PULVERISED COAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 68, 11 June 1927, Page 2

PULVERISED COAL

POSSIBLE RIVALRY TO OIL Pulverised coal burning *than 1 have been carried on for• mor fllt , year under the supervision conservation committe ® . e ”so V the New York “Herald Tribune, advanced that application ma be made to the Shippmg Boam cn allocation of a steam cars in sW ,le<l which the equipment will■? R.ortin order to test it under actu . infts at sea. pulverised If successful, the P u ” use , **'■ plant, as applied to ma "\“e coSt i ; so greatly reduce shl P °*Y that ship; that it is freely P red ‘^ ted H J n buriurowners will break avl ?,cn>e«t grade®; oil, inasmuch as the cheap - can be coal, costing 90 cents a ton, used with the new a PP a ” t er ; the same time give a S™at is o&of British thermal units tained from fuel oil. watchf* Shipping men have bee lt . the League Island tests me ro ea<* terest, as they are seeking 0 ! coS :- of reducing the tremendous i of their vessels. Fuel h “ ore th*» to such a high point that m df . one prominent shipping ™ a “ t 0 clared that he would return dfburning if a cheap method , 1 Mr* C. J. Jeffersom headjdjy g. conservation committee, r ulve rl *J ; cussed the progress of * thu siaf“. i burners before an . the -^ rr \ . audience, made up ASK# 9 *, rican Steamship J >w , ‘ T *iusion “ . tion. which at thc ,“feor#» e ! his talk, passed a resolutio, c by ■*>' , ing the work being this . Government Departmen - c ail ed r nection. The resolution 0 „e * [ the Shipping Board tn Pl with more steamships equipped ,verisf- ■ tish boilers, so that tnt. *■ . equipment can be teste , iurn ers It is understood that the resenjjL , with the pulverised fu«'P la el „il. T* those now being used fo ker s to . coal is moved from the a ;ver jses jj* . crushing machine, which P. thro 0 - . . I coal, and this is then tore tf I tubes with the aid of comP [into the burners.