Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-09-22
Ignite IS GOOD
FOR MAKING GAS
EXPERIMENTS AT HEBRON, NORTH d.
Z0TA STATION FURNISH some.
VERY SURPRISING RESULTS

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is said to be the first experimental
station of the kind, an institution
for the investigation of the possi-
bilities of Ignite as fuel, is now in
full operation in this place.
The station is branch of the
School of Mines of the University
of North Dakota, and is under the
direction of Professor E. J. Bah
cock, dean of the school. He is
assisted by Professor w. B. Snyder
superintendent in charge; John NJ.
Snyder, coal chemist; Leslie Suther--
land, gas chemist; Carl Crozier,,
engineer; and William Budge, as
sistant on briquetting work.
The initial work carried on the.
past summer has been encouraging
to a high degree and will be con-
tinued in the winter by Professor,
Snyder and three assistants.
The original state appropriations
was for $4,000. This sum has.
been so carefully invested that the
plant as it stands today is worth
$40, 900; much of the machinery
and appliances having been fur
nished by manufacturers at re-
duced prices in recognition of the
fact that this is an experimental
and not a commercial enterprise,
and that its findings are to be of
great value to the commercial
world, thus promoting the inte-
rests of machinery manufacturers.
as we'll as developing Z future for
North Dakota coal, clay and kin
dred products.
Work on the building of the
station began Nov. l, 1909, and
was completed and the machinery
installed about March l, 1910:,
There are two buildings, the larger
one for the practical work and q,
smaller Office and labratory> build,
ing where chemical work and coal
and gas analyses are made. In
these two buildings the work IS.
done both scientifically and prac-
tically the practical work being in
tended to demonstrate the cost aud
commercial value of the products
that are being made. ...
The equipment in the main build
ing consists of two vertical boilers
connected in series, having a total
of eighty five horsepower. A
The briquetting plant consists Of
q dryer, mixer, crusher, pitch
melting tank, and a rotary briquet-
ting press. The gas plant COM
prises a retort condenser, exhaus-.
ter, ammonia scrubbers, purifiers.
meter and a gas holder of 10000
cubic feet capacity; also electric:
thermometers by which readings
of the temperature of any part of
the work can be determined at one
central point by the use Of elec-,
tricity. - ,: -. s.# n
The labratory contains the latest;
improved coal and gas analysis ap-
psratus; an Emerson calorimeter
for determining the heating value
of coal samples, and . Saresnt gas
calorimeter for determining the
heating value of Ignite gas.
The most significant work yet.
undertaken is the manufacture of
Ignite briquettes which have pro-
ven to contain as many heat units,
as anthracite coal. The expert
ments in producing Ignite. gas
have been wonderfully suocessful:.
From one ton of dried; Ignite 49,
900 cubic feet of gas has been pro-.
duced and it gives brilliant light,
with Welsbach burners, having.
nearly as much heating capacity
as Pittsburg gas coal and being .
fully equal to the gas used for city
distribution and working we'll in
regular gas range. It is the in
tention to put up several street
lights about the station to demon
strate the lighting, value of the'
gas.