Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-11 | Page 3 | New Smoke Consumer

N W S lU UmU mn of GUtt Ut et Apparent t Irac Ucal Value Under Test Iest Experiments me are now 1101 bin b ln made with n a new smoke consumer at nl the Utah Light and Power ower plant r on fourth West street which It If ns as sue suc successful from nn an economic standpoint as ns thus far proved lu tu bo be In regard to lo the consumption of at smoke will prove the Invention to be bc of much practical value A M und and Engineer I hayward are aru aru conducting the tho experiments with tho the now new smoke consumer which was yas put lut Into operation tor for the first hirst time yesterday The method of operation la le laas leas as I s follows The Thu coat coal co 1 Is 3 g run through a n lulu a n connected to another r pipe through which air Is la forced forcell by means pt nf u Inn fan The air produces suction and the th coal and air together to ether almost forming a I gas tS arp ar blown under a 11 trick brick arch where the tho mixture Ignites producing in ing a Q terrific te heat hent The air used In is not nol much over one haIr an nn Tho The object of ot the tho th process 8 Is to oxide the coal particle with the time oxygen of or time the air and thus enable complete com corn bu of the gases to take place Tho TIm experiment thus far has hils proved to bu lie n a 1 success Jour our hundred and fifty tift pounds of coal are aro being used usel per hour and tho time power being generated Is be bO and HO Horse horae ROWer power Scarcely any ammy gases come como from the tho chimney and J Hayward said today toay that he thinks that only noncombustible particles are blown biown out of the fur furnace nace lIace lie He and Mr OIl are ore now making nr ful measurements of the coal Ceal and water cater consumed the lOwer power and the tite caused by b the tile heat hent to tu determine the economic value ulue of the tho Invention 1 nOlI Mr Ir Grant firant said that hot It was the flea of o the owners to have the City Council witness a test tet soon T