Show OIL FOR POWER crude oil Is becoming a more important factor every day in revolutionizing the methods of generating power pacific coast papers record the voyage of the steamer arizonan Arl from honolulu around cape horn to philadelphia a distance ot miles the vessel Is a fuel oil burner her tanks were filed with california crude petroleum at honolulu and throughout the long which consumed fifty days and nine hours she relied entirely upon this stock tor the generation of steam to drive her engines from start to finish the miles were covered without an accident or a hitch to her furnaces boilers or engines and sho reached her destination with a large and valuable cargo in perfect condition and as clean as a well kept yacht the average consumption of fuel oil daily was less than gallons the total consumption throughout the voyage was therefore under bar adi s it Is assumed ha the evaporative effect obtained from birce w and one halt barrels of fuel oil Is equivalent to that obtained from ono ton of good steam making coal it would have required the combustion of from to tons of coal tor the arizonan Arl to havo achieved the results obtained through the consumption of barrels of oil however tho weight of tho crude oil in her tanka was approximately not much over one half tho weight of its equivalent in coal and was more compactly stored it therefore occupied less space relatively on for ton than coal tho result of the voyage consequently represented the saving of time which would have been lost through detentions at coaling ports a material gain on cargo space and a big reduction in the number of firemen employed all of which are important factors in the of modern ocean freighting without considering the superior cleanliness of the ship obtained from oil burning as compared with the effects of coalburn coal burn ing furnaces tho most sensational results that are being obtained with crude oil as a power developer arc in its direct use such as irr he diesel engine where the oil instead of being used as a fuel to generate steam Is applied directly to the propelling machinery and its gas producing expansive dorco Is utilized in the cylinders where the compressed air is raised to the isothermal point and instantly converts tho oil into gas tho principle is to be applied to locomotives and julius krutt is the moving spirit in the experiments peri ments now being made there Is a wonderful field for the chemist and mechanical genius in the application of gasoline and crude oils in the production of power for engines |