12 coal is of good quality and the bed was 
tsily handled. It is soft and friable, and in going through the rolls 
tuch of it was reduced to a fine powder which gave trouble in the 
Tubber and wash box. It yielded considerable tar and may be con- 
derecLa good gas-producer coal. 
COAL, WYOMING NO. 2, PRODUCER-GAS TEST NO. 16. 
[Coal from mine of the Cambria Fuel Company, Cambria, Wyo.; tested December 16, 17, 1901.] 
Miration of test hours . . 
>tal coal consumed in producer pounds. . 
pisture in coal per cent. . 
]fy coal consumed in producer pounds. . 
];fuse from dry coal per cent. . 
r jtal refuse from coal pounds. . 
tal combustible consumed in producer do 
Coal consumed, pounds per hour. 
|al consumed in producer 
y coal consumed in producer 
'jmbustible consumed in producer 
uivalent coal used by producer plant 
uivalent dry coal used by producer plant 
uivalent combustible used by producer plant 
30 
12, 100 
9.44 
10, 958 
22.9 
2,509 
8,449 
403.3 
365.3 
281.6 
459.8 
416.5 
321.1 
