Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-12
nv ERFDERIC !. HAsKIN.

tried out her invention al hi"sS
ways and says that her RECORDS
show a saving or more than % per
cent over supplying power from
| burning coal, and SO per cent
| saving over using fuel oil In the
usual way.
To secure the heat desired at the
barracks plant about three parts
of oil are used to one part or water
| Ridiculous as 1t may sound. II more
water were used the flame would
be SO hot that the brick foundation
under the boiler would melt down.
Mrs. Shaw has experimental with
greater quantities of water ana
| found the heat so terrific that or
binary brickwork melts down
| quickly. =.
Mrs. Shaw has been engaged IN
manufacturing bricks and tiles TOT
some time. 1t was an accident IN
connection with her work tnat
| showed her that water could pc
combined with oil as a fuel, erect
ing a considerable saving over the
ordinary use of fuel oil or coal. III
happened in this way: Mrs. Shaw
was driving out kiln. and for this
nurpose was burning kerosene UNI
der It. Some of the kerosene cans
had been standing for quite whiie
and water had accumulated IN
them. BY accident. the whole COM
bination was used. and an I'M
mensely hotter flame was pro-
duced. ,,,.u
scientists have declared until
very lately" says Mrs. Shaw. tina.
| II Is OF course impossible TO purn
water. However, had done IL, ano
not being a scientist, / kept on eX.
perimenting until ! found out VIVA,
was happening The oxygen ano
hydrogen gas in water was being
burned, and after l had perfected
a burner I patented the thing.
One of Mrs. Shaw's oil and wafer
burners has been operating an 10
o0o horse power plant in Texas TOT
some time. This is the only DIE
private plant using the invention
thus far.
Uses Any Kind OF Oil.
Mrs Shaw has used everything
IN fhe way of oil from Kerosene TO
the very poorest grades of crude OIL
full OF dirt and foreign substances
She has vet to record a faliure'
Naturally, the government Is tax
ing a keen interest In this develop
ment and is making tests periool'
j calIv to determine exactly now
much Of a saving over other fuels
can be effected. These tests nav
not been completed and tne liz
ures therefore are not avaliapie.
Mrs. Shaw says that In It's pres
ent form the invention Is practlca
BILE for plants. office buildings ioco
d motives, and ships. 1t has peer
j successfully tried out on snip
I but until 1t is a DIT more re1ine'
4 probably will not come into genera
4 use. Mrs. Shaw herself IS author
IT, ity for this statement: Il Will IN
stall the thing and get steam VI
for them, but / want to leave IN
. ship before 1t leaves the DOCK sh
a declares. =.
The best kind Of oil for use Il
Mrs, Shaw's invention has prove
to be good fuel oil or the oil know
as ''navy special" However, prac
tically every kind of Oil has pee
tried out, and 1t has been foun
that the very lowest grades WI
work all right, IL they are heate
SO that they will run freely. j
using the heaviest grades of Of
steam pipes are run through tn
tanks to heat the oil in col
weather. In really warm weathe
this expedient doubtless will be un
necessary.
One great advantage claimed fo
the new system over coal firing
the saving in labor. Mrs. Sha'
says 1t has been demonstrated tina
to operate a plant requiring a doSe
men when coal is burned. with he
system installed, only four me
: would be needed. There is a bi
4 saving, too, in the cost OF the wv
fuels, as the cheapest grades {
oil can be burned, without havin
the oil put through any refinin
process at all
BY combining the water with oil
It is claimed that tests have show
a saving Of. roughly, 80 per cen
over the ordinary burning OF fut
oil. This is because a hotter fir
is secured from the use OF consid
erably less oil.
iii No Waste or Ash.
III Another advantage In the use @
oil instead of coal in any kind 9
power or heating plant is the at
sence Of any ash. To engineer
this means two-fold saving
first, no labor is necessary In feed
ing the fuel to the boilers nor J
removing the ashes; second, tn
whole weight of the fuel used
burned up and all of 1t produce
hea. which is transformed Int
power.
i Most Of the system Is simplicit
itself, and is easily comprehende
/ by a casual inspection. The pipe
leading from the water supply an
the oil supply open into an ordinar
funnel. The feed Of oil and waite
into this funnel can be watche
and easily regulated. Leadin
from the bottom of the funnel is
single pipe which connects wit
the burner.
The burner itself is simple.
has somewhat the shape of sil
hat, but with considerably MOI
taper. In the small power plar
being operated at the Washingto
barracks, this top hat affair has
diameter at the bottom Of twelN
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