The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-11
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MAY SOLVE FUEL PROBLEM
4 Vibrating Device That May Solse
the Problem as 70 the Production of
Gas From Peat, Ignite ard the
Lse-Bis AID 20 Hs7yfscturers.

Col JOln JACOB AAtOf CI NeH IOTk
has invented a new device for man
ufacturng producer gas from peat
which is expected 90 render vast DE-
posi,s Of peat Ignite and other low
grade Goals much more valuable 10
commetce and msufactur ~ is
called y.bra,ory d.sintegrator and
ls said % solve problem that has
long ye1ed students OF the applied
sciences The invention is described
in the New York periodical as .ol.
lows:
"Col John Jacob Astor OF New
York City has appeared more than
once as an inventor OF practical and
useful device on the patent office
records He has devised and patented
IN past years an ingenious bicycle
brake. novel pnuematic road i'm
proyer and an efficient marine tur.
bine. and patent covering which last
invention he gave 20 the public. Col.
AstOr's last invention Is means for
practically and successfully utilizing
as a fuel for power the vast deposits
Of peat found in this country and In
Ither parts OF the world
The economic utilization OF the en-.
ormous peat bogs found throughout
the temperate zone has been prob
lem battling scientists and engineers
fav a.
reclaiming the peat bogs 10 make
arabic farm land have met with par
tial success IN Norway and Sweden.
Peat has been successfully used as a
fuel. but due TO the large amount OF
water contained in the peat II is nee.
essary to dry II for long time be-
fore II can be burned.
Peat constitutes fairly service
able fertilizer; but, due TO the large
amount Of tannln, organic acids, iron
salts and gases contained in the peat,
II IN necessary 20 cure II by long
exposure 20 the soil. The tannin and
organic acids In the green peat act
TO kill and retard vegetable life rath.
er than support It.
In Sweden attempts have been
made 10 manufacture producer gas
from peat but these attempts have
met with poor results. while the ex.
periments made in this country have
been unsuccessful. Inasmuch as the
peat contains "A considerable quantity
Of water and the solid proportions
are almost entirely carbonaceous, 1t
Is better adapted to some respects
for the manufacture OF producer gas
than Is bitumnous coal. Ordinary
peat Is OF very porous and loose tex.
ture and great deal of gas Is occlud,
ed among its fibers. It has such poor
hcat-producing qualities that, when In
a producer a portion OF the peat will
be completely burned without heat
ing other portions to any material
extent.
The ylbratory dlsIntegrator which
has been invented by Colonel Astor
and which. It Is believed. will solve
the problem of the commercial mann.
facture OF producer gas from peat,
utillzcri the expansive forces OF the
|, air and gases within the very porous
peat to disrupt and dlslntegrate the
latter. and TO permit the peat To be
thoroughly and uniformity heated The
gas generated may be supplied TO an
ordinary internal combustion engine
ID. the engine muffler being placed
inside the gas producer, The sides
Of this muffler are thin. so as 10 per.
NIT them TO be- distended and drawn
inwardly upon variations in the pres.
sure within the muffler. The edges
Of the muffler may be fluted, CORFU.
grated. or accordion plated. to facill-
tate this relative movement OF the
opposite sides. and one end OF the
muffler is connected TO the exhaust
pipe, The gas escaping from the en-.
gine cylinder after each explosion
In the latter tends to expand the NUT.
fler. and AS the exhaust gas escapes
from the muffler the sides will con.
tract. These vibrations OF the side
walls OF the muffler cause the sue.
cessiye compression and expansion
OF the gas within the gas producer
ca, and likewise the gas included in
the norea and intarstices Of tha mont