56 
OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN 1905. 
ANALYSES. 
Proximate 
Moisture 
Volatile matter 
Fixed carbon 
Ash 
Sulphur 
Test 106. 
15.33 
33.76 
42.18 
8.73 
100.00 
3.12 
Ultimate 
Carbon a 
Hydrogen a 
Oxygen a 
Nitrogen a 
Sulphur 
Ash 
Test 106. 
70.44 
4.63 
9.66 
.1.28 
3.68 
10.31 
100.00 
a Figured from car sample. 
PRODTJCER-GAS TEST. 
Test 35, Illinois No. 6 B. 
Size as shipped, run of mine. Size as used, not determined. Duration of test, 60 hours. 
Average electrical horsepower 206. 7 
Average B. T. U. gas, per cubic foot 152. 
Total coal fired pounds. . 23,400 
COAL CONSUMED IN PRODUCER (POUNDS PER HORSEPOWER PER HOUR). 
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 
Test 35. 
Coal as 
fired. 
2.00 
1.89 
1.70 
1.61 
2.14 
2.02 
1.82 
1.72 
Dry 
coal. 
1.77 
1.67 
1.50 
1.42 
1.89 
1.79 
1.61 
1.52 
Com- 
bustible. 
1.45 
1.37 
1.23 
1.16 
1.55 
1.46 
1.31 
1.25 
ANALYSES. 
Test 35. 
Test 35. 
Coal. 
Moisture 
11.47 
31.67 
40.78 
16.08 
Gas by volume. 
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 
7. 8 
Volatile matter 
Carbon monoxide (CO) 
20.9 
Fixed carbon 
Hy d rogen ( 1I 2 ) 
9.0 
Ash 
Methane (CII4) 
3.7 
Nitrogen (N2) 
100.00 
4.59 
58.5 
Oxygen (0 2 ) 
.1 
Sulphur 
100.0 
