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STABILITY AND PROGRESS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUEL SERVICE 1
Author(s) -
Gates E. L.
Publication year - 1929
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.1151-2916.1929.tb18058.x
Subject(s) - natural gas , fuel gas , brick , natural resource economics , economics , environmental science , business , waste management , engineering , civil engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , combustion
Because ceramic products require accurate control in all heating operations, natural gas has acquired a high rating as a fuel, but because of difficulties encountered such as exhaustion of supply, distant markets, etc., producer gas is more popular. City gas is available in all urban localities and therefore broadens the selection of location for any industry. The question of price of the city gas as compared with natural gas is dealt with and it is pointed out that the increase in recovery of by‐products and efficiency of manufacture, together with a steady decline of price of the utility fuel service since 1923, tends to lessen the difference in price between city and natural gas. Examples are cited where city gas is used for enamel smelting and brick firing successfully.