TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Title Page | [1] |
| Foreword | [2] |
| Boiler and Furnace Testing | [3] |
| Necessity for Testing Boilers | [3] |
| Weighing the Coal | [4] |
| Measuring the Feed Water | [5] |
| Temperature of Feed Water | [7] |
| Steam Pressure | [8] |
| Working up the Test | [8] |
| Boiler Horsepower or Capacity | [11] |
| Heating Surface | [12] |
| Cost of Evaporation | [12] |
| Table of Test Results | [13] |
| How to Use the Test Results | [13] |
| Table of Factors of Evaporation | [17] |
| Table of Factors of Evaporation—Concluded | [18] |
| Publications on the Utilization of Coal and Lignite | [19] |
| Publications Available for Free Distribution | [19] |
| Publications That May Be Obtained Only Through | [20] |
| the Superintendent of Documents | |
| Illustrations | |
| Figure 1 | [4] |
| Figure 2 | [6] |
| Figure 3 | [14] |
| Transcriber's Notes | [np] |
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UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF CONSERVATION |
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Engineering Bulletin No. 1
BOILER and FURNACE TESTING Prepared by Rufus T. Strohm Associate Editor, Power WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1918 |
MAXIMUM PRODUCTION.
MINIMUM WASTE.
The United States Fuel Administration is making every effort, through the producers and transportation lines, to obtain an adequate supply of fuel for the industries of the country.
Twenty-five to fifty million tons of coal a year can be saved by the improved operation of steam-power plants without changing their present equipment and without abating their production the slightest.
It is absolutely necessary that this saving be realized, if our overburdened railroads are to be relieved and our industries kept in full operation.
The extent to which it will be realized depends upon the cooperation of the owners, engineers, and firemen of every power plant of the country.