The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
PRODUCE GAS POWER
BY BURNING SAWDuST
English Manufacturers No
Longer Need Suffer From
Miners Strikes.
SYSTEM IS EFFECTIVE
Vast Amount of Energy De-
veloped Through Utiliza-
ton Of Waste.
SYSTEM IS EFFECTIVE
pecial Cable to The Tribune.

Special Gable TO The Tribune.
LONDON, April 2I.--"We are no
longer interested in, OF affected even
remotely bv, coal and miners strikes. -
said the proprietor of one of the largest
box and packing case manufacturing
plants in the whole Of London. 1--WE
get all the power we want on the prem
ises for nothing.
The interviewer glanced around in
bewilderment at the hummlng engines
developing 300 horsepower, and the
scores of men working busily ut the
whirriug lathes, and speculatcd on the
source of all this power.
"The entire power used in these
works. which have an annual output Of
tens of thousands of pounds, said the
proprietor. ''is derived from one thing,
and one oply-the carbon from common
wet sawdust, if air be excepted.
Gas From Sawdust.
A patent gas plant has Row been
placed on the English market capable
of producing not only from sawdust,
but also from practically all combust-
lble refuse, n gas greater in power and
calorific value, and richer in hydro
carbonS, than the gas produced from
coal And the cost OF the new fuel for
manufacturers who possess quantities
of combustible waste refuse which they
would otherwise have to destroy is
practically nothing.
81 have recently installed one of
these plants said MT. Clarke Of
Messrs. Clarke & Co., Groveroed, Bow,
who make hundreds of tons of waste
sawdust. wood chips and shavings in
their business, Hand I can only say
that am delighted with it. 1 estimate
that whereas my power was formerly
derived from ~as made from coal cost
ing me about So week, il will now
cost me nothing at all
'fSince the coal strike began at least
three of my friends have announced
their intention of installing similar
G, E. .Lygo described the new plant:
"The plant ITSELF he said. Consists
merely of frebrick-iined generator Of
special design. with extended feeding
hopper. tar extractor, and dry scrub
ber. The fuel is fed into the generator
through the hopper. and tho gas gene
rated passes upward through IN ingen-
iouslv arranged gas washer, which,
while cooling It, also extracts any
small particles of dust which have been
ciaWn out OF tDe generator by tn6 sue
tion of the engine and n certain portion
of the tar which is present in most
waste material.
Tar Is Saved.
All the tar which still remains in
the gas is completely and effectively er-
tracted by rotary tar extractor, and
the gas, after passing through a puri-
fer which finally removes all traces OF
dust or moisture, Is ready for use for
any power or heating purposes.
Manufacturers, again. who use this
plant obtain as waste from the
waste. so to speak. considerable good
tar every week, which will go towards
paving the cost OF the man to attend
to the engine.
An engine capable Of developing
100 horsepower p-d UPWARDS costs
about $500. and in most cases easily
repays the initial OUTLAY within twelve
months. Hence the already large de-
mand for these plants.
The following fuels NAV be used
equally well in one Of these plants:
Bark, coirr. Indian corn cobs. dried
grass, husks, leaves. manila waste,
shavings, spent tanning bark, straw,
suugareane refuse, surface peat. wood