Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-24

"a, 1911.
u,. oven. III, United States is tar |
behind Germany and other foreign /
countries Ia ADOPTING the economies /
resulting tom The coldug of coal 100 |
h,.product ovens lu what De- known {
as she beehive oven. sO.Callcd con /
S,utioual beehive. thc coal b. unh /
partly consumed oU to speak mote |
properly. 10, volatile. oombustiblc con /
atitucnts. the gas, tar and ammonia
everything except thc fixed carbon !
which Is Lett behind a8 cokc.is vast /
ed In he 10y WOduci ovens these /
are recovered aud used In Germany
liitlo or no coke les now made except
IN rcturi ur b.product ovens uun
drDds ot millions ol dollars worth nl |
these valuable by.pruducts have uyou
wasted hy American coke producers. !
bui % is gratifying 10 note that tuo
Improved by.product oven is replacing
the WastetW beehive with consider
able IapiditH
The Grs, ovens of thg by.product
type In the United states were built
in 1899 az syracuse. y y From InIs
ono plant there has been an Increase
10 u1S b,.product ovens ln 1910. an
hu, 20 OF which were IN active opera.
iiou This is an Increase of lGi over
the number in operation iu 1909 and
500 more han were iu operation n
1905
Conservation OF the ey.Produets
During 1909 aud 1910. accordiur 90
r. " PARKER. uI fhC Z : Geological
SurNcs. there was more activity n th,
| construction at uN-pIOduCt recovery
coting plants than at an! time since
1908, At the close at 1903 there
were Gl9 U-produrt ovens iu course
uf construction with 500 more cuu.
ua,trd Ton OF tho go ovens started
boz 1908 there were YH completed AMI
I Wu a blast IN 1910. Work ON
| 500 ovens contracted tor ia 1903 was
begun In 1910
| The production OF coke Ia by prOdu''
/ ovens In 1910 amounted no tiiN.,3
| shOu IONS. against 6.2'iGii tons in
| 1909 ana i2ul,226 tons 10 1905. The
! increase m 1910 over 1909 was a. li
| per cent whereas the total production
OF beehive coke Increased from 80 O6U..
! i2 short zones 10 3i.570UiG. a gam or
! ,luH. Cos tons, OF only ii1 per cent
The coke made in Oy.product ovens in
1910 Was l1l2 per cent OF the total
production
Economies in the By.Produet ovens
The efficiency OF by.prOduct ovens
= 81 shown ly the tact that rhile the
beehive ovens In 1910 produced 81.
51uu16 short tons OF coke ON a con.
sumption ot j3.559.2N5 short tons ol
coal ur Ci5l per cent The retott
ovens iu the same wear produced g.
l8N73l short tons of coke on a CON
sumption ut H52V.ui2 short tons OF
coal oy as per cent.
The figures compiled by the geolog-
zeal survey show that the average cost
LOT Oh, coal consumed In the by-prod'
uvc ovens In 1910 was Sis a ton,
! against Sl.0l a ton for that used In the
beehive ovens but the difference in
| h5sc values b. due 10 the laCt that
Ia beehive practice the transportation
charges are borne by the coke, ana "a
rctort oven plants ere located at 4
distance from the mines, the freight
item is charged To- the value of tao
coal used la them &c. however. the
expense OF transportation on beehive
coke from the ovens TO the points
ol consumption IL added to the value
ui the coke h will probably be found
\ that the cost OF the bcohive coke al
The furnace has exceeded that of the
1y.Wuduct oven coke.
, Wealth IN the By-Produets.
b The total value 90 the byproduCtl
, obtained from the manufacture O
coke IN rctou ovens IN 1910 was s..
iIa.a51. or q little more than one
iuud ol the value ut the coke pro
ducod X2Lt93,ulC in 1909 the valu,
OF Tho byurOduCts amounted 20 s..
lu,j."iN, aud iu 1905 10 $G3N2.229 IN,
h''produc's recovered In 1910 con
sisted of 21G92,N5N cubic feet of sur
plus gas. valued at $3,Ol19UN. go. SOB
~ gallons OF lar valued at Sl,j9'
i'3. 1n.2i7,5i3 pounds OF ammonium
s1lplatc, or ia equivalent. valued a
$l>ii0G2. 2o.229,l2l pounds OF anhl
] 3tuus ammonia, valued AZ Sl.I25. 200
aud lG1l2N2 gallons ul ammonia Tia
uur valued at S2aj. Sos In addition [,
these. there Is a quantity OF light am,
j secondary oil and small quantities %
b coke breeze recovered, with an esti
uatrd value OF Si0O.U00 The value a.
p I tae recoverable but wasted content
. of The coal made iato coke I'm bee
hiNe ovens would at The prices ob
2 mined m 1910. have been botWeet
Si'.nnu, 900 and 100000 900
u u all OF the coke made in the Unite,
SIa'cs were produced In retor ovens
. SIMS Nh Parker, probably not mOr
a man Iait OF The number OF oveui
c would oc required. say, Tor 1910 a. .uO
% ovens These would Yield in eas. owe
iad above that required for the M
heia'ion OF the ovens without by
, iindur' recovery approximately mil
non horsepower per hour for eve.
81 lay in the year
I Missouri Mulcs at Work.