The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-25

steamers very cheaply at ports like
Point Sabine, its commercial value wall
be determined by the cost of delivery
at commercial and maritime centers."
II is then shown that 1t must be
more expensive and difficult TO store
oil than coal, and that the fumes are
dangerous in places like the small
bunkers and double-bottom spaces
aboard ship where. being heavy. they
cannot easily be blown away. But, IN
spite OF these and other objections, the
board says:
The bureau has no hesitation, how
ever, in declaring that in view of the
results already secured by the liquid
fuel board an installation should be
effected without delay on at least a
third Of the torpedo boats and de-
stroyers. The junior officers OF the
service are very much interested in
the matter, and if several boats are
equipped entirely with oil fuel apph-
ances, a spirited and keen but friend
ly rivalry will be created which will
result in a material increase in the ef-
hciency OF the torpedo boat fiotilla.
Such an installation would also per-
NIT a competition TO be established
between the boats using coal and
those using oil, and this would be
| another incentive to cause systematic
and careful study of the subject upon
the part OF all connected with the tor
pedO fleet"
Summing Up.
By way of encouraging the advocates
/ of oil further, the report points out
/ that the structural disadvantages that
/ may prove so serious IN case OF the
/ navy would not be encountered In
| shore plants, which also could easily
maintain reserve supplies of the liquid
fuel.
Finally, summing up the results OF
the important shore experiments made
/ in Washington, the report concludes
the treatment OF this subject as fol-
lows:
"A.-That oil can be burned in a very
uniform manner.
"B.-That the evaporative efficiency
Of nearly every kind of oil per pound
of combustible is probably the same
| While the crude oil may be rich il
hydrocarbons it also contains sulphur
so that, after refining. the distilled
oil has probably the same calorift
value as the crude product.
"C.-That a marine steam generator
can be forced TO even as high a degrees
with oil as with coal.
"D.-That up TO the present time NJ
i'll effects have been shown upon th'
boiler.
'E.-That the fremen are disposed
to favor oil and therefore no impedi
ment will be met in this respect.
"F.-ThatN the air requisite for com
bustion should be heated, If possible
] h.. az
ton undoubtedly assists the gasiflca
ton of the oil product
"G.-That the oil should be heate'
so that it could be atomized more read
lily.
"H.-That when using steam highe
pressures are undoubtedly more ad
vantageous than lower pressures 70
atomizing the oil.
Cannot Prevent Smoke.
THAT under heavy forced draugh
conditions, and particularly whel
steam is used, the board has not We
found il possible to prevent smok
from issuing from the stack. although
all connected with the tests made spe
] cial efforts 10 secure complete com
: bustion. Particularly for naval pur
poses is it desirable that the smok
nuisance be eradicated in order tina
the presence of warships might not b
! detected from this cause.
"J.-That the consumption of liqui
: fuel cannot probably be forced to a
great an extent with steam as a
atomizing agent as when compresse
air is used for this purpose. This
. probably due to the fact that the al
used for COMPRISING purposes. afte
entering the furnace, supplies oxyge
STlfss5 is:ssss-aen-bestion, while in the cas-
, of steam the rarified vapor simply dis
places air that is needed 10 complet
= combustion"
? one of the most important conclu
: sions is that the trial has shown tina
? there is little or no advantage observ
4 able In favor of any particular forr