84 
OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN 1905. 
PRODUCER-GAS TEST. 
Test 40, Illinois No. 15. 
Size as shipped, lump and egg. Size as used, not determined. Duration of test, 50 hours. 
Average electrical horsepower 200. 5 
Average B. T. U. gas, per cubic foot 142. 9 
Total coal fired pounds. . 16,950 
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 40. 
Coal as Drvrofll Corn- 
fired, ^rycoal. bustible. 
1.80 
1.69 
1.53 
1.44 
1.91 
1.80 
1.63 
1.53 
1.63 
1.53 
1.39 
1.30 
1.73 
1.63 
1.47 
1.38 
1.39 
1.30 
1.18 
1.11 
1.45 
1.36 
1.23 
1.16 
ANALYSES. 
Test 40. 
Test 40. 
Coal. 
Moisture 
9.44 
35. 48 
41.53 
13.55 
Gas by volume. 
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 
11.1 
16.1 
11.2 
Ash 
Methane (CII4) 
3.3 
Nitrogen (N 2 ) 
58.3 
100.00 
4.06 
Sulphur 
1O0.0 
