Evening journal., 1908-12-31
INCREASE POWER
OF STEAM ENGINE
New Appliance Given an Off
Cial Test at the 8Idmen-
thai Factory
ARMY AND May ARE
BUih REPRESENTED

I Results OF the first official test of an
appliance which the promoters say VIII
lasoluuonlle steam engineering. win be
ISSUED to the engineering world from
Wilmington thls evening. The test rs ON
an appliance known as the Cornell Pat
ent Economizer ana Smoke Consumer"
which through the composition OF sieanl,
It is asserted. VIII increase tile horse
power OF steam engine 80 per cent. orr
cials Of the army and navy. and represen-
tatives OF several large Industries OF TINS
oity and elsewhere are observing the test.
which Is being conducted IN the plant OF
h. BWmen.nal and Company Front and
Monroe streets. The tral began this
morning at o'clock and Will end this
evening at when ngures IN comparison
with the old style of hand firing will be
compiled.
Aside from the fact that the first test
for public observation is being conducted
here. local interest Is heightened IN that
Howard L. Pyle, OF this city, IS one OF
the financial hackers of the appliance Mr..
Pyle visited President Roosevelt and the
Secretary Of the Navy on Monday and
aroused their interest TO the extent OF
sending representatives OF the army and
navy here to-day The Navy Department
is particularly Interested in the invention
because Of the vast amount OF fuel used
on warships. much of which OF neces-
sity is wasted because of imperfect COM
bustlon by the present method OF firing.
Navy Represented.
Captain John r. Edwards. who was de-
tailed to represent the navy, was thor
oughly interested in the test this morn
ing and took copious notes. Representing
the army was Major Cassius Il. Gillette,
late Of the United States Engineering
Corps.
Others present were Philip Plstor. Of
the New York ship Building Company. of
Camden, n. j.; David Townsend. of Phil
adelphia; Horace j. Thayer. Of Philadel-
phia and William Voss Of the Jackson ana
Sharpe Company. this city. The test is
being conducted under the rules of the
American Society Of Mechanical Engi-
neers.
The apparatus has been subjected TO
practical use for five or six years very
quietly and fourteen plants have installed
IT, During this time, efforts TO bring the
appliance as nearly to perfection as pos
sble have been continued
The economizer is based on the fact
that when steam is heated 20 sufficient
~ high temperature. Il Is decomposed into
its component parts OF hydrogen and oxy-
gen, becoming thereby a fixed gas or mix
ture Of gases. one OF which is an intense
producer OF heat and the other an active
supporter Of combustion To accomplish
this a small quantity OF steam at boiler
pressure is made TO pass through series
10 tfah al. fts
the combustion chamber Of the furnace
whore they are heated constantly and
uniformally 20 a cherry rcd
How il Operates.
Here tho steam IS ASSOCIATED into It's
elements and the product "a fixed gas or
mixture OF gases) Is naSsed through a
gas and air injector which Is regulated 60
admit the proper amount Of air for the
complete combustion oe the coal. into the
closed ash pit Pure gas IS injected over
tho FIRE TO prevent the formation OF smoke.
Tho oxygen unites with the carbon IN the
fuel forming carbouic oxide gas. which. f
with the hydrogen and air. rises through
the fire and burns around the boiler form
Ing carbonc acid gas and wator vaper
These actions produce a condition in the
furnace most favorable 10 the fuel. II
lA uechinu' ana h'nco thc economy
Besides perfection of combustion. tho
promoters assert that tho equal distribu-
ton Of tho heat by the appliance pro-
longs the boiler and setting. reduces tho
chimney temperature. supplies largo
supply of air IN excess Of that utilized by
the fuel makes formation Of clinkers Inn
possible and thus prolongs the lie Of tho
CRATE bars and furnace fuel II IS de-
clared that the apparatus win effect n
saving Of not less than Is por cent. I'm
the cost Of fuel The Cornell Economizer
Company Inc. OF Philadelphia, Is the
owning concern.