Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-05

gether with the following comprise, the
NJ. BaNmgartner, Strauss
berg; J. BERTH, New / iceland and
Fred Bremier, Bismarck. 55S I
Will Turn Over Plant.
Under a contract with the govern
ment just approved by the department.
Of the interior bureau of mines. the
agrees to erect q building
SO by 200 feet and install bEiquetting
and by-product machinery at an esti
mated cost of $150,0o0. The contract
provides that the government will
turn over a going concern to the Con-
The plant will have q capacity of
$50 tons of Ignite briquets daily by
using only one oven. This represents,
a daily consumption Of 225 tons Of
Ignite coal.
The plant will be able to operate IL
months Of the year as the briquets
manufactured can be stored for an In
definite period under the governments
system Of manufacture. With two
$50 tons of briquets can be maintain
ed with the same machinery. lfss9
All Of the officers and directors OF
the company are prominently known
In the central part of the state. Mr.;
Bremier is the, director Of the division
Of public utilities Of the state railroad
commission, while Mr.. Adams. has
been chief accountant with the. rail
road commissi0n, having resigned: his
connected with the ignite briqustinE
.s .sf ss,et By-Prsdpcts- :. \. .,-r:,;a al
Under the contract with the govern
ment, the bureau of mines is expect
ed to provide s3$2 IS, 0005 additional for
the purpose of developing the by-pro-
ducts Of the briqueting process. 1t is
claimed that a substitute for~gasoline,
as we'll as high grade oil, can be OBJ
tanned from the coal during the bril-
quoting. ,t t,a.-
The following appeared in the Unit
ed States bureau of mines technical
paper 178 covering the characteristic
and utilization of Ignite prepared BIZ
S. M. Darling: ...t |tj.
f''Lignite is brown, dull, markedly
woody in texture, has no coking quail
tiles whatever carries a great per-
centage Of moisture, which it gives up
readily; its disintegration on exposure
is SO rapid as largely to prevent ship
ment any distance except during ex-
cessively cold northern winters, when
it is frozen. Lignites are found in those
parts of the country where no other
solid fuel is available.
"The fxed carbon is easy to burn
because it stays on the crate. The tars
and more completed gases distilled
from the coal and rising from the fuel
bed are quickly decomposed into SCOT
and simple gases, the SCOT in a large
measure passes out of the stock as
black smoke, adding the element OF
nuisance to that of waste. Heat In the
form of coal gas brings 8 to 4l6 times
the price of an equivalent. amount Of
heat in the. form of coal. Bezol, toluol
and other oils are obtained as 2 re-
suit of the carbonizatfon OF coal and
the value Of heat in this form 'of mo-
tor fuel is 20 to 80 times as great as
that in the form Of coal.
Should Be Treated. 4,
Ignite in the primitive and swa.steful
ways now employed, the Ignite should
be treated so as to yield several pro-
ducts. each peculiarly adapted to u
particular commercial need as fol-
lows:
i.1.LDried Lisnfte For use in au-
tonatic stokefs and. In fuel gas pro-
ducers. Because Of it's more or less
soft and comminuted condition, the
dried Ignite can not be handled ad-
vantaSeously by hand, but It can be
used Satisfactorily by mechanical
means. =
h '2.-PoWdered Fuel - From the
dried pulverixed Ignite for use In ce.
ment kilns, under locomo olive boilers
and In other large furnaces. Because
Of its high volatile content this pull
verjzed Ignite makes an exceptionally
good powdered fuel. The pllverised
Ignite can also be used In fuel OIL
burners in conjunction with oil fuel.
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