54 
OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN 1905. 
COAL OR MIXTURE CONSUMED IN PRODUCER (POUNDS PER HORSEPOWER PER HOUR). 
Test 32. 
Coal as 
fired. 
Dry 
coal. 
Com- 
bus- 
tible. 
Test 34. 
Coal as 
fired. 
Drj 
coal 
Com- 
bus- 
tible. 
Per electrical horsepower: 
Available for outside purposes 
Developed at switch board 
Per brake horsepower: 
Available for outside purposes 
Developed at engine 
Equivalent used by producer plant 
Per electrical horsepower: 
Available for outside purposes 
Developed at switch board 
Per brake horsepower: 
Available for outside purposes 
Developed at engine 
2.91 
2.74 
2.48 
2.33 
2.60 
2.45 
2.41 
2.26 
2.05 
1.92 
2.53 
2.38 
2.15 
2.02 
1.96 
1.84 
1.66 
1.56 
2.06 
1.94 
1.75 
1.65 
2.50 
2.40 
2.13 
2.04 
2. 17 
2.08 
1.85 
1.77 
1.79 
1.71 
1.52 
1.46 
ANALYSES. 
Test 32. 
Test 33. 
Test 34. 
Lignite. 
Cinders. 
Lignite. 
Cinders. 
Coal. 
Moisture 
17.36 
38.41 
28.76 
15.47 
17.41 
36.06 
30.87 
15. 66 
3.50 
6. 36 
74.93 
15.21 
17.41 
36. 06 
30. 87 
15.66 
3 50 
Volatile matter ; 
6 36 
Fixed carbon 
74 93 
Ash 
15 21 
Sulphur 
100.00 
2.96 
100.00 
3.10 
100.00 
.63 
100.00 
3. 10 
100.00 
63 
Test 32. 
Test 33. 
Test 34. 
Gas by volume. 
Carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) 
10.0 
19.2 
11.4 
3.9 
55.4 
.1 
11.2 
17.4 
8.3 
2.7 
60.4 
9 7 
Carbon monoxide (CO) \ . 
18 1 
Hydrogen (H 2 ) 
Methane (CH<) 
3 
Nitrogen (N 2 ) 
61.3 
Oxygen (0 2 ) 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
ILLINOIS NO. C>. 
Bituminous coal from Coffeen mine, Clover Leaf Coal Company, CofTeen, Montgomery 
County, 111., on the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad. 
One sample of this coal was shipped to the testing plant in 1904, and of this sample some 
coal remained after the plant shut down at the end of that year. This coal was used in 
making steaming test No. 106. 
An additional sample was shipped under the supervision of Inspector J. W. Groves, con- 
sisting of run-of-mine coal, which was used in making washing test No. 101 and producer 
gas test No. 35. 
