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PRODUCER GAS FOR BURNING REFRACTORIES 1
Author(s) -
Richardson W. D.
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1923.tb17740.x
Subject(s) - kiln , waste management , natural gas , coal , fossil fuel , fuel gas , environmental science , producer gas , brick , materials science , engineering , chemistry , combustion , composite material , organic chemistry
History of installations in the United States of producer gas for burning fire brick. Causes of failure or abandonment of producer gas firing. Continuous regenerative kiln necessary for successful burning at high temperatures with producer gas. The compartment kiln, fired with producer gas, best adapted for general refractories. Advantages of the compartment kiln over the car tunnel kiln. Essential features of continuous kilns for the successful burning of refractories. Special features of gas producers for ceramic kilns. Temperatures from producer gas. Economy of producer gas as compared with natural gas, oil and powdered coal. Investigation of designs and methods of operating gas producers.