62 
OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN 1905. 
ANALYSES. 
Proximate. 
Moisture 
Volatile matter 
Fixed carbon 
Ash 
Sulphur. 
Test 101. 
13.31 
34.61 
39.39 
12.69 
100.00 
5.16 
Test 102. 
12.67 
34.23 
40.00 
13.10 
100.00 
4.68 
Test 101. 
UUimate. 
Carbon o 
Hydrogen o 
Oxygen o 
Nitrogen a 
Sulphur 
Ash 
100. 00 
Test 102. 
65. 13 
65. 31 
4. 59 
4.61 
8.53 
8. 56 
1. 16 
1.16 
5.95 
5. 3C 
14.64 
15.00 
100. 0G 
a Figured from car sample. 
PRODUCER-GAS TEST. 
Test 29, Illinois No. 8. 
Size as shipped, nut. Size as used, not determined. Duration of test, 42 hours. 
Average electrical horsepower 208.0 
Average B. T. U. gas, per cubic foot 147.0 
Total coal fired pounds. . 16, 050 
COAL CONSUMED IN PRODUCER (POUNDS PER HORSEPOWER PER HOUR). 
Test 29. 
Coal as 
fired. 
Dry coal. 
Combus- 
tible. 
Per electrical horsepower: 
Available for outside purposes 
1.93 
1.84 
1.64 
1.56 
2,08 
1.98 
1.77 
1.68 
1.68 
1 60 
1.43 
1.36 
1.81 
1.72 
1.54 
1 47 
1 46 
Developed at switch board 
1 39 
Per brake horsepower: 
Available for outside purposes 
1 24 
Developed at engine 
1. 18 
Equivalent used by producer plant. 
Per electrical horsepower: 
1 . 57 
1.50 
Per brake horsepower: 
1.34 
1.27 
ANALYSES. 
Test 29. 
Test 29. 
Coal. 
12.91 
33.83 
41.67 
11. 59 
Gas by volume. 
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 
8.1 
19.: 
10. 
3. 
58. 
0. 
100. 
Volatile matter 
Carbon monoxide (CO) 
Ash 
Methane (CIT4) 
Nitrogen (N2) 
100.00 
4.64 
Oxygen (O2) 
Sulphur 
