Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines

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SUCTION GAS-PRODUCERS

Advantages.--Qualities of Fuel.--General Arrangement.-- Generator.--Cylindrical Body.--Refractory Lining.--Grate and Support for the Lining.--Ash-pit.--Charging-Box.-- Slide-Valve.--Cock.--Feed-Hopper.--Connection of Parts.--Air Supply.--Vaporizer.--Preheaters.--Internal Vaporizers.-- External Vaporizers.--Tubular Vaporizers.--Partition Vaporizers.--Operation of the Vaporizers.--Air-Heaters.-- Dust-Collectors.--Cooler, Washer, Scrubber.--Purifying Apparatus.--Gas-Holders.--Drier.--Pipes.--Purifying-Brush.-- Conditions of Perfect Operation of Gas-Producers.-- Workmanship and System.--Generator.--Vaporizer.--Scrubber.-- Assembling the Plant.--Fuel.--How to Keep the Plant in Good Condition.--Care of the Apparatus.--Starting the Fire for the Gas-Producer.--Starting the Engine.--Care of the Generator during Operation.--Stoppages and Cleaning 199