An Improved Method of Generating Steam, Preventing Smoke, and Economizing Fuel.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
An Improved Method of Generating Steam, Preventing Smoke,
and Economizing Fuel.
I, CHARLES HENRY DIBB, 102 Coltman Street, Hull in the County of York,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct a simple apparatus easily applicable
to the furnaces of steam boilers, for the purpose of generating steam and
economizing fuel.
I employ any suitable generator in which gas is made, steam being used in
making such gas, it is a kind of water gas. This gas is conveyed through suitable
pipes, valves and the like to the fire boxes, where it is distributed through suitable
perforations, spreading it out into the fireboxes where it is burnt up, thus giving
sufficient heat to generate steam, with a much less cost than the burning of
ordinary fuel, such as coal and the like.
Dated 7th September 1893.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Generating Steam, Preventing Smoke,
and Economizing Fuel.
I, CHARLES HENRY DIBB of 102 Coltman Street, Hull in the County of York,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to construct a simple and effective apparatus,
easily applicable to the furnaces of steam boilers, for the purpose of generating
steam, economizing fuel and preventing smoke.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a sectional side elevation of apparatus for generating steam, with my
improvements attached, and connected to steam boiler.
Fig. 2. is a front view partially in section of a modification of my improved
steam generator and boiler combined.
Fig. 3. is a plan of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged modification of nozzle.
I construct my improved steam generator in the following manner:-I employ a
suitable boiler A, for supplying steam to the generator, until the main boiler R is
under pressure, steam is then obtained from the main boiler R by means of a pipe
passing from the steam chest back to the pipe Cand through the regulator C₁ and
into the generator; the generator is constructed in the form of a large tank or
vessel J, having a fire-brick lining J', and is filled or partially filled with coke by
means of the door B at the top, the jet of steam from the pipe C pusses up through
the coke in the generator and forms a gas of a highly inflammable nature, and
which when ignited gives off great heat, it then passes out of the generator by
means of a pipe F, upon which is a regulating valve F', for regulating the supply

page_text: to the boiler, this pipe F is connected to the firebox S of the boiler R, and
terminates in a nozzle G or series of nozzles as shown at Fig. 4, this nozzle is
provided with air holes and is for spreading the inflammable gases as they enter
the firebox, where they are ignited and burnt.
The boilers used are of any suitable kind, but preferably of a great heating
surface and having many tubes H.
Or as shown at Figs. 2 and 3 I may construct the boiler and generator in one, in
this case the generator J is connected with a small steam boiler A as and for the
purposes shown and described in Fig. 1, and encircling or outside the generator is
placed the main boiler R, upon the top of which is fixed a suitable steam chest E.
I employ a series of pipes or tubes H, arranged around the said boiler and
passing through the same downwards, the ignited gases pass through these pipes
for heating purposes, and pass from them into the small chimney K or out into the
air as is found desirable, such gases are ignited in the top part or recess E' which
forms the firebox.
To cause the combustion of the gases in the combustion chamber E', suitable
airholes are provided, and an artificial draught is caused within the outlet or
chimney K.
I preferably line the combustion chamber of the generator, with fire-bricks J,
for the purpose of protecting the boiler plates from the excessive heat given off
from the coke, at the same time they give off heat which assists in the generating
of steam.
By this construction and arrangement of heat producing apparatus steam is more
efficiently generated, and smoke prevented, besides greatly economizing fuel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Generating steam in steam boilers by passing crude gas (manufactured as
herein described) direct from the generator to the boiler firebox, spreading and
igniting same in the manner substantially as shown and described.
2. For generating steam in steam boilers the use and employment of a suitable
generator J. small boiler A, pipes C regulator C¹ pipe F and regulator F
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Seventh day of June 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Saville Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.