The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
LIQUID FUEL.
An lmmenso Saving Of Coal AMI Labor Ac
cOmplishch BY n New DIscOyarv.

The expenditure of ingenuity. time.
and money which has been going
on for many years past in tho endcay.
or to utillzo hydro carbons rs fuel
under boilers for III sing steam tcsli.
ties to the Importance OF the subject.
while the persstency with which it
continues to bc pursued bears witness
to It's fascination and to tho valuable
character OF the results which are ex
pcctcd to follow practical success.
That success would mean an enormous
saving in our solid fucl-coal while
our steamships would be relieved of
some 80 per cont of their fuel weight,
which could either be assigned TO
cargo or, on long voyages. Il double
supply OF liquid fuel could We carried.
So long ago rs 1880 Mr.. ILL., linkus
claimed to have used hydro cartons
i'll conjunct on with streams of vapors
Tor steam raising purposes and from
that me down to the prescn, en-
/ Slnccrs and inventors have not Tor
any length OF time, ceased to labor in
the same direction. Richardson's pc.
tro'eum furnace. us we'll us that of
Bridges Adams, was for many years
under the constant notice of the
officials i'll Woolwich dockyard. and in
1868 the government permitted Wise,
Fled, and Aydon's system of using
| petroleum 10y the aid of an induced
current TO be appl ell to Il marine boil
CT on board steam watch. The same
81 stem had been previously applied to
Il Cornish boiler at some large works
in London. The admiral also tried ut
/ Sl,nnr,,n.., 81,
invented by Mr.. $. Il. Crew, but, us in
the Woolwich trials. without anything
practical resulting. In the same wear
which appears to have been marked
by Il sudden outbreak OF inventive
activity in connection with the subject
Of liquid fuel, Dorsc,t's petroleum
furnace was fitted under the lO.lcr of
the steamship Retriever, of 90 horse
power and 800 tons burden, and some
very successful runs were made with
her. But us tara the use OF the sys.
tenn in England went nothing further
appears To have resulted, the reason
being, we believe, that directly II de-
mand was created for the class of
liquid fuel used. and which at tina.
time was drug on the market. the
pr:cc went up to- prolibitivc extent.
In France corresponding attention
was paid to the same subject and in
the same year. one system tired there
being that of Nj. Eerstract. Il chemist.
IL was applied to Il locomotive on tn.
Eastern of France railway. and upon
the occasion Of the emperor vis:tlnn
the camp ut Chalons the train was
drawn by the engine thus Iittel. III s
| II rsin ~ In. ,.,t ,l.,t,. & 4.
eng ne in company with MAJ. Salvage,
Dicudonnc, and Saintc-C lairc-D cv.ilr.
In the same year his ma cs!y also
made II run in the Puebia, Il steamer
in which mineral oil was employed to
raise the steam for The engines. In
America liquid fuel has been used
both on locomotives and in steamer.
at one time, we believe TO II consider.
able extent. But, Notwithstanding lie
advantages offered in the WAY of cheap
and plcntcous liquid fuel. it would
seem To have but Il very limited ap.
/ plication in practice for Stcam-raisin"
purposes. In Russia Il very different
condition Of matters exists, irlasmurh
as for some years past petroleum re.
fuse has been used rs fuel in the loco.
motives on the Grazi and Tsurtsin
railway in southeast Russia, the first
trials on that line having been made
in 1874. Beside this numbers of
steamers are now running on the Cap
sian sea which are using liquid fuel.
Moreover, in consequence of the com
paratlvc scare ~ AMI dcarncss of pc
trolrum in this country. IL fleet of
large tank steamers is b ing built i,y
the Russian Black Sea Navigation
company to bring the Russian OIL to
Europe in bulk
In view Of the undonbtcl import.
lncc OF the liquid fuel question. j,
will he interest ng now to notice its
latest phase us brought under oar no.
&C on Wednesday in the Steamship
limalaya. This is n trading vessel OF
loD-horsc power, nominal. aud SUD
tons burden. She is 20 feet Ionr.
with IS feet beam. and is fitted win
compound engines. driving Il screw
/ propeller. The boilers have three
furnaces, each of wlir!, has II fire
brck Inning with apcrlilrr> on the
| principlc OF the SenIcns rcncncratIvc
system. AT the end of each furnace
IS Il iire-brick BATTLE having an opening
through which the heat passes to the
tubes from the furnace, or. us IL max
more correctly be called. the romiu+-
ton chamber In tbs chamber is :;
| ,oll OF iron pipe, one end Of which i
connected with the steam space of
The boiler and the other opens ont at
the door Of the chamber. his coil is /
for the puTpo cot experimenting ste I'm
taken from the boiler, and hv which
An induce current is set up VIII eli
carries the petroleum forward into the
combustion chamlcr. In order to en-
able ii TO Il" this the petroleum nozzle
placed wil:n the steam pipe at the
opening where il del yer, its let, so
hat an nnnnlar space is formed, |
through which the steam Flashes. and.
combining with the small but regular
low OF the oil. produces Il large body
)f lame within the chamber. The o
5 stored in tanks on the main deck,
whence il flows by gravity to the de
livery MOBILES at the fu:n 3tcs. TIE
whole apparatus is very mplc and
eas ly adjustable; one important feat
are is hat in the event Of OIL not he nu
obla.nahlc in any port where fuel is
required it can be remove |. and the
'lre-blrS for burning coal be replaced
ma very short me. Ano!lcr import.
ant feature of the system which we
should mention. is the invention OF
Mr.. l'rrcy i. Tarbutt. in the method
If starting the furnace, which is effect.
ed BY Il very simple arrangement.
whereby sufficient steam IS quickly
III 'scd I" star, and maintain comlus-
ton until tn" steam pressure in tn.
boiler is Snllic ent for that purpose.
The li:maiaNa was purchased bv the
Marahu Petroleum ana on Produce
company, and by them has been fitted
with the apparatus we have described
in order To practically and CONNER
cially test the system. She will. how.
ever, eventually be renamed the Mar
ahn, after her owners. the Marahu
company. The coaIcarryiny capacity
of this vessel is stated [, no 30 tons.
and her consumption OF tha, fuel i,
put at > tons per day. She will now
carry 30 ton, o! oil, her consumption
of liquid llnd being pat ut 3. tons per