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COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN. AND OPERATION Vol. 25 No. 7 January 1954 The Controlled-Circulation Boiler.............................................................. by W. H. Armacosl 38 Power Practice in 1933....................................................................................................................... 43 Manpower and Other Operating Costs.......................................................... by V, F. Estcourt 49 Experiences with Filming Amines in Control of Condensate Line Corrosion.................... ................................................................................................ by H. L. Kahler and J. K. Brown 55 (^-ddctLClld Green Light for Nuclear Power?........ . .. 37 Professional Development.................... . . 37 Catalogs and Bulletins............ . 60 New Equipment........................ . 62 Advertiser's Index.................... . 74 COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. ^U-D S. CARRICK JOSEPH C. MCCABE CARL G. UDELL ut`ne3s Manager Editor Circulation Manager GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss, Treas.: Irving B. Swigart. Secy. '^'MBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler "orsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is T7ln the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic, P ki'ntS-: Foreign, 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. ublication Office.'Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. cceptance under Section 34.64. P. L. & R., authorized by United States Post Office. Printed in U. S. A. ii COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol.25 No. 8 February 1954 Continuous Coal Handling System Employs Outdoor Live Storage Pile.......................... ........................................................................................... ..............................by H. C. Schweikari 40 The. Influence of Sulfuric Acid Upon the Dew Point of Combustion Gases........................ ................................................................................... by C. A. Fearn, Jr. and Com. W. Tessin 45 The Effect of Measurement Errors on Plant Performance Tests................. by Dr. S. Baron 49 Reactions of Salts in Boilers................................................................................ by R. S. Young 55 AIEE Winter General Meeting........................................................................................................ 57 Clifctuit ri Research and Supply and Demand Railroad Electrification ............. 39 39 2, uevatf*men Book Reviews............................. 63 Catalogs and Bulletins...................65 Advertisers' Index.................... 84,85 COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Ir "ERALD s. CARRICK JOSEPH C. MCCABE CARL G. UDELL tu'nes* Manager Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Circulation Manager Associate Editor Published monthly bv COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. . Joseph V. Santry. Pres.; Charlps McDonough. Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss, Treas.: Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is 54 m the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic. cents; Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Publication Office, Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P. L. & R,, authorized by United States Post Office. Printed in U. S. A COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 25 . No. 9 March 1954 4 V? Low Temperature Carbonization of Coal and Lignite for Industrial Uses.......................... ........ '........................................................................................................................ by V. F. Parry 38 Methods of Starting Gas Turbine Generator Sets...................................................................... ............................................................. by W. B. Boyiim, R. W. Ferguson and J. C. Parllow 43 Cooling Water Treatment............................................................................ by James I. Munson 49 Economic Utilization of Waste Heat from Slag-Tap Furnaces......... by RichardDolezal 54 Corrosion and Deposits in Regenerative Air Preheaters............... 57 Maintenance of Power Plant Equipment............................... .......... 59 CT'(LitStull* Amending the Atomic Energy Act.. . . .. 37' The Future for Resources.......... . . . . .. 37 Catalogs and Bulletins........ . New Equipment................. . Review of New Books. . . . Advertisers' Index.............. .. 62 64 68 78 COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. "Erald s. carrick Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph \ . Santry. Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is in the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies; Domestic, p cents; Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Publication Office. Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication Acceptance under Section 34.64. P. L. & R., authorized by United States Post Office. BFA Printed in U. S. A. S*- COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 25 . No. 10 April 1954 j.eatute ei- Pulsation-Induced Vibration in Utility Steam Generation Units, .by Raymond C. Baird 38 American Power Conference Review............................................................................................... 45 Central Station Design: Large Steam Generating Units; Supercritical Pressure Cycles; Fly Ash Disposal; Industrial Plants; Turbine-Generators; Nuclear Reactors; Water Treatment; Gas Turbines; Fuel Economics. New Bark Burning Boiler for the Hollingsworth and Whitney Company.......................... ......................................... ........................................................................ ................. by A. B. Stic\ney 57 Steam Purity Determination. Parti. Evaluation of Test Results___ by P. B. Place 62 The Development of Nuclear Power for Peaceful Purposes. . . .by Dr. Henry D. Smyth 67 tutU The Second Generation for Atomic Energy........ 37 The American Power Conference in Retrospect.. 37 Catalogs and Bulletins Advertising Index........ 76 90 COMBUSTION publishes its annua index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. S. CARRICK business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 _ A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents: Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Publication Office. Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P. L. & R.. authorized by United States Post Office. - BPA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 25 No. 11 May 19S4 The Gallatin Steam Plant of the Tennessee Valley Authority.............................................. ..................................................................................................by C. E. Blee and H. J. Peterson 34 Steam Purity Determination. .Part II. Methods of Sampling and Testing.................. .................................................................................................................................... by P. B. Place 4i Economy of Large Generating Units............................ byJH-P. Seelyc end W. W. Erown 43 The Expected Life of Anion Exchangers.................................................. by Louis Wirth, Jr. 49 Coal Burning Gas Turbine Progress in 1953...............by J. I. Yellotl and P. R. Broadley 55 LCtUl A Rosy Future....................................... 33 Fuel Advisory Services........................ 33 u- Book Reviews.................................... 59 New Equipment................................ 61 Advertising Index............................. 74 COMBUSTION' publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. ERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.: Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic. 40 cents; Foreign, 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Publication Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P. L. 6t R., authorized by United States Post Office. SPA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 25 No. 12 June 1954 ccd-ttLcL Basic Design of First Central Station Nuclear Power Plant........... by Charles H. Weaver 38 Steam Purity-Determination Part III. Interpretation of Test Results.. .................... ..................................................................................................................................... by P. B. Place 43 Photographic Visit to the Sandow Power Plant, Rockdale Works of the Aluminum Company of America, Milam County, Texas........................................................................... 47 Tests of Accuracy of a Mechanical Coal Sampler. . .................................................................. ................................................................... by R. L. Coryell, F. J. Schwerd and E. J. Parenle 50 Planning Systematic Pump Replacements................................................ by C. E. Cromwell 57 Test of Ceramic-Coated Air Heater Tubes................................................................................... 61 Air Pollution Control Association Meets in Chattanooga, Tenn........................................... 62 Forum on Nuclear Reactor Development...................................................................................` 66 ^jLtetiais 2>evatfttieniA How to Interest Youth in Mathematics. Leasing Capital Equipment....................... 37 37 Advertising Index......................... 84 Annual Index................................. 86 COMBUSTION' publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. GERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly bv COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.. 200 Madison Ave,, New York 16 ' A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss, Treas.: Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic. ` 40 cents; Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Publication Office. Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P. L. & R.. authorized by United States Post Office. BPA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 1 JULY 1954 Gleanings from a Quarter Century of COMBUSTION............................................................... 40 The Application and Development of the Turbo Steam Separator.............. by T. Raoese 45 Comparative Performance of Turbine Units in Saturated Steam Cycles........................... ....................................... ,................................................ by N. A. Beldecos and A. K. Smith 48 Highlights of International Nuclear Engineering Congress..................................................... 55 ASME Semi-Annual Meeting Convenes at Pittsburgh............................................................. 63 Chtotlald On Our 25th Anniversary.............. 39 u Catalogs and Bulletins.................... 68 Advertising Index............................. 72 COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index. Inc. GERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING ' Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is * 44 in the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and 55 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic. 40 cents; Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Publication Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P. L. 4c R,, authorized by United States Post Office. BPA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 2 August 1954 Rouge Plant Modernizes 1 ts Steam Generation. . . by L. F. 0'Reilly and W. J. Fadden, Jr. 34 A Comparison of Size-Consist Determinations of Duplicate Samples of Fly Ash............ ..................................................................................... by IV. C. Holton and D. F. Reynolds, Jr. 41 Case History of an 850-psig Topping Turbine Installation..................................................... ................................................................................................. by H. R. Emery and P. L. Nelson 47 The Status of Demineralizing in Today's Plants........................................... by V. J. Calise 32 The Status of Classification and Declassification of Technical Information on Atomic Energy........ . . . . ..................................................................................... by J. G. Bcckerley 56 Engineering Educators Stress Fundamentals............................................................................... 58 et tat* ximenid Why Limit Engineering to Engineers?... 33 More Legislation for Air Pollution Control 33 Book Review............................... 61 Advertising Index...................... 70 COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. \LD S. CARRICK usmess Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.: Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss, Treas.: Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents; Foreign, 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Publication Office, Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P. L. 6c R.. authorized by Upited States Post Office. ` BFA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 3 ESI September 1954 Developmental Designs and Operating Experiences of the Oak Creek Plant...................... ..............................................................................................................................by M. K. Drewry 42 The Voikka Steam Station--A Modernized Industrial Steam Plant in Finland.............. .............................................................................................................................. by Gurmar Hogrias 51 Pure Crossfeed Ignition in Fuel Beds. . . by E. G. Graf, E. P. Carman and R. C. Corey. . 59 Selection of Optimum Temperature Conditions in Power Reactors and Their Heat Exchanger System............................................................................................by C. H. Robbins 67 Philadelphia Electric Projects World's Most Efficient Central Station.................................. 73 CtLaid <=^)eyattmentd New Horizons for Steam Power.... 41 The Battle for Jurisdiction over Air Pollution Control............................. 41 Book Reviews......................................... Catalogs and Bulletins........................ New Equipment.................................... Advertising Index................................. 74 77 81 92 COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Ir -RALD s. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. - Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic. 40 cents; Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. , Publication Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P. L. & R., authorized by United States Post Office. a.pa Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 4 October 1954 Corrosion Control in Industrial and Steam Power Plants........................ by R. M. Lemen 38 Spreader Stokers Meet Textile Plant Load................... by A. K. Pooser and L. M. Cohan 45 Interpreting Graphitization for Power Engineers............................. .. .by Helmut Thielsch 49 Forced Outage Rates of High Pressure Steam Turbine and Boilers..................................... ...............................By AIEE Joint Subcommittee on Application of Probability Methods 57 ASME Fall Meeting Held in Milwaukee....................................................................................... 63 \ (^Iddetuild Contrasts in Engineering Education 37 Push Button Panacea........................ 37 T u3evattmen Book Reviews............................ ......... 68 Catalogs and Bulletins............ ......... 70 New Equipment........................ ......... 75 Advertising Index..................... ......... 90 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. ERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents; Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. . Publication Office. Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. _ Acceptance under Section 34.64, P. L. St R,, authorized by United States Post Office. BFA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 5 November 1954 l i ] I. The Martins Creek Steam Electric Station of the Pennsylvania Power & Light Co .... ..............................................................................................by M. D. Engle and S. C. Townsend 38 Fifteenth Annual Water Conference............................................................................................... 47 The Burning of Sulfate, Soda and Sulfite Waste Liquors ..'........ by Eugene H. Kennedy 52 Continuous Coking Process Promises Low Cost Production........................ by Kurt Baum 61 Meaning of the New Atomic Energy Act..................................................................................... 67 et laU The Plight of the-Coal Industry. . . 37 A Job for Engineers Joint Council. 37 3>ejjjtittmentd- New Bulletins........................................ 72 New Equipment.................................... 77 Advertising Index............................... 86 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index. Inc :rald s. carrick Business Manager Joseph c. mccabe Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor carl g. udell Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents; Foreign, 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Publication Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P. L. & R., authorized by United States Post Office. BPA Printed in U. S. A. ii i COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 6 December 1954 Standard Pulverizing Equipment Gives Good Performance with Lignite....................... ......................................................................................... by Alexander Bogot and G. E. Gandsey 38. Carbon-Molybdenum Steel Steam Pipe after 100,000 Hours of Service............................. ............................................by.R. J. Sinnott, I. A. Rohrig, J. W. Freeman and A. I. Rush 45 ASME Annual Meeting in Review.................................................................................................. 34 Fresh Water from Sea Water Evaporators at Morro Bay Steam Station by A. W. Bruce 65 Atomic Energy in Industry Topic of Three-Day Conference................................................. 69 cald Observations at the ASME Annual Meeting. . . 37 Locating Suitable Power Plant Sites..................... 37 tttttea td New Equipment.. Advertising Index 73 86 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. ERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC., 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States. $4.50 in Canada and Latin America and $5 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents; Foreign,. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1954 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Publication Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P. L. 4c R., authorized by United States Post Office. BBA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 7 January 1955 The Present Status of Steam Properties. . .by Frederick. G. Keyes and Joseph H. Keenan 34 Bethlehem Steel Balances Energy Needs Against Byproduct Fuel Production............... ..................................................................................................................................by J. M. Spencer 39 Bare Tube Walls on Slag Tap Furnaces.................................................. by Richard Dolezal 43 ASME Annual Meeting in Review-II.......................... ................................................................ 48 Power Practices in 1954..................................................................................................................... 51 Engineers Peer into Future at Power Show................................................................................ 55 (flditatlaU A Solemn Reminder.................. Sulfur Elimination from Fuels T u<2>evattmen 33 Personals............................ 58 33 Business Notes................. 60 Advertising Index.......... 68-69 COMBUSTION published its annuel index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. GERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Treas.: Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this held. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is . S4 in the United States, $5 50 in Canada and Latin America and $7 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic. 40 cents: Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1955 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Publi cation Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. ' Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R,, authorized by United States Post Office. BPA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 26 No. 8 February 195S cJeatwce cd-tticleJ Weirton Steel Company Installs Its Fifth High-Pressure Steam Generator...................... .................................................................................................................by Charles H. Lealham, Jr. 40 Control of Engineering Costs...............................................................................by K. W. Reece 45 The Design and Comparative Costs for High Stacks.........................by E. J. Stankiewicz 51 An Investigation of the Economic Size of Steam-Electric Generating Units..................... .................................by L. K. Kirchmayer, A. G. Mcllor, J. F. O'Mara and J. R. Stevenson 57 What's Ahead in Power?........................................................................by Theodore Baumeister 65 Ldtd An Imaginative Solution to Fuel Shortages..................................... 39 Recognizing Young Engineers... 39 T uepiVctiuten Personals and Business Notes Book Review............................. i Advertising Index.................... 74 75 80 ' COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. GERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager v JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager i-V. J._,,; ~. ' Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC., 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. ,, J*5Ph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Trees.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. J-OMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is jj111 the United States. $5.50 in Canada and Latin America and $7 in other countries. Single copies; Domestic. 'O cents: Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1955 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Publication Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. 8c R.. authorized by United States Post Office. . PA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 25 No. 9 March 195S Eastlake Plant Features High Generating Capability, Low Building Volume.................. ............................................................................................... by Seymour B. Rock, and Neal F. Gill 38 Problems in Deaeration of Boiler Feedwater............................................................................... .........................................By H. A. Grabowski, H. D. Ongman, W. B. Willsey and W. Nelson 43 Research in the Electric Power Industry............................................................by L. R. Gaty 49 High Temperature Water Heating at Dover Air Force Base............. by M. W. Williams 53 Influence of Physical Factors in Igniting Pulverized Coal...................................................... .................................................................................... : by Bimalendu Ghosh and A. A. Orning 57 American Power Conference Program............................................................................................ 62 3>< ujattmen How to Interest Youth in Mathe-. matics.............................................. 37 Advertising Index 78 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. Gerald s. carrick Business Manager Joseph c. McCabe Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor carl g. udell Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.: Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is 54 in the United States. $5.50 in Canada and Latin America and $7 in other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents: Foreign. 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1955 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Publi cation Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R.. authorized by United States Post Office. BPA Printed in U. S. A. JS- COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION '***'?>, > Vol.25 No. 10 APRIL 1955 cs'f'cticie* Vermilion Station Features Cooling Tower Economies In Station Design............................ ............... .............................................................By R. L. Martin, L. Appelt and S. L. Chapin 42 A Survey of Some of the Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Water........................ ............................................................................................... By E. J. Wellman and W. L. Sibbitt 5! The Monotube Once Through Boiler for Conventional or Supercritical Pressures........... .................................................................................................................................. By A. T. Hunter 57 American Power Conference Report................................................................................................ 62 Engineers Joint Council Hold First General Assembly............................................................... 75 la.U A Look into the Future................. 41 New Catalogs & Bulletins............... Advertising Index............................. 69 86 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. -ERALD S. CARRICK business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. 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D Ristroph 38 International Combustion Conference Convenes In Cambridge............................................ 45 Industry's Responsibilities in Training Engineers for Nuclear Engineering Work ......................................................................................... ............ :.......................by R.W. 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Jung 47 Selection of Cooling Towers for Generating Stations--II....................................................... ................................................................................by Geoffrey F. Kennedy and P. H. Margen 57 Saving Molybdenum in High Pressure Steam Equipment.. .by Prof. Dr. Ing. R. Dolezal 63 - : Highlights of the Geneva Atomic Energy Conference.............................................................. 67 (^Idltotlals The Walsh-Healey Act in the Coal Fields........................................................ 41 International Exchange of Information 41 Advertising Index.................................. 90-91 COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. ERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. 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Harlow 34 ASME Annual Meeting in Review--11.......................................................................................... 37 Power Practices In 1955..................................................................................................................... 47 Quick' Pick-Up Ability................................................................................. by Thomas K. Huber 5! Nuclear Engineering and Science Congress Exposition............................................................. 54 Highlights of Nuclear Engineering and Science Congress--I.................................................. 57 atthtent* Beyond Coordination--What?.............. 33 Supplies For the Nuclear Field............. 33 Personals...................................................... 66 Advertising Index.....................................78-79 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering index, Inc. The m.gzinc i now reproduced end distributed to libreries on microfiim by University Microfilm* of Ann Arbor. Michigan. D S. CARRICK less Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V, Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this held. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States. $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic, 40 cents: Foreign. 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub lication Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. 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Thurlow 34 Diversified Program at AIEE Winter General Meeting.......................................................... 43 It Takes More Than Fire and Water to Make Steam............................ By Gregory Gould 49 Corrosion and Deposit Control in Cooling Water Systems..................By Cramer H. Cook 53 .;Ar . The Importance of Fuel Research............................................ :...................By Eugene Ayres 57 \ Highlights of Nuclear Engineering and Science Congress--III.............................................. 61 2hepattnten td An Undersold Asset............................. 33 The British Electrical Generation Picture................................................. 33 Book Reviews...................................... 65 Advertising Index............................... 82,83 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine it now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor Michigan. ^ALD s. CARRICK usiness Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.: Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consultmg engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic, 40 cents: Foreign, 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub lication Office. Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. 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To others the subscription rate, including postage, is r $4 in the United States. $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic. 40 cents: Foreign. 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub "" lication Office, Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. ;.V Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R,, authorized by United States Post Office. SPA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 27 No. 11 May 19S6 6* Field Studies of Pre-Boiler Corrosion in Higher Pressure Steam Plants ..........................................................by H. A. Grabowski, H. D. Ongman and W. B. Willscy 46 Coal Minerals and Their Importance to Boiler Design and Operation............................... ................................................................................................................ ............. by Wilhelm Gumz 53 The Flow of Compressible Fluids................... by W. A. Rosiafinski 55 American Power Conference In Review--II 59 Burlington Station, Public Service Electric and Gas Co......................................................... 64 Summary of Experience and Opinions on the Use of Austenitic Stainless Steels In Steam Power Piping...................................................................... by Helmut Thielseh 67 ssibilities for Developing Economic Small Power Reactors 71 Shippingport Impressions 45 Advertising Index 80-81 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine is now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. LD S. CARRICK inejs Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic. 40 cents: Foreign. 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Pub lication Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R., authorized by United States Post Office. Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGNfAND OPERATION Vol. 27 No. 12 June1956 <zz^eaiuxe tide* Ionic Exchange Membrane for Water Conditioning...............................by T. A. Kirhham 38 The Cromby Story--Case History In Panel Construction...................................................... ..............................................................................................by W.C. Norris and Walter Rupinski 44 Field Experience on the No. 2 Boiler--Cromby Generating Station.. .by E. F. Sheehan 47 The Place of the Gas Turbine In Electric Power Generation....................by A. 0. White 49 Properties of Steam at High Pressures--An Interim Steam Table...................................... 57 Nuclear Power Plants Discussed at ASME Pittsburgh Section Conference...................... 62 <^)ej)a'ctMcntd Trends In Power Plant Engineering. 37 Pending British Study of River Water Temperatures........................ 37 Personals.................................................. 66 Annual Index........................................ 75-81 Advertising Index............................... 82-83 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. Tbe magazine ia now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. ERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC., 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry. Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Treas.; Irving B. Swigart. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic, 40 cents: Foreign, 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub lication Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R,, authorized by United States Post Office. BFA Printed in U. S. A. ft VC* * ~ " C2-2.94 COMBUSTION 57 106919 DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol.28 No. 1 July 19S6 <zz3catii'ci czd'tticL ei- An Investigation Into the Air-Heater Corrosion of Oil Fired Boilers by B. Lees 38 Problems Related to the Location of Generating Plants, Transmission Facilities and Substations.................................................................................................by L. W. Cadwallader 45 A New Way to Simplify the Steam Power Plant................ ...................................................... .................................................................................. by H. A. Kuljian and W. J. Fadden, Jr. 51 The History of Ion Exchange and Some Interesting Recent Developments..................... ..................................................................................................................................by O.M. Elliott 57 Cri de Coeur or the Problems of A Soviet Chief Designer...................................................... 62 Cleveland Host to ASME Semi-Annual Meeting....................................................................... 65 m,en\ Progress In the Making.......................... 37 Optimizing Power Plant Components. 37 Book Reviews___ Advertising Index . 70 74,75 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The migtxinc i now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. GERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC., 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Trees.; Irving B. Swigart, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this held. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies; Domes tic. 40 cents: Foreign. 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub lication Office, Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P.L. fit R., authorized by United States Post Office. SPA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol.28 No. 2 AugustI1956 <z~^e<ttufce cjd-thcle^ Dust Collectors For Central Station Steam Power Plants..................... by M. J. Archbold 34 A New Gas Turbine-for Industrial Applications........................................................................ 44 Avon No. 8--A Supercritical Pressure Plant................................................by C. A. Dauber 47 Special Television Camera for Tube Inspection..........................*.............................................. 57 Engineering Educators Meet At Iowa State College................................................................ 59 laU ^beyiVctntent* An Opportunity for Authors................. 33 Helping Those Who Help Themselves 33 Book Reviews............................................ 62 Advertising Index................. .............. 70, 71 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc* The magazine is now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. ERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. 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A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 28 No. 3 September 1956 Experimental Once-Through Boiler Plant For Steam to 4266 Psia, 1112 F....................... ..................... .................by K. A. Rakoil, L. B. Krol, M. D. Panasenko and N. V. Bulgakova 42 Working Process of Super-High-Pressure Once-Through Boilers.. .by M. A. Styrikooich 49 Outdoor Versus Indoor Steam Stations In the Houston Area...........by L. K. Del'Homme 55 ....... Bubble Contact Heaters for Power Plants............................................. by George Kotelewskij 65 Sixth International Combustion Symposium Meets At Yale University............................ 73 (^Jtd&tLaU 3xevattutentd Pure Research and Its Rewards.......... 41 Power Engineering Behind The Iron Curtain................................................... 41 Advertising Index.................................. 84-85 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine it now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michifan. GE?ALD S. CARRICK JOSEPH C. McCABE CARL G. UDELL uatne3S Manager Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC. PnN/iDt icX-' &mt!ry' Pre*-! Charles McDonough. 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A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 28 No. 4 October 1956 4*-- Steam Power Plant Trends and Their Effect on the Boiler Feed Pump--I..................... .............................................................................................................................. by Igor J. Karassik Soot Ignition Temperature Measurement...............by D. R. Anderson and W. S. Watson Measurement of Gas Temperatures with Thermocouples.................. by Richard C. Corey 'Devising a Test for Plant Stack Stability.......................................................... by Jack Smith Instrument Show Convenes In New York City......................................................................... Combustion Symposium.................................................................................................................... 36 43 47 57 61 61 " vttT:2. - izz. 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McMahon 40 PWR Vessel En Route from Chattanooga to Shippingport.................................................... 48 Steam Power Plant Trends and Their Effect on the Boiler Feed Pump--II..................... ............................................................................................................................. by I. J. Karassik 51 Quality Measurements by Flame Photometer.................................................. by J. K. Rice 57 Seventeenth Annual Water Conference......................................................................................... 63 Atomic Industrial Forum................................................................................................................... 69 A Hopeful View of the Atom........... 39 Feeding the Thirst for Knowledge 39 Advertising Index.............................82, 83 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine it sow reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. GErALD s. CARRICK Business Manager ' . JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss, Treas.: Thomas A. Ennis. Secy. ' COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others die subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States. $5.50 in Canada: and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic. 40 cents: Foreign. 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Pub . hcation Office, Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64, P.L. fic R.. authorized by United States Post Office. sS* a. Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 28 No. 6 December 1956 <zJeatute . Steam Power Plant Maintenance Costs.........................................................by H. E. Roberts 38 .. Engineering the Eddystone Steam Generator for 5000 psig, 1200 F...........by E.M. Potcell 43 ;. ASME Annual Meeting Highlights................................................................................................ 51 Water Treatment for Boilers--Natural, Controlled Circulation and Once Through.... ^ ..................................................................................................................................by R.C. Ulmer 61 Founder Societies Vote to Keep Headquarters In New York City...................................... 67 c^jbepattuten t* We Say, "Amen"............................................. 37 Book Reviews....................................... 69 Advertising Index............................. 74, 75 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine is now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. GERALD s. CARRICK usiness Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Thomas A. Ennis, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler "J^sepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is 4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic, 40 cents: Foreign, 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1956 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub lication Office. Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. ~ Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. fic R,, authorized by United States Post Office. m- Printed in U. S. A. a. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 28 No. 7 January 1957 Comparison of the Reducing Power of Sodium Sulfite and Hydrazine in Steam-Water ` Cycles...................................................................................................................... by F.G. Straub 34 Panel Construction Invades Medium Boiler Field........................................ by F. S. Krofts 41 Power Practices of 1956..................................................................................................................... 44 ASME Annual Meeting In Review--II........................................................................................ 46 ...................................by E.W. Burstadt, D. E. Hart, L. J. Marshall, and R. H. Shannon 53 Oxygen Monitor in Flue Gases........................................................................................................ 61 ;er Maintenance Costs and Their Control----- 33 What Price Individuality?............................ 33 Business Notes.............................. . .. 62 Advertising Index.............................70, 71 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine is now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. GERALD S. CARRICK Businas Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC., 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph/V. Santry. Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Thomas A. Ennis, Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A; in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is 44 in the United States. $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic, 40 cents: Foreign, 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1957 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub lication Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R.. authorized by United States Post Office. Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol.28 No. 8 February 1957 State of Slagging Furnace Development in Germany by P. Grasme 34 Forced Outage Rates of High Pressure Steam Turbines and Boilers................................... .................................................... ............................................................... by AIEE Subcommittee 43 Heat Balance Studes in Textile Plants........... ........................by Perez Otis Lewin 47 Thermal Problems of Atomic Power Stations by C. E. Lundgren and C. Seippel 51 The Engineer and the American Economy... .................................by John B. 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Boobyer 45 EBWR Goes On The Line................................................................................................................ 53 The 1957 Nuclear Congress:............................................................................................................. 59 The American Power Conference Program............... ................................................................... 65 (^JtHcPZLCll* '2)evattt*ten ts- It Couldn't Be Done............................ '3 Coal Markets in Florida?................... 33 Advertising Index................................ 74, 75 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The roftgftzine is now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. 1ERALD s. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor CARL G. 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Singer The Army Package Power Reactor................................................................................................. Cost of Cation Exchange Equipment................................ by R. F. Peak ar*d M. M. David A Power Engineer Looks Ahead Ten Years............................ .................................................... ..................................................................................................by Professor Theodore Baumeister American Power Conference in Review--11................................................................................. BCR's Techno-Sales Conference...................................................................................................... 38 46 48 53 59 65 (^.tfotcciah c^^tyejjjattnten t* America's Next Twenty Years......... 37 Putting A Shoulder to the Wheel... 37 Book Reviews......................................... 67 New Equipment..................................... 68 Advertising Index...............................82, 83 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine ii now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by Univenity Microfilm! of Ann Arbor. Michigan. ALD S. CARRICK tsiness Manager . JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYL1NG Associate Editor CARL G. UDELL Circulation Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. 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Harlow 41 A Case History of Automatic Ash and Dust Handling Progress........................................... ................................................................................................. .................................... by B. C. Berry 45 Thermal Problems of Atomic Power Stations--11..................................................................... by C. E. Lundgren and C. Seippel 51 Graduation Day... Planned and Plotted....................... 34 New Catalogs and Bulletins......... .... 59 Personals.............................................. .... 63 Annual Index..................................... ...71-77 Advertising Index............................. ...78-79 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. The magazine it now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. ERALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. 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Tyndall 45 The Throttling of Wet Steam.............................. ................................................. by J.H. Potter 55 Air Pollution Control Assn. Celebrates Its Fiftieth Anniversary.......................................... 61 (^Jtiicpcla.h umen Heat, Man and Utility Services........... 33 Mechanical Brains.................................... 33 Advertising Index................................. 68, 69 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. The magazine t now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Michigan. SRALD S. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. 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Hunter 44 f&ying the Accuracy of Coal Sample Preparation . by R. L. Coryell and F. J. Schwerd 47 Dinechanisms in Combustion................................................................ by John S. Tyndall 51 j- _ ' facts From the Technical Press............................................................................................... 59 ^btejjHVctnteH.t* in the Marketplace................... 33 sy.Wsf0v^ Dt-n,ay Reflections............................. 33 Advertising Index................................. 70, 71 U?TION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. ~* in the Applied Science & Technology Index. u now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor. Micbisan. c**^4<!carrick Mknager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor ^ VV V hed monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. ,5P" V. Santp'. Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Thomas A. Ennis. Secy, hbrie ^TION is sent gratisto engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler t-lU^n UP* to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is 40 * United Stfte- *5.50 in Canada: and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes : 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1957 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub ,. '.tSi. ,aon Cmce, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. !: '"der Section 34.64, P.L. & R,, authorized by United States Post Office. PA Printed in U. S. A. i i i COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OEEBERATION Vol. 29 No. 4 October 1957 giiThe Engineering of a Modern Incinerator................................................by H. C. Meissner 38 eWorld Power Data.. ...................................................................................................................... 44 split Pump VersusSingle Pumps........................................ :..................... byJLW. Haywood 49 s'Power From the Sun........................................................................................by William T. Reid 55 . vb> i.. (^Jtltotlatd ^dbeyatintenid j.'M *>#$i&Sh"aping the American City , of omorrow.......................................... 37 ' .TV-'a ' . Review of New Books.......................... 59 Advertising Index............................... 70, 71 .'^^tP^^BUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. '>^aad also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. / P'The magazine ia now reproduced and diatributed to librarian on microfilm by Univerrity Microfilm, of Ann Arbor. Michigan. <SE*Ld s. CARRICK "mlntat Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC., 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. " rv4aep^ Gantry, Pres.; Charles McDonough. Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss. Treas.; Thomas A. Ennis. Secy. P^BUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler -~r. ""raepower up; and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is " m the United States. $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes . <.' 40 cents: Foreign 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1957 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. PubV "cation Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. . Acceptance under Section 34.64, P.L. 6c R., authorized by United States Post Office. * ?*& 4*yV -- BPA Printed in U. S. A- COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 29 No. 5 November 19S7 Selection and Application of Cooling Towers in Steam Electric Stations.......................... .................................................................................................................................by E. E. Goitein 38 Flow of Coal In Bins.............................................................. by F. D. Cooper and J. R. Garvey 45 Incremental Maintenance Costs of Steam Electric Generating Stations............................ ............................................................................................................................ by M. J. Steinberg 51 Eighteenth Annual Water Conference...................................................................................... 55 The Costs of Scrubbing Out SO. From Flue Gases................................................................... ......................................... by J. H. Field, L. M. Brunn, W. P. Haynes and H. E. Benson 61 Abstracts From The Technical Press--Abroad and Domestic............................................... 67 <^2)eyattntcn t* Making Meetings Manageable......... 37 An Asset or a Burden......................... 37 Advertising Index............................ 78,79 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. The magazine ia now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan. herald s. CARRICK Business Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor . Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC., 200 Madison Ave.. New York 16 A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC. Joseph V. Santiy, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.; Otto Strauss, Treas.; Thomas A. Ennis, Secy. . COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler .. horsepower up; and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is ` $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes- 40 cents: Foreign 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1957 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub ' ' ucation Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R., authorized by United States Post Office. PA Printed in U. S. A. COMBUSTION DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION Vol. 29 No. 6 December 19S7 Can Hydraulic Couplings Double As Feedwater Regulators?........... by Igor J. Karassik 34 Simple Standardized Techniques Insulate Effectively............................................................. 38 Good Organization Speeds Up Engineering Projects............................by Mills Tourtellotte 41 ASME Annual Meeting Highlights--I.......................................................................................... 47 Atomic Industrial Forum of 1957.................................................................................................... 53 (fldttp'cla.i* The War of Words............................... 33 ^2)epattnten t* Advertising Index...............................64,65 COMBUSTION published its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. The mmgazine ia now reproduced and distributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan. !ERT D. TAFT siness Manager JOSEPH C. McCABE Editor GLENN R. FRYLING Associate Editor Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.. 200 Madison Ave., New York 16 ' A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. Joseph V. Santry, Pres.; Charles McDonough, Vice-Pres.: Otto Strauss, Treas.; Thomas A. Ennis. Secy. COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 rated boiler horsepower up; and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada; and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domes tic. 40 cents: Foreign 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1957 by Combustion Publishing Company. Inc. Pub lication Office. Easton. Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Acceptance under Section 34.64. P.L. & R., authorized by United States Post Office. BPA Printed in U. S. A. JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and publishtr A. W. HINDENLANG, Associate Editor ROBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager MISS MARY MONGAN, Circulation Manager Published monthly 'by COMBUSTION' PUB LISHING COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison Ave., New York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC Charles McDonough, President Arthur J. Sontry, Jr., Vice-President Lambert J. Gross, Treasurer Thomas A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 20,000 lbs per hr capacity up,- and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is U in Hie .United States, $5.50 in Canada, 1 $8 in Latin America and other countries. Ie copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, oO cents plus postage. Copyright 1961 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc Pub* lication Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Accepted as controlled circulation publication at Easton, Pa. COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. The magazine is now reproduced and dis tributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j -- Printed in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Copper coil strands are transposed around stainless steel tubing. Hydrogen gas passes through the coils. l Courtesy Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.) DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 32 number 8 February 1961 Why Trip Safeguards to Switch Power Sources? ... 24 A W. Hlndenlang One of the everday operating plagues of a sudden power failure is answered by a dash of Yankee ingenuity Furnace Safeguards Panel--I ... 27 The off-the-cuff reactions of a dozen top operating men, burner designers and consultants to specific subjects such as purging, combustible meters--First of three parts Optimizing a Regenerative Steam Turbine Cycle ... 38 G. Chiantore, D. Borgese, F. Baldo and J. H. Potter . A workable analytical method to determine the optimum cycle for a regenerative power installation. A some what different approach from that employed by the authors is added as an Appendix by John H. Cruise Hiring Engineering Graduates--Why and How ... 51 A staff compiled survey of the hiring practices of utility and industrials aimed at identifying the major yardsticks employed Steam Power Plant Clinic ... 48 Igor J, Karassik A suggested way of predicting effect of frequency variation on feed pump capacify is offered American Power Conference Preliminary Program ... 57 Editorials: Green Light Ahead? ... 32 Advertising Index . . . 62, 63 JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and publisher A. W* HINDENLANG, Associate Editor ROBERT 0. TAFT, Business Manager MISS MARY MONGAN, Circulation Manager published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBUSHING COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison Ae., New York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC Charles McDonough, President Arthur J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President Lambert J. Gross, Treasurer Thomas A. Ennis, Secretary ' COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 20,000 lbs per hr capacity up; and to consulting engineers in this field. To others he subscription rate, including postage, is \ in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, jrtd $8 in Latin America and other countries. Stogie copies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1961 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub lication Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Accepted as controlled circulation publication ot Easton, Pa. COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. the magazine is now reproduced and dis tributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j Prvrfed in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Sanford Plant, Florida Power & Light Co., shows interesting contrast between earlier and more recent power plant outlines DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT Of STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 32 number 9 March 1961 Furnace Safeguards Panel--II ... 18 The second part of a three-part, off-the-cuff report of the reactions of a dozen operating men, burner designers and consultants to light-off and control hardware Key Point inspection, Electrical Indicators Save Time in Fly-Ash Precipitator Maintenance ... 30 R. W. Sickles A ten-point, step-by-step series of suggestions to cut down precipitator maintenance checks The Relation Between Boiler Cleanliness and Feedwater . . .. . .35 F. U. Neat Here is the first detailed report on the application of an all-steel heat exchanger to a boiler cycle Methods of Obtaining Accurate Boiler Water Level Indication ... 43 J. W. Williams High pressure steam generators present special problems in determining the true water level in the drums. Here is a full description of remote water level indicators that solves these problems Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 50 Editorials: The Anti-Trust Cases--Symptoms of an industry Sickness? ... 17 Advertising Index . . . 56, 57 C. McCABE, Editor and 'JDENLANG, Associate Editor 3- TAFT, Business Manager RY MONGAN, < Manager monthly by COMBUSTION PUB.OMPANY, INC, 200 Madison York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF ON ENGINEERING, INC Donough, President ntry, Jr., Vice-President 3ross, Treasurer nnis. Secretary _ DN is sent gratis to engineers in in charge of steam plants from per ^ capacity up; and to ngir :n this field. To others tion jt, including postage, is 'nited States, 55.50 in Canada, atin America and other countries, s: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, s postage. Copyright 1961 by Publishing Company, Inc Pub:e, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of publication. controlled circulation publication *N publishes its annual index in e and is indexed regularly by Index, Inc and also in the nee & Technology index. ie is now reproduced and dissraries on microfilm by University Ann Arbor, Michigan, j S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO irst use of stainless steel in a ndenser within the Duquesne ht Co.'s experience took place it their Elrama Power Plant. volume 32 number 70 April 1961 A Gas Turbine CO Boiler Installation; Economic and Thermodynamic Analysis ... 22 Charles Bultzo . ' Here is an interesting and fact-packed story of a number of tests run to determine the values and the savings from a combined cycle Furnace Safeguards Panel ... 31 - Last of three parts in which a panel of experts discuss different problems of different fuels, equipment shut down, inter-plant communications Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XXIII ... 44 Igor J. Karassik Pumping problems in a power house--variations of NPSH during transient conditions and the need for individual pump by-pass controls are covered Pneumatic Material Handling System Solves Difficult Flyash Disposal Problem ... 50 R. G. James A quick, heavily illustrated story of AEC's Hanford plant's solution of a typical power plant problem American Power Conference in Review ... 53 Abstracts From the Technical Press ... 59 Editorials: On Hard-Head Engineers ... 21 by James T. Fairman OEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OP STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION H c. McCabe, editor and #p HJNDENLANG, Associota Editor ?T D. TAFT, Business Manager MARY MONGAN, rtion Manager ' id monthly by COMBUSTION PUB3 COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison view York \6. A SUBSIDIARY OF USTION ENGINEERING, INC ; McDonough, President ]. Santry, Jr,, Vice-President J. Gross, Treasurer i A. Ennis, Secretary USTION is sent gratis to engineers in S. A. in charge of steam plants from ) lbs per hr capacity up; and to ng engineers in this field. To others oserip'' rate, including postage, is the ` States, $5.50 in Canada, 3 in Lo*..i America and other countries, copies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, is plus postage. Copyright 1961 by stion Publishing Company, Inc Pub > Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle month of publication. ed as controlled circulation publication on. Pa. USTION publishes its annual index in ie issue and is indexed regularly by ering Index, Inc and also in the d Science & Technology Index. agazine is now reproduced and dis- d to libraries on microfilm by University dms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j s in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Construction is reported aimosl complete at Elk River, Minnesota, rural electric atomic plant volume 32 number 7 7 May Ml Observations and Experiences Resulting From A Precipitator Improvement Program .... 22 Ai J. Archbold There have been many proposals, and fewer attempts, to establish some standards for precipitator performance. This paper, a follow-up to an earlier, basic offering by the same author, gives performance data as against equipment criteria to permit intelligent comparisons. Economic Thickness of Insulation For Flat Plates and Pipes ... 33 W. C Turner . As the author states: "Depending upon cost of insulation and the cost of heat, a certain definite thickness of insulation provides the lowest total cost." He then describes the procedure to determine this thickness. Fluid Drives for Turbine-Generator Driven Boiler Feed Pumps ... 38 Richard D. O'Neil On-the-shaft drives whether mounted on the turbine-end or the generator-end for boiler feed pumps will make their mark for reliability as much as for economy. Here is a brief description of most of the early applications. American Power Conference In Review ... 46 Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 55 Editorial: Air Pollution Control--A Joint Responsibility? ... 21 Advertising Index . . . 60, 61 ' C. McCABE, .Editor and INDENLANG, Associate Editor D. TAFT, Business Manager *RY MONGAN, n Manager monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC, 200 Madison - .York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF ION ENGINEERING, INC :Donough, President sntry, Jr., Vice-President Gross, Treasurer cnnis. Secretary ON is sent gratis to engineers in - in charge of steam plants from s per hr capacity up; ' and to .ngineers in this field. To others otio s, including postage, is Jnitt. rates, $5.60 in Canada, -atin America and other countries, ss; Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, JS postage. Copyright 1961 by Publishing Company, Inc. Pubce, Easton, Pa. issued the middle i of publication. . controlled circulation publication )N publishes its annual index in je and is indexed regularly by Index, Inc. and also in the :nce 8> Technology Index. ne is now reproduced and disorories on microfilm by University Ann Arbor, Michigan. J S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO " The compact effect of close design is illustrated in this recent dust collector installation . DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OP STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 32 number 7 2 June 1961 Detecting Service Failures in Power Plants--Part I ... 24 Helmut Thielsch First of a two-part roundup of the newest inspection techniques presents photographic examples of the subjects covered ' In Furnace Protection--A Big Step Forward? ... 34 Multi-burner scanning is tackled with the aid of a fused quartz rod that resists high temperature and bends light around corners Power Plant Clinic--XXIV ... 40 Igor Karassik * The problems of bypass orifices designed for steady load when placed on a variable load assignment are discussed along with automatic valves to stop backflow Economic Improvements of a Combined Cycle Plant Over A Conventional Steam Cycle Plant ... 42 H. G. Petersen and J. O. Stephens Capital and energy costs of a large size power plant using gas and coal in a combination gas turbinesteam cycle are compared with a conventional coalfired plant of the same size Abstracts from the Technical Press--Abroad and Domestic ... 47 Editorials: Three Billion People ... 23 by Walker L Cisler i I JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and f&iihnr H yt. HINDENLANG, Associate Editor lOSERT D. TAFT, Business Manager MISS MARY MONGAN, &tdation Manager ,fished monthly by COMBUSTION PUBjjHlNG COMPANY, INC., 200 Madison New York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF 0MBUST1ON ENGINEERING, INC lories McDonough, President rttwf J. Santry.Jr., Vice-President nnbert J. Gross, Treasurer emas A Ennis, Secretary 3MBUST10N is sent gratis to engineers in > .U. S. A in charge of steam plants from ,000 lbs per hr capacity up; and to wilting engineers in this field. To others subscription rate, including postage, is in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, j SB in Latin America and other countries, gle conies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, cent postage. Copyright 1961 by nbus. .'ublishing Company, Inc Pubrion Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle no month of publication. spied as controlled circulation publication oston. Pa. ABUSTION publishes its annual index in June issue and is indexed regularly by neering Index, Inc and also in the ied Science & Technology Index. magazine is now reproduced and die ted to libraries on microfilm by University ifilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j :d in U. S. A BPA COVER PHOTO rhe spray formation close to the nozzle of a swirl type nrzzle is dramatically shown here. DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT Of STEAM ftANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 33 number 2 August 1961 impurities in Steam from High Pressure Boilers ... 18 R. C. Ulmer and H. A. Klein Results of tests on operating units show relatively low vaporous carryover of sodium--lower than laboratory tests have indicated Atomization of Liquid Fuel for Combustion--II . . .27 Paul Eisenklam Conclusion of a well-documented, mass transfer analysis of atomization Incinerator Furnace Temperature. . . How to Calculate and Controllt . . .35 H. G. Meiss*ner An up-to-the minute survey of factors influencing furnace design and performance in refuse incinerators The Merits of Single Stage Solvent for Simultaneous Removal of Copper and Iron Oxides . . .41 J. P. Engle A study of the chemistry and results of boiler cleaning using thiourea in an acid solvent Thermodynamics of Boiler Feed Pumps . . .46 A. J. Stepanoff and H. A. Stahl The authors point to the need for more precise design factors for modern high pressure feed pumps Editorial: "Conference Maketh a Ready Man" ... 17 Advertising Index . . . 54, 55 - jOtffH C. MeCABE, Editor and 4. H. HINDENIANG, Associate Editor lOflfRT D. TAFT, Business Manager mi$ MARY MONGAN, Sedation Managor M,IW>d monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC, 200 Madison New York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF .0MSUSTION ENGINEERING, INC juries McDonough, President tnlmr U Sontry, Jr., Vice-President (*brt J. Gross, Treasurer sooss A Ennis, Secretary . OMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in * I/.- S. A in charge of steam plants from 0,000 lbs per hr capacity up,- and to milting engineers in this field. To others * subscription rate, including postage, is t in Ihe United States, $5.50 in Canada, <4 J8 `in America and other countries. . i Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, J cents plus postage. Copyright 1961 by Mbuition Publishing Company, Inc Pub- 3tn Office, Easton, Pa, Issued the middle *,* month of publication. . :tpted as controlled circulation publication fmton. Pa. 'MBUSTION publishes its annual index in June issue and is indexed regularly by imeering Index, Inc and also in the oiled Science & Technology Index. magazine is now reproduced and dis ced to libraries on microfilm by University ofllmj of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j <d in U. S. A BPA COVER PHOTO The first direct barge loading coal mine in Illinois, the Banner Mine of the United Electric Coal Companies DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM FIANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 33 number 3 September 1961 The Theory of Combined Steam and Gas Turbine Installations ... 30 C Seippel and ft. Bereuter An excellent survey of the basic combinations worthy of consideration and a scholarly discussion of their workings . and their thermodynamics . A Concept of Combustion Control for Firing Two Solid Fuels ... 43 Carl Rodenburg Controls of a single solid fuel aided by either a gas or an oil fuel lend themselves to proved treatments. Two solids, however, can mean problems. Here is one of the better approaches we have seen. Application of Solid State Electric Control to Utility Boilers ... 48 E. . Swanson The age-old handling of boiler controls by separate checks on separate functions has lost out to the need for full process loop controls. This article discusses control devices Abstracts From the Technical Press--Abroad and Domestic ... 54 Editorial: Plain Words Capricorn ... 29 Advertising Index . . . 60, 61 JOSEPH C. MeCABE, Editor and fui&W A- W* HINDENLANG, Associate Editor lOBERT 0. TAFT, Business Manager WSS MARY MONGAN, ' Cremation Managor joshed monthly by COMBUSTION PUBUSMING COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison StA, New York Id. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC OiDrles McDonough, President y J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President l0bert J. Gross, Treasurer ftofnos A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in 4c U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from TOO lbs per hr capacity up; and to lifting engineers in this field. To others 4# subscription rate, including postage, is |4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, md $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, *0 cents plus postage. Copyright 7961 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pubicotion Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle W the month of publication. Controlled circulation postage paid at tenon. Pa. COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in 4# June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. *** magazine is now reproduced and dis puted to libraries on microfilm by University **rofllms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j hrted in U.-S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Superimposed on a wash drawing oj a large operating boiler we have placed the efficiency curves of our known thermal, nuclear, MHD means of generating power volume 33 number 4 October 1961 A Probe for Studying Deposition of Solid Material from Flue Gas at High Temperatures ... 22 P. J. Jackson Because no laboratory mock-up con approach the actual field conditions between boiler heat transfer surfaces and the fuel and flue gas exposed to them a practical, robust probe has been developed for field duty and field studies. Removal of Slag Deposits from Screen Type Superheaters by Vibration Methods ... 29 L G. Kropp and D. L Itman 0 The constant search for extending equipment availabilities have led the Russians to investigate vibration methods of cleaning superheater surfaces. Here is a how-to story. Repeated Acid Cleaning of Boilers ... 35 The July issue of COMBUSTION carried a paper by J. K. Rice in which he raised certain points and made some tentative conclusions. Eight very active men in the field of water conditioning had pungent comments ' to make. We print them all here together with Mr. Rice's closure. Magnefohydrodyna mic Power and Propulsion ... 44 George W. Sutton and Per Gloersen For the first time to our knowledge some of the parameters affecting MHD are spelled out in dimension form. The problems and the hopes are equally and ably stated. We confined them to bulk power applications. Abstracts fro m the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 52 Editorial: Progress and the TumUw --4 C. McCABE, Editor and fvbUfhnr ^ If. HINDENLANG, Associate Editor lOBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager MIS$ MARY MONGAN, frtulation Manager fStbtohed monthly by COMBUSTION PUB LISHING COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison New York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC ' Outlet McDonough, President Arthur 1. Santry, Jr., Vice-President tualjert J. Grots, Treasurer Utaaas A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in M U. 1 A in charge of steam plants from 20.000 lbs per hr capacity up; ond to putting engineers in this field. To others subscription rate, including postage, is <4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, $8 in Latin America and other countries. ,( copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, 0 cents plus postage. Copyright 1961 by Canbustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub(cation Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle I the month of publication. Controlled circulation postage paid at Luton, Pa. COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in * June issue and is indexed regularly by Peering Index, Inc and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. ttw magazine is now reproduced and dis- nbuted to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann 'Arbor, Michigan, j hated in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Construction view of the boiler unit for the 22 Mw plant described in detail on p. 46 volume 33 number 5 November 1961 Transportation of Electrical Energy vs. Transportation of Fuel ... 30 IV. E. Hopkins The utility industry in its never ending search for better, more economical ways of doing business are now thinking about fuel availabilities at the power plant which means transportation costs as well as raw material charges. A New Arrangement for a Steam Turbine By-Pass ... 38 J, B. Prather and J. H. Potter Close matching of steam and metal temperatures as an aid to quick startups has led many to take a sharp look at by-pass arrangements. Here is one for a 7 50 Mw, 2400 psi, 1000 F, 7 000 F unit. Steam Pa ower Plant' Clinic ... 42 Igor J. Karassik The author opens his discussion of where best to get feedwater for reheat attemperation by quoting "Progress is made by solving problems resulting from the making of progress." With this as a background several solutions are offered. Record Completion Time for 22 Mw Power Plant ... 46 D. N. Higgins A lapsed time of seven months from confirmation of contract to completed plant promises an interesting story. The author fills in the details. Twenty Second Annual international Water Conference ... 51 Abstracts of all the papers felt by the editors to be of interest to. steam-raising field. Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 55 Editorial: Mahomet and the Mountain ... 29 Advertisers' Index ... 60 and 61 JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and publisher A. W. HINDENLANG, Associate Editor ROBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager MISS MARY MONGAN, Circulation Manager s the nace ;furnade the able ; inada, Por i. In v in day. eof Je" net. Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUBUSHING COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison we., New York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC .Charles McDonough, President Arthur J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President Lambert J. Gross, Treasurer Thomas A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in Ihe U- S. A. in charge of steam plants from 20,000 .lbs per hr capacity up; and to consulting engineers in this Reid. To others rhe subscription rate, induding postage, is 54 in the United States, 55.50 in Canada, ond $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1961 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc Pubicotion Office, Easton, Pa Issued the middle of the month of publication. Controlled circulation postage paid at carton, Pa. COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in he June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc and olso in the Applied Science & Technology Index. Ihe magazine is now reproduced and dis tributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j famed in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Daylight view of the beautiful new Nichols Station of the Southwestern Public Service Co., near Amarillo, Texas rtW DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT Of STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 33 number 6 December 1961 Burner Controls for Automatic Power Plants ... 20 Ross Fornoy The author stresses the need for sound, practical thinking in developing the badly needed automatic control. Furnace Protection--Caveat Emptor . 21 F. Cowan Mr. Cowan gives something of the opposite face of the coin Mr. Forney discusses on page 20. Roller Mills--A Contribution to the Assessment and Selection of Coal Pulverizing Mills ... 26 W. Scheming The calculation of the output and the power of a mill required for an unknown coal is one of the most difficult tasks of a project engineer. These difficulties are identified and stressed by the authors. Steam Power Plant Clinic ... 32 Igor J. Karassik Once again the author takes on questioners from the field on ihe subject of pumps and power plant cycles. Bureau of Mines Coal-Fired Gas Turbine Research Project ... 35 T. Reed Scollon, Harry Perry, Earle P. Schoub, J. P. McGee A progress report on Ihe comprehensive program the Bu of Mines has going at Morgantown, W. Va. Highlights of the Annual Meeting--I ... 39 The Annual ASME Meeting is again reported by abstracts of papers held of value to readers of COMBUSTION. Steam Turbine Controls ... 45 . J. D. Conrad, Jr. With the marked changes in the boiler control picture-- from demands for automation to the needs of supercritical and once-through designs--we have asked one of the leaders in the turbine field io give us a status report on their controls. Abstracts from the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad 51 Editorial: Is the Well Drying Up? . 19 Advertisers' index ... 58 and 59 JOSEPH C. MeCABE, Editor and Publish* . A. W. HINDENLANG, Associait Editor ROBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager MISS MART MONGAN, Circulation Manager Publiihed monthly by COMBUSTION PUB LISHING COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison A,, New York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMMSTION ENGINEERING, INC Charter McDonough, President Arthur J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President |Lombert J. Gross, Treasurer mas X' Ennis, Secretary IcOMBUSTlON is sen! grab's to engineers in the U. $. A. in charge of steam piants from 20,000 lbs per hr capacity up; and to wgHing engineers in this field* To others .he subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, *d $8 in Latin America and other countries. Angle copies; Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, <0 cents pius postage. Copyright 1962 by mbustion Publishing Company, Inc Pub.calicn Office, Easton, Pa. issued the middie dI the month of publication. Controlled circulation postage paid at Easton, Pa COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in lh June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc and also in the Applied Science & Technology index. The magazine is now reproduced and dis tributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j Prmfed in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Workman busily making adjustments on a thermoelectric generator meant to power the blower of a domestic gas heating furnace volume 33 number 8 February 1962 Needed--Research in Flame Safeguard System Applications ... 24 E. S. Monroe It is only of recent years that the zone of flammability has ceased to be a laboratory phenomenon and recognized as vital to flame safeguard systems. But the recognition isn't enough, says this author, we need research support. Developing Techniques for Accelerated Starting of Pulverized CoalFired Units ... 26 O. L Gann, G. G. Halftnger, R. C. Sherrill and J. A Donald The growing spread between utility system base loads and peak loads has resulted in sizable units being relegated to peaking duty. Here is a three-pronged analysis of system economics, operating procedures and guides, plant design considerations. Last Gleanings From the ASME Annual Meeting ... 42 Steam Power Plant Clinic ... 44 Igor J. Karassik In this article the author gives his views on the role of the spare boiler feed pump. American Power Conference Program ... 47 The latest information on the papers scheduled for the forthcoming twenty fourth annual American Power Conference. Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 54 Editorial: Plain Words by Capricorn ... 23 Advertisers' Index . . . 62, 63 JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and fvUidwr A. W. HINDENIANG, Associate Editor gOBERT D. TAFT, Business Manoger bblbhad monthly by COMBUSTION PUBjSWNG COMPANY, INC, 200 Modiwn IM, New York 14. A SUBSIDIARY OF JOMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC {bories McDonough, President Arthur X Sontry, Jr., Vice-President j^rtert J. Gross, Treasurer (tonot A. Ennis, Secretary COmSUSHGM is sent gratis to engineers in ft* U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from J0,000 lbs per hr capacity up,- and to wiling engineers in this field. To others e subscription rate, including postage, is |4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, end 18 in Latin America and other countries. gft copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, Jctrti plus postage.' Copyright 1962 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc Pub' n*>on Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle imt month of. publication. (trolled circulation postage paid at Easton, U COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in $m )gne issue and is indexed regularly by tRfMMring Index, Inc and also in the 4#*Jd Science & Technology Index. JW magazine is now reproduced ond dis* >bwtd to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms in of U. Ann Arbor, S. A. Michigan, jBPA COVER PHOTO Otter Tail Power Company's latest stationthc 33,000 kw Hoot Lake plant volume 33 number 9 April 1962 The Challenge of an Engineering Career in the Exploding Technology of Thermal Electric Power ... 22 By V. F. Esteourt Systems engineering and all it implies is supplanting the less challenging, more evolutionary hardware and component developments of yesteryear's power engineer. A New Steam Generator for Supercritical Pressure .. . . 28 By Willburt W. Schroedter The once-through unit has proved itself reliable, feasible and efficient for large steam generating units. But the use of the by pass for low load and start-up has hobbled its widespread application. Here the author presents a combined circulation design which eliminates the bypass, permits advantages of fabrication heretofore impractical. Feeding Coal to a Gas Turbine ... 40 By D. G. Strimbeck, J. Smith, R. W. Cargill and J. P. McGee The first ofseveral articles planned describing two separate systems for feeding coal to a gas turbine combustor. One is for a locomotive and the second for large generating stations. Steam Power Plant Clinic--XXX ... 45 By Igor J. Karassik Two knotty but persistent problems--alternate source of condensate injection and monitoring pump deflection--are covered in this issue. Grindability--A Unit for Coals or Equipment? ... 46 By R. M. Hardgrove `An earlier COMBUSTION article oh comparing roller mills seemed enough off base to prompt this helpful reply. Power Symposium Program ... 48 The theme "Power Automation in Use" plus top-flight engineers who will participate make this ISA, Fort Worth, Texas meeting an attractive one to all engineers. Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad . . . 17,50 Editorial: Administration--New Entrepreneur? ... 21 Advertisers' Index ... 54 and 55 . SEPH C* McCABE, Editor and ihhtr ' yy HINDENLANG, Associate Editor gRT D". TAFT, Business Manager -had monlbly by COMBUSTION PUBi'nG COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison New. York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF igUSTlON ENGINEERING, INC McDonough, President jr J. Sontry, Jr., Vice-President aert J. Gross, Treasurer IBS A. Ennis, Secretary aBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in j S. A. in charge of steam plants from >00 lbs per hr capacity up; and to jliing* engineers in this field. To others utbscription rate, including postage, is the United States, $5.50 in Canada, $8 in Latin America and other countries, e copies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, ents plus postage. Copyright 1962 by oustion Publishing Company, Inc Pub* on Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle s me ' nf publication. roileu .ulation postage paid at Easton, OUSTION publishes its annual index in >une issue and is indexed regularly by 'eering Index, Inc. and also in the ed Science & Technology index. magazine is now reproduced and dis* ied to libraries on microfilm by University sfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j d in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Landmark lighting in the Panhandle plains is achieved by the Nichols Station of the Southwestern Public Service- Co. near Amarillo, Texas " volume 33 number 17 May 1962 Cleaning the Iron System Using Ammoniated Citric Acid ... 17 . Allano This author makes a strong case for this acid . since he holds it to be a specific for cleaning iron and a stopper for any tendency of iron to react with its own ferric salt Generation of Electricity By Unconventional Methods--I ... 29 H. Billett, P. D. Dunn and H. C. Whitby From time to time COMBUSTION assays the research world to report on what's new or what advances have been scored in earlier reported researches . American Power Conference in Review--I ... 41 Abstracts of the more interesting papers at the recently concluded Chicago-staged Power Conference are begun in this issue with a follow up next month * Steam Power Plant Clinic--XXXI ... 49 Igor J. Karassik ' The recurring problem of boiler feed pump recirculation comes up again. This time its the control valve and its location that is commented upon Rotary Valve Transfers Coal in System for Feeding A Gas Turbine ... 52 Jack Smith and Donald C. Strimbeck The basic essentials in a coal feed valve to supply a stationary-sized gas turbine power unit Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 55 Editorial: Recognition for Responsibility Assumed ... 15 Advertisers' index . . . 66, 67 C. -McCABE, Editor and J&tXF - yf HINOENLANG, Associate Editor jIERT D. TAFT, Business Manager .,d monthly by COMBUSTION PUB ' j- COMPANY, INC, 200 Madison N* York 16. A SUBSIDIARY OF JlUSTlON ENGINEERING, INC ,m McDonough, President l Santry, Jr., Vice-President J. Gross, Treasurer rt, A. Ennis, Secretary uiUSIlON is sent gratis to engineers in j S. A. in charge of steam plants from :00 lbs per hr capacity up; and to J*g engineers in this field. To others description rate, including postage, is , me United States, SS.50 in Canada, SI in Latin America and other countries, copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, plus postage. Copyright 1962 by uiiior ""blishing Company, Inc. .Pubj, C :aston. Pa. Issued the middle 4 eon. . publication. -ttltd circulation postage paid at Easton, lUSTlON publishes its annual index in 44* issue and is indexed regularly by Index, Inc and also in the 4>t Science & Technology Index. agosine is now reproduced and dis cern libraries on microfilm by University /ins e rfi of U. Ann Arbor, S. A. Michigan, j BPA COVER PHOTO Florida Partner and Light t ampony's sparkling Miami 'tntian-mi the Miami River near its mouth DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPEIATION volume 33 number 12 June 1962 Utilization of Pipeline Coal ... 20 , D. J. Frey, James Jonakin and V. Z. Caracristi The authors develop the case for transportation of pipeline coal and present an interesting evaluation of the various methods of handling and burning at the delivery point. Measurements of the Water Circulation in a High-Pressure Natural Circu lation Boiler ... 25 Roy Carlson, Bemt Cederberg, Knot Ljunggren Details are given of the first large scale radioactive measurement of circulation velocities in a steaming boiler. American Power Conference in Review--II ... 31 . Stack Inspections and Maintenance ... 37 George Setterlund Precautions, points to check and maintenance tips for improved stack care are cited. Generation of Electricity by Unconventional Methods ... 41 H. Billet, P. D. Dunn and H. C. Whitby Here is Part II of an excellent analysis of several unique generating methods with an evaluated discus sion of possible applications. Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XXXII ... 48 Igor J. Karassik Mr. Karassik discusses a reader's suggestion on preventing feedpump suction flashing. Abstracts from the Technical Press--at Home and Abroad ... 52 Annual Index ... 62 'Editorial: Who Gains From a Stacked Deck? ... 19 Advertising Index . . . 66 & 67 jgpH C. AAcCABE, Editor and rZ hinDENLANG, Associate Editor D. TAFT, Business Managor monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC., 305 Madison H*New York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF g^STlON ENGINEERING, INC. u, McDonough, President J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President ^trl l Gross, Treasurer t- - A. Ennis, Secretary , F-MIUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in tSelLS' A in charge of steam plants from [' 0Q0 lbs per hr capacity up; and to 'meAM engineers in this field. To others ; subscription rate, including postage, is ' U b the United States, $5.50 in Canada, aE $1 in Latin America and other countries. - Mats copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, 0,0* plus postage. Copyright 1962 by ^Motion Publishing Company, Inc Pub^ "ffice, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle v ,fh of publicatioa (untied circulation postage paid at Easton, h COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in Vie issue and is indexed regularly by >1-----"ft Index, Inc and also in the VpBed Science & Technology Index. I Magazine is now reproduced and dis- iVid to libraries on microfilm by University VmElms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j Meed in U. S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO Addition of Unit 5 to Con Edison's Astoria plant raised it to 1500 Mw capability--the largest steam electric plant in the USA DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT Of STEAM flANT DESIGN AND OPEEATION volume 34 number 7 July 1962 Mt. Storm--Project For the Future ... 17 . R. Ai Hutcheson Here is the why, where and when of the Vepco power plant in the coal fields connected to its load by 500,000 volt transmission lines Observations on Experiments Carried Out on the Combustion of Pulverized Fuel ... 21 ft. Loisin and ft. ft. Kissel The data on the 1960 fundamental research at the International Flame Research Foundation is now being made available. (First of two parts) t Highlights of the 30th Annual EEI Convention ... 29 Sample comments from the national leaders on problems of industry interest Power Reactor Experience ... 33 Frank K. Pittman The three commercial size nuclear power stations in the USA are given a quick look and a report Power Symposium a "Signal" Success ... 39 The Fifth National Power Instrumentation Symposium bore evidence to the importance of this activity The Case For Hydrochloric Acid ... 46 J. B. Dick Here is a sharply made rebuttal to the Sam AIfano May 1962 article on ammoniated citric acid Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 47 Editorial: The Nuclear Score Card ... 15 Advertisers' Index . . . 54 & 55 4 c. MeCABE, editor and -IlNDENLANG, Associate Editor X D. TAFT, Business Manager monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC., 305 Madison w York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF TiON ENGINEERING, INC. \cDonough, President Sentry, Jr., Vice-President , Gross, Treasurer Ennis, Secretary ION is sent gratis to engineers in it, in charge of steam plants from >s per hr capacity up; and to engineers in this field. To others ;ption rate, including postage, is United States, $5.50 in Canada, Latin America and other countries. ies: " mesfic, 40 cents. Foreign, tus, je. Copyright 1962 by > Pubi..ning Company, Inc. Pubice, Easton, Pa. issued the middle h of publication. :irculation postage paid at Easton, 3N publishes its annual index in ue and is indexed regularly by Index, Inc. and also in the -nee & Technology Index. ne is now reproduced and disoraries on microfilm by University Ann Arbor, Michigan, j S. A. BPA COVER PHOTO The prize-win ning Interna tional Fountain at the Seattle World's Fair volume 34 number 2 August 1962 Observations on Experiments Carried Out on the Combustion of Pulverized Fuef-ll ... 20 R. Loisin and R. R. Kissel Second installment on the 7 960 findings of the International Flame Research Foundation looking into the fundamentals of the combustion process New Steam Turbine Main Inlet Features Are a Bonus to Power Plant Operators ... 27 G. B. Leyland and J. D. Conrad, Jr. A brief description of one manufacturer's latest design features aimed at saving space, reducing maintenance, increasing accessibility Solid Fuels for Power Generation--A History and a Review ... 29 A. W. Hindenlang The paper develops a prediction for coal usage based on the lessons of history and the trends of today Steam Power Plant Clinic ... 38 Igor J, Karassik . Certain considerations that should go into writing pump specifications are offered and discussed Economic Sizing of Cooling Towers ... 41 A G. Kelly and N. R. Lawless Some discussion of cooling tower design factors is made and then the authors knuckle down to a practical example of the application of these factors Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 17 and 49 Editorial: Physician, Heal Thyself ... 19 r4 H C. MeCABE, Editor and tr HlNOENLANG, Associate Editor f 0. TAFT, Business Manager d monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC., 305 Madison .w York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF 5TI0N ENGINEERING, INC. McDonough, President Santry, Jr., Vice-President J. Gross, Treasurer V. Ennis, Secretary ' jTION is sent gratis to engineers in A. in charge of steam plants from ibs per hr capacity up; and to engineers in this field. To others Option rate, including postage, is United States, $5.50 in Canada, , Latin America and other countries, ales: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, plus postage. Copyright 1962 by Publishing Company, Inc Pubffjcr 'on. Pa. Issued the middle nth v jlication. i circulation postage paid at Easton, HON publishes its annual index in uue and is indexed regularly by g Index, Inc and also in the cience & Technology Index. cine is now reproduced and dislibraries on microfilm by University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAU.S. A. COVER PHOTO .-1 view of the complete coal car thawing unit at the Avon Plant of the Cleveland Electric Illum inating Co, DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT Of STEAM flANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 34 number'3 September 1962 Huntington Beach Control System to Date ... 20 C. O. Giles and W. L Chadwick One of the best presentations we've seen on power plant automation points out oversights, omissions plus benefits and lessons for the future Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XXXIV ... 24 Igor J. Karassik Two moot questions--selection of drives for half-capacity pumps and start-up treatment of condensate injection seals--are handled in this issue Design of Bunkers for Difficultly Flowing Fuels ... 32 W. J. Reynolds and R. S. Carter In which is discussed overcoming bunker discharge problems so that coal falls with level top surface and hang-ups are avoided Cleaning Steam Plant Equipment In Situ ... 40 Peter IV. Sherwood A roundup of cleaning methods apart from the chemical treatment often discussed in these pages A Study of Steam Costs ... 44 C. E. Feng A precise, analytical study of what it actually costs to produce steam and why Criticality Achieved in Indian Point Reactor ... 49 Facts and figures on the world's first commercial pressurized water thorium converter reactor Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 51 Editorial: Who'll Tend the Store? ... 19 Advertisers' Index ... 60 and 61 .^jgpH C. McCABE, Editor and ptfahtr yi HINDENLANG, Associate Editor j0gggT D. TAFT, Business Manager ^ed monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC., 305 Madison <^ NeW York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF *bUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.' ygbs McDonough, President ^ J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President L Gross, Treasurer >c-- A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in U. S A in charge of steam plants from jjflOO lbs per hr capacity up; and to `paulting engineers in this field. To others p tnbscription rate, including postage, is . |i M the United States, $5.50 in Canada, #d SB in Latin America and other countries. copies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, I plus postage. Copyright 1962 by .ion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub- ^ion Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle ; M*e month of publication. (amolled circulation postage paid at Easton, h COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in |M June issue and is indexed regularly by twittering Index, Inc and also in the ' Igplisd Science & Technology Index. la magazine is now reproduced and dis puted to libraries on microfilm by University wcroAlms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAhwed in U. S. A COVER PHOTO Striking view of T VA 's Gallatin Station at Gallatin, Venn. volume 34 number 4 October 1962 Profile of Panhandle Power ... 28 A tV. Hindenlang A sketch of an unusual utility with unusual problems The BISRA Variable-throat Burner ... 37 A IV. Durrani Varying the area of the rectangular burner throat produces turndown rates equivalent to a whole series of fixed throat burners Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XXXVI ... 43 Igor J. Karassik ^ A comparison of main shaft driven, and steam turbine driven boiler feed pumps on the basis of start-up requirements Use of Coordinated Phosphate Treatment to Prevent Caustic Corrosion in High Pressure Boilers ... 45 H. A Klein On the mechanics of iron water corrosion in high pressure boilers. The author also offers coordinated phosphate--pH control to fight caustic attack Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad . . . 6, 53 Editorial: Off With the Old ... 27 Advertisers'Index . . . 62 and 63 JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and A VV. HINDENLANG, Associate Editor jOBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager wiithed monthly by COMBUSTION PUBiLHING COMPANY, INC., 305 Madison " New York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF -ombustion ENGINEERING, INC. Rories McDonough, President urtior J. Sontry, Jr., Vice-President .onibert J. Gross, Treosurer homos A- Ennis, Secretary 'OMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from ;0,0OO lbs per hr capacity up; and la ^wilting engineers in this field. To others st subscription rate, including postage, is {4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, yd $8 in Latin America and other countries, yngle copies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, iO cents plus postage. Copyright 1962 by Comb'- " n Publishing Company, Inc PublCOti, ce, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle ,f the ___ ith of publication. Controlled circulation postage paid at Easton, >o. ' COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in st June issue and is indexed regularly by -ngineering Index, Inc and also in the toplied Science & Technology Index. he magazine is now reproduced and dis puted to libraries on microfilm by University hiaoBIms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPA-rioted in U. S. A. COVER PHOTO Combustion Engineering research study package boiler firing and control problems at Windsor, Conn. ft DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 34 number 5 November 1962 Protection of Materials During Acid Cleaning of Large Boilers . . .20 A. At. Leyer Translation from the original German provides the latest information on West European practice Water Conference Report ... 26 Abstracts of papers presented at the 23rd Annual ESWP International .Water Conference Temperature Drop Indicates Plug in Discharge Outlet of Ash Separator ... 30 J. Smith, R. Pill and D. C. Strimbeck Progress report on one of the problems of the coal-fired gas turbine The Annual General Meeting of the Vereinigung Der GrosskesselBesitzer (VGB) (Association of Large Boiler Operators) ... 35 * Reports from this important meeting attended by nearly 1200 members from over 200 nations The Boiler Cleaning Control Sub-Loop ... 37 W. F. Canfieri and J. W. Locke Described here are the development and advantages of the automation of boiler cleaning Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XXXVII ... 45 Igor J. Karassik ' The author discusses pressure rating of start-up feed pumps for large units and the economics of condensate booster pumps Maintaining Cooling Towers in Power Stations ... 47 Peter Sherwood A consideration of the maintenance procedures required for cooling tower protection Abstracts from the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad. . .8 and 50 Editorial: Industry and the Technician ... 19 Advertisers'Index . . . 56,57 JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and Publisher A. W. HINDENIANG, Associate Editor ROBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUB LISHING COMPANY, INC, 305 Madison Ave., New York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC Charles McDonough, President Arthur J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President Lambert-J. Gross, Treasurer Thomas A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in Ihe U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 20,000 lbs per hr capacity up; and to i consulting engineers in this field. To others I the subscription rate, including postage, is 54 in the United States, 55.50 in Canada, on in Latin America and other countries. Sit. -opies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, 60 cents plus postage. Copyright 1962 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc Pub lication Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Controlled circulation postage paid at Easton, Pa COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc and also in the Applied Science 8> Technology Index. The magazine is now reproduced and dis tributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAPrinted in U. S. A. COVER PHOTO .4uco's Mark II MHD generator during test. Curve shows output power as total output current. volume 34 number 6 December 1962 Why Aircraft Gas Turbines in Electrical Generation? ... 18 Thomas R. Wheaton The author reviews performance and weighs advantages and disadvantages of the jet engine power plant I! Output-Spray in Steam Generators with Frequency Control ... 25 Professor Dr. fng. R.Dolezal A report on the European practice of using heat storage in superheater metal mass to control temperature and pressure Improved Station Heat Rate with Variable Pressure Operation ... 32 S. W. Lovejoy, R. E. Brandon, and C E. Blakeslee a 2 per cent heat rate improvement at low loads amounts to $15,000. a year on a LILCO 185 Mw unit PEPCO's Dickerson Station Employs Latest Insulation Ideas ... 42 C. E. Berberich Reviewing new techniques in power plant insulation application l : The Application of Shot Cleaning Systems to Industrial Coal-Fired Boilers ... 48 ' R. E. Sullivan and J. E. Nelson How shot cleaning systems are solving some serious problems Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad . . . 46,53 Editorial: Hope Springs Eternal ... 17 JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and Publisher A. W. HINDENLANG, Associate Editor ROBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager Published monthly by COMBUSTION PUB LISHING COMPANY, INC, 305 Madison Ave., New York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC Charles McDonough, President Arthur J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President Lambert J. Gross, Treasurer Thomas A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in the U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 20,000 lbs per hr capacity up; and to consulting engineers in this field. To others the subscription rate, including postage, is $4 in the United States, $5.50 in Canada, and $8 in Latin America and other countries. Single copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign. A" cents plus postage. Copyright 1963 by ustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub . .on Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of the month of publication. Controlled circulation postage paid at Easton, Pa COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in the June issue and is indexed regularly by Engineering Index, Inc. and also in the Applied Science & Technology Index. The magazine is now reproduced and dis tributed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAPrinted in U. S. A. COVER PHOTO Striking dusk view of Ravenswood, final site jar the recently ordered WOO Mw generating unit DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 34 number 7 JANUARY 1963 Steam-Electric Generation Keeps Pace With System Interconnection ... 14 D. J. Naim The unheralded formation and completion of a vast system of mojor interconnections between the largest power generating combines is here reported in the light of their effect upon the size of turbine generator units Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XXXVIII ... 20 Igor J. Karassik The arrangement possibilities for feed pump glands handling condensate inaction and the prudent emergency automatic starting time for a standby electric motor driven pump are discussed in this clinic Field Testing Industrial Steam Turbines ... 24 R. L Gustafson and J. H. Watson The importance and the advantages of evaluating a steam turbine and its operation are supplied by the authors with an example to establish procedures and costs The Economic Combustion of a Heating Oil Containing Sulfur ... 31 F. Glaubitz After certain burner design changes on an approximately 100,000 lb per hr refinery boiler firing a 3.2 per cent sulfur oil operating at an excess of 0.2 to 0.4 per cent oxygen in the flue gas resulted in little or no corrosion at exit temperature of 180 deg C ASME Annual Meeting Highlights--I ... 37 The first of a two-part digest of papers before the recently concluded Annual Meeting of the American Society of . Mechanical Engineers Straight Line Law for Steam Generators ... 42 Glenn C. Boyer An interesting short cut on checking boiler performance Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 44 Editorial: If You Build a Better Mousetrap ... 13 Advertisers' Index . . . 50, 51 ph c. McCABE, Editor and Jir HINDENLANG, Associate Editor ERT 0. TAFT, Business Manager .hed monthly by COMBUSTION PUBNG COMPANY, INC, 305 Madison New York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF .BUSTION ENGINEERING, INC les McDonough, President >r J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President lert J. Gross, Treasurer as A. Ennis, Secretary ABUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in J. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 00 lbs per hr capacity up,- and to ulting engineers in this field. To others subscription rate, including postage, is <n th ~'ited States, $5.50 in Canada, $8 in America and other countries. ;le copies: Domestic, 40 cents, Foreign, cents plus postage. Copyright 1963 by ibustion Publishing Company, Inc. Pub* ion Office, Easton, Pa', issued the middle he month of publication. itrolled circulation postage paid at Easton, MBUSTJON publishes its annual index in June issue and is indexed regularly by tineering Index, Inc. and also in the plied Science & Technology Index. _ magazine is now reproduced and dis>uted to libraries on microfilm by University crofilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAnted in U. S. A. COVER PHOTO Imposing, efficient control room at TVA Widow's Creek Plant, Unit No. 7 volume 34 number 8 February 1963 Fans in Modern Steam Power Plants ... 20 Hans Sclumphf . Art evaluation of characteristics of axial-flow and centrifugal fans based on an assumed equal efficiency Air Pollution from Power Plants and Its Control ... 28 Theodore T. Frankenburg Here is an excellent review of the air pollution problem with a discussion of new factors--complete with comment by another expert Economic Aspects in Corrosion Preventive Maintenance of Fuel Oil Tanks ... 35 Peter W. Sherwood ' Establishing general rules and analyses for corrosion protection evaluation in fuel oil tanks Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XXXIX ... 39 Igor J, Karassik Discussion on selection of boiler feed pump materials where copper deposition in boilers is a problem ASME Annual Meeting Highlights--II ... 41 Conclusion of a two-part digest of papers presented before the recently concluded Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers The Role of Organic Additives in Preventing Scale Formation on Heating Surfaces ... 47 R. A. Zeleny and K. Vithani A proposal that nucleation sites provided by organics are more favorable to calcium phosphate crystal formation than heating surfaces Comment (On Coordinated Phosphate Treatment) ... 50 A. R. Boyd Mr. Boyd comments on a recent COMBUSTION article on this subject and its author, H. A. Klein, answers. Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 52 Editorial: Pandora's Box ... 19 *4 Z 55 .-JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and A. W. HINDENtANG, Auaciat* Editor (OBERT 0. TAFT, Business Manager pMJtd monthly by COMBUSTION PUBUMNG COMPANY, INC, 305 Modiion Now York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC McDonough, President - jjftpr JL Sanfry, Jr., Vice-President l^tbrrt J- Gross, Treasurer Hoa A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in Bte U. S. A in charge of steam plants from tOfiOO lbs per hr capacity up; and to jpaefting engineers in this Helds To others 4m subscription rate, including postage, is 14 to the United States, $5,50 in Canada, mi4 $8 in Latin America and other countries. Stogie copies; Domestic, 40 cents, Foreiqn, 40 cents plus postage. Copyright 1963 by * ^bustion Publishing Company, Inc Pub- 20 Office, Easton, Pa. .Issued Hie middle v. .<*e month of publication. C#*roRed circulation postage paid at Easton, U. COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in X . toe June issue and is indexed regularly by n (ngmeering index, Inc and also in the X Applied Science & Technology Index. The magazine is now reproduced and disetbufed to libraries on microfilm by University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAPtvtfed in U. S. A. COVER PHOTO Braxton Point Station, Sew England Electric, offers an increasingly rare advantage today-- ample river water--for its next, a 250 Mio unit, due in May 1693 DEVOTED TO THE- ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PIANT DESIGN AND OPEIATION volume 34 number 9 March 1963 Factors Governing Selection of Large Pumped-Storage Project To Serve Utility Systems Peak Loads ... 20 George J. Vencill The ability of pumped storage to defer the use of fuel-produced . energy is so attractive that a thorough study of all factors is worthwhile The Economic Combustion of Sulfur-Containing Heating Oil--II ... 25 F. Glaubitz ' Second of a two-part treatment gives the practical results of operating with a 1.0 per cent excess air Aluminum in Heat Exchangers ... 33 A compilation of five excellent papers on the uses and experience with this newcomer to the power plant The Duty and Development of Modern Power Station Plant ... 37 F. H. S. Brown The Parsons Memorial Lecture under the auspices of The Royal Society perpetuates the memory and the gifts of one of the world's greatest scientists--This year its subject is our major interest-- the power plant Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XL . . . 44 Igor J. Karassik The often irreconcilable range of NPSH requirements for possible pump choices is approached by going to the fundamentals of NPSH . American Power Conference Program ... 49 Abstracts from the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 53 Editorial ... 19 Advertisers' Index . . . 56 & 57 JOSEPH C. McCABE, Editor and jOftiw w. HINDENIANG, Associate Editor IOBERT D. TAFT, Business Manager monthly by COMBUSTION PUByjMNG COMPANY, INC, 305 Madison Sts, Nw York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF COMHISTION ENGINEERING, INC McDonough, President **ur J. Sanfry, Jr., Vice-President \^bert J. Gross, Treasurer i A. Ennis, Secretary COMBUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in j* U. 5 A. in charge of steam plants from 10.000 lbs per hr capacity up; and to fpauNing engineers in this field. To others 0* subscription rate, including postage, is |4 m the United States, $5.50 in Canada, $B Iffhff America and other countries. tMfle copies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, 10 cents plus postage. Copyright 1963 by Combustion Publishing Company, Inc PubMutton Office, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle el ft# month of publication. Cverofltd circulation postage paid at Easton, H- COMBUSTION publishes its annual index in hx* issue and is indexed regularly by t^meering index, Inc and also in the Aofiifed Science & Technology Index, ft* magazine is now reproduced and dls>Wd to libraries on microfilm by University Mkrofilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAtirtsd in U. S. A. COVER PHOTO An arresting view of the Kavcnstvood Station of the Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y. home of the 1000 Miv unit to be described in pp 34 DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM FIANI.DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 34 number J 0 April 1963 The Duty and Development of Modern Power Station Plant-ll ... 26 F. H. S. Brown The second of a two-pari reprint of the Twenty Seventh Parsons Memorial Lecture. This installment treats of the . always interesting considerations of economy and practicality Design Features of the 1000 Mw Ravenswood Steam Generating Unit ... 34 Harry Knecht and R. C. Wolin A proved record of availability for controlled circulation prompted its use in this huge, two furnace, pressurized, full welded-wall-constructed unit whose individual infernal steam and reheat circuits are joined in external manifolds for distribution to the turbine Combustion Calculations for Gaseous Fuels ... 40 Glenn C. Boyer * Despite the arrival of the push-button age and the sleek computers to do everything for us we find a steady reader interest in the "why" behind a calculation Steam Power Plant Clinic---Part XU ... 45 Igor J. Karassik The concluding material on the author's discussion of the much discussed pump Suction Specific Speed and NPSH Feeding Coal to a Gas Turbine--Operation of LDC Coal-Feeding Equipment ... 48 R. W. Cargill, Jack Smith, D. C. Strimbeck, H. R. Bankhead The U. S. Bureau of Mines some time back took up where the Locomotive Development Committee left off in carrying out basic studies on a coal-fired gas turbine. Here is a third interim report A Preliminary Look at the ISA Power instrumentation Symposium ... 7 Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 53 Editorial: Programmed Learning ... 25 Advertisers' Index . . . 60 & 61 C. McCABE, Editor and 'NDENLANG, Associate Editor 7J0RIE M. NEILL, Business Manager 3ACCIO, Circulation Manager monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC, 305 Madison v York 17.' A SUBSIDIARY OF ION ENGINEERING, INC cDonough, President . >antry. Jr., Vice-President Gross, Treasurer Ennis, Secretary 'ION is sent gratis to engineers in A. in charge of steam plants from is per hr capacity up; and to engineers in this field. To others jption rate, including postage, is United States, $5.50 in Canada, Latin America and .other countries, lies: Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, ilus r ge. Copyright 1963 by n Pt, ig Company, Inc Pub- `fice, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle ith of publication. circulation postage paid at Easton, TON publishes its annual index in ssue and is indexed regularly by g Index, Inc and also in the cience & Technology-Index. nine is now reproduced and dis> libraries on microfilm by University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAU. S. A. COVER PHOTO The dean good looks of the City of Orrville, Ohio, power ''hint i p. 16) show to advantage DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 34 number 1J May 1963 Planned Expansion in a Modern Municipal Utility ... 16 F. B. Pyle, P.E. The "why" and the "how" of planned expansion are demonstrated at City of Orrville, Ohio Generalized Equations for Furnace Combustion Calculations ... 23 John R. O'Loughlin The author presents calculations for combustion of gaseous, liquid or solid fuels with a statement of the assumptions for their use . Standardization--Electric Utilities ... 27 H. Cody A progress report on the benefits of a standardization program as experienced at Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. with some thoughts for the future American Power Conference in Review ... 31 We review in this installment some of the most interesting papers presented in Chicago last month Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XLII ... 39 Igor J. Karassilc The author deals with two problems--one concerned with piping for standby pump warm-up, the other with flashing at the pump suction Safety in the Power Plant. '. .43 C. F. Paulas and W. 8. Okonski- A discussion of the factors that make for safe operation, a look at the record and a wise recommendation for new design concepts and procedures Relationship of Water Treatment, Operation and Design Characteristics for High Pressure Boilers ... 47 H. A. Grabowski A review of the corrosion problems of high pressure boilers with a discussion of methods of chemical control including volatile treatment and steam purity Abstracts from the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad . 3 and 53 Editorial: Intellectronics--The End of Illogical Management? . . 15 Advertisers' Index . . . 56 & 57 ,1 C. McCABE, Editor and OENLANG, Associate Editor )RI M. NEIU, Business Manager SCIO, Crculotion Managtr nthly by COMBUSTION PUBMPANY, INC, 305 Madison ork 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF I ENGINEERING, INC rough, President y, Jr., Vice-President ms. Treasurer is. Secretary is sent gratis to engineers in charge of steam plants from sr hr capacity up; and to neers in this field. To others n rate, including postage, is sd States, $5.50 in Canada, i America and other countries. D :c, 40 cents, Foreign, osh Copyright 1963 oy siishing Company, Inc Pub- Easton, Pa. Issued the middle publication. ' ation postage paid at Easton, oublishes its annual index in ind is indexed regularly by lex, Inc and also in the & Technology Index. t now reproduced and disies on microfilm by University BPA Arbor, Michigan. J COVER PHOTO Modern CO Boiler at 2osden Oil and Chemical Co. uses waste gas from cat cracker at right volume 34 number 12 June J963 3rd Combustion industrial Power Plant Award to Cosden Oil & Chemical Co. ... 26 The first rate operation of an alert industrial organization serving a diversified plant power requirement is described and illustrated Electrical Probe Level Indicator Comes of Age ... 35 Allan R. Goellner The long-awaited, oft-promised electrically operated remote liquid level indicator now seems at hand Industrial Ion Exchange Applications to Process Condensates ... 39 1. F. Wirth, Jr., and F. N. Kemmer High flow rate ion exchange techniques for treating industrial condensate are demonstrating excellent performance in reducing condensate impurities as indicated by prior successful central station applications 100 Years Ago . . . Powers That May Be ... 43 A highly interesting, informative "crystal ball" report of an ' anonymous author in Harpers Weekly of Sept. 25, 1869 on meeting power requirements American Power Conference in Review--II ... 46 We complete our review of some of the more interesting papers presented at the Chicago conference Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad . 8 and 51 Editorial: Texas Returns a Compliment ... 25 Annual Index ... 54 Advertisers' Index ... 58 and 59 C. McCABE, Editor and INDENLANG, Associate Editor KJORIE M. NEIU, Bus/imss Manager \R01VN FRACCIO, Circulation monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC, 305 Modison York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF :ON ENGINEERING, INC .Donough, President ontry, Jr., Vice-President Gross, Treasurer Ennis, Secretary ON is sent gratis to engineers in . in charge of steam plants from per hr capacity up; and to ngineers in this field. To others >tion rate, including postage, is Inited States, $5.50 in Canada, atin America and other countries, .s: P'--estic, 40 cents. Foreign, is p - Copyright 1963 by Pubi.. ,<g Company, Inc Pubce, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle of publication. rculation postage paid at Easton, N publishes its annual index in e and is indexed regularly by Index, Inc and also in the nee & Technology Index. e is now reproduced and disraries on microfilm by University Anri Arbor, Michigan, j BPAS. A. COVER PHOTO California Electric Power Co.'s Daggett, Calif, plant iken by Donald Sims shows open air construction volume 35 number 1 My 1963 Burner Lightoff Equipment at Wilkes Power Plant ... 14 R. A Neal Here's an installation employing automatic equipment not to save labor but to make it more effective Feedwater Heater Level Indication ... 22 W. A Huss First of what we plan to be a series on the purposes and the operations of the power cycle monitoring equipment Once Through Boilers--Theory, Design, Operation and Controls ... 27 Prof, Dr. Richard Dolezal A text book treatment of the basic theory behind the oncethrough boiler worth, we felt, repeating Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XLIII ... 35 f. J. Karassik A practical problem--converting boiler feed pumps with conventional packed stuffing boxes to condensate injection sealing Cold End Problems on An Oil-Fired Boiler ... 38 H. R. Sieg The flyash build-up problems, the corrosion attacks, the plugged air heaters are met head-on and solutions offered The Role of Preventive Maintenance in Boiler Safety ... 46 W. B. Parker . General suggestions for preventive maintenance particularly for packaged boilers against boiler failures Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 8 and 51 Editorial: A National Fuel Policy--To Be or Not To Be? ... 13 Advertisers' Index: 56 and 57 1 I DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION >4 C. McCABE, Editor and ir 4INDENLANG, Associate Editor LftJORlE M. NEILL, Business Manager rAROLYN FRACCIO, Circulation { monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC, 305 Madison York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF -,TION ENGINEERING, INC AtDonough, President Sentry, Jr., Vice-President ]. Gross, Treasurer ,, Ennis, Secretary TION is sent gratis to engineers in A. in charge of steam plants from os per Hr capacity up; and to engineers in this field. To others option rate, including postage, is United States, $5.50 in Canada, Latin * `neriea and other countries, lies: estic, 40 cents. Foreign, olus p. -ge. Copyright 1963 by >n Publishing Company, Inc Pub lic*, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle rth of publication. ' circulation postage paid at Easton, ION publishes its annual index in uue and is indexed regularly by g Index, Inc and also In the ;ience & Technology Index. cine is now reproduced and dis* libraries on microfilm by University of Ann Arbor, Michigan. J BPAJ. S. K COVER PHOTO COPY: i anling tower for Eliwanda >/ Southern California Edison luufactured by Foster Wheeler long, $0 ft wide, 57 ft high, it ''IS.tjtiO gal of water per minute volume 35 number 2 August 1963 Prevention of Furnace Explosions in Natural Gas-Fired Watertube Boilers ... 26 A copyrighted tentative standard issued by the National Fire Protection Association--the first of a hoped-for series of such aids to the boiler industry Nuclear Power and System Characteristics ... 35 Milton F. Searl and George Y. Jordyl A report assembled by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission giving estimated fixed charge rates, comparisons of nuclear unit size with system unit and plant sizes, fuel costs for the various working power reactor projects Which Paint for Your Power Plant's Water Storage Tank? ... 42 Peter W. Sherwood A stbdy of paint types, costs, years of service for wafer storage tank duty Power Plant Maintenance in an Industrial Plant ... 46 H. H. Reisman Turbine and Boiler Overhauls Procedures in a Large Central Station ... 47 W. C. Beattie The above papers are off-the-cuff remarks advanced before the recent Plant Maintenance Conference by two wellpositioned men--one with a large, multi-plant industrial and the second with a prominent giant utility Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XLIV ... 52 Igor J. Karassik The meaty reply of K. V. Peterson, superintendent, Cia Auxiliar de Empresas Brasileiras, to an earlier Clinic on plant operation at light loads especially in a country planning a nationalized power system Editorial: Ohne Hast aber Ohne Rast ... 25 Advertiser's Index ... 56 H, C. McCABE, Editor and tf HINDENLANG, Associatm Editor AKJORIE M. NEUl, Bus/mss Alonagir CAROLYN FRACCfO, Circulation i monthly by COMBUSTION PUBCOMPANY, INC, 305 Madison w York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF STION ENGINEERING, INC VlcDonough, President Sontry, Jr., Vice-President l Gross, Treasurer , /, Secretary JION is sent gratis to engineers in A. in charge of steam plants from bs per hr capacity up; and to engineers in this field. To others ription rate, including postage, is . United States, $5.50 in Canada, i lot' `erica and other countries, pies; nestic, 40 cents, Foreign, plus postage. Copyright 1963 by mi Publishing Company, Inc Pubffiee, Easton, Pa. Issued the middle nth of publication. i circulation postage paid at Easton, ION publishes its annual index in isue and is indexed regularly by g Index, inc and also in the cience & Technology Index. zine is now reproduced and dislibraries on microfilm by University af Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAU.S. A. COVER PHOTO 'itisiiussUkc outdoor installaot California Electric Power's Son Bernaditte Plant volume 35 number 3 September 1963 ...Steam Electric Power Plant Maintenance Costs . . . 1956-60 22 H. E. Roberts Fourth in a series of reports on the power generating-costs of the electric utility industry Steam Power Plant Clinic Part XLV ... 31 /. J. Karassik The subjects of anti-flash baffling, feed pump start-ups and checks on discharge lines are discussed A Thermal Method of Determining the Rate of Flow in Pipes ... 33 H. Roth Drawing on the tracer method employing radio active isotopes a method is developed to check flow in pipes without interfering with that flow Acid Soaked Soot Flakes in Flue Gases--Their Formation and Pre vention ... 38 W. Grimm Some basic theory is advanced and explained Look Before You Leap to Contract Maintenance ... 49 P. W. Sherwood A quick review of the pros and cons of contracting out plant maintenance Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad . . 52 Editorial: R&D, the Industry of Discovery, Paean or Knell ... 21 Advertisers' Index . . . 56, 57 SfPH - McCABE, Editor and ijfdiw k, % HlNDENLANG, Associate Editor gg MARJORIE M. NEILL, Butbstt Manager 0J. CAROLYN FRACCtO, Circulation **> monthly by COMBUSTION PUB- TZTg COMPANY, INC, 305 Madiion He* York T7. A SUBSIDIARY OF 0MWST1ON ENGINEERING, INC McDonough, President J. Sontry, Jr., Vice-President )t6tr11 Gross, Treasurer ' Uslly, Secretary y*IUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in U. S. A. in charge of steam plants from 500 lbs per hr capacity up; and to wltsig engineers in this field. To others wbseription rate, including postage, is a the United States, $5.50 in Canoda, i j8 ; ` -tin America and other countries, jj, , Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, Mils ___i postage. Copyright 1963 by lbustion Publishing Company, Inc Pubn Office, Easton, Pa. issued the middle <1 month of publication. rolled circulation postage paid at Easton, tSUSTlON publishes its annual index in one issue and is indexed regularly by eering Index, Inc and also in the *d Science & Technology Index. ssgaiine is now reproduced and dissd to libraries on microfilm by University films of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAd in U. S. A COVER PHOTO Aerial view of Long Island Lighting's Port Jefferson Station shows (ompalability with beaches, marina, boat basin volume 35 number 4 October 1963 Hydrogen Damage Symposium ... 20 Report on a 7 5-paper symposium on the hydrogen embrittlement problem Sampling Dust in the Bureau of Mines Coal-Fired Gas Turbine ... 28 A. 5. Moore Story of special equipment and techniques for sampling dust in gases driving a gas turbine Cut Maintenance Costs by Punched Card Reporting ... 31 Peter W. Sherwood How several progressive companies are using tabulating equipment to schedule maintenance and cut costs Industrial Maintenance--A Plea for An Orderly, Scheduled Approach Based on Sound Cost Evaluation ... 33 Edward R. Fryer An industrial plant maintenance expert comments on a recent COMBUSTION article Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XLVI ... 36 /. Karassik and W. P, Spining The authors discuss the respective advantages of open and closed feedwater cycles . Deaerating Heater Level Indication ... 38 W. A. Huss Second in a series on sub-loop fundamentals on which proper automation must succeed or fail The Cooling Tower--Growing Power Adjunct ... 41 Four papers on last cooling tower practice and problems are briefed Design of High Temperature Steam Pipes ... 45 J. S. Blair A report on the British Standards Institutions progress in determining pipe wall thickness under creep conditions more accurately than current methods permit Abstracts from the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad . 7 and 50 Editorial: There's Always Two Sides ... 19 'Advertisers' Index ... 55 iSEPH C. MeCABE, Editor and blither W. HINDENLANG, Associate Editor S MARJORIE M. NEILL, Butinett Manager S. CAROLYN FRACCIO, Crcuhtlon agtr iihed monthly by COMBUSTION PUBING COMPANY, INC, 305 Madison New York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF A8USTION ENGINEERING, INC les McDonough, President jr J. Santry, Jr., Vice-President yert J. Gross, Treasurer Kelly, Secretary .BUSTION is sent gratis to engineers in . S. A. in charge of steam plants from )0 lbs per hr capacity up; and to iting engineers in this field. To others jbscription rate, including postage, is the United States,. $5.50 in Canada, ;8 in Latin America and other countries, cop' Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, nts | ostage. Copyright 1963 by ustion . ublishing Company, Inc Pub- n Office, Easton, Pa Issued the middle month of publication.^ (led circulation postage paid at Easton, USTION publishes its annual index in ie issue-and is indexed regularly by ring index, Inc and also in the d Science & Technology Index. jgazine is now reproduced and dts* i to libraries on microfilm by University ms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, j BPAin U. S. A. COVER PHOTO The clean, attractive Port Everglades Station of the Florida Power & Light Co. show up well in tkis view volume 35 number 5 November 1963 Service Experiences at 1050 F and 1110 F of-Piping of Austenitic Steels-- Parti ... 24 R. A. Baker and H. A. Soldan The authors pack 15 years of first hand experience into a fad-filled, informative paper On the Way to Full Automation of Power Plants ... 31 H. Zwetz, D. Ernst, W. Pilgram An excellent three-paper report on the Endings and impressions of three German engineers on the status of power plant automation in the U.S.A. Furnace Temperature as a Factor in Combustion Safety ... 45 E 5. Atonroe, Jr. * Today's complex interlock safety systems are far from perfect says this author. The hardware has usurped the role of the combustion process. More attention to the fundamental process involved is the way to true safety. Annual General Meeting of the VGB ... 48 K. R. Lene! The German Association of Large Boiler Operators always draws a good cross-sedion of the better ft inkers on current continental power plant operations New Control Devices Report ... 50 An on-the-scene accounting of the Instrument Society of America's 18th Annual Conference and Exhibit Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad ... 55 Advertisers' Index ... 61 Editorial: A Look At Things To Come ... 23 08PH C McCABE, Editor and |W.'HINDENLANG, Associate Editor |MAKX>RIE M. NEILL, Bim'ixst Monog.r ^CAROLYN FRACCIO, Circulation - ' " monthly by COMBUSTION PUB- fflNG COMPANY, INC, 305 Modison a*,-'Maw York 17. A SUBSIDIARY OF ftWJSnON ENGINEERING, INC bohiMcDonough, President ,'Sontry, ir., Vice-President tBjsXGross, Treasurer ^---./.Secretary 8MWSTION is sent gratis to engineers in charge of steam plants from nWBjSIper hr capacity up; and to iWJ`njrfneers In this field. To others Ascription rate, including postage, is I^A^IMted States, $5.50 in Canada, "gynlatln America and other countries. jSopjtb Domestic, 40 cents. Foreign, is postage. Copyright 1V63 by publishing Company, Inc Pub , Easton, Pa. Issued the middle ^rof publication. sSdrculation postage paid at Easton, publishes its annual index in and is indexed regularly by Index, Inc and also in the Swence & Technology Index. *ine Is now reproduced and disfolibraries on microfilm by University J* t Ann Arbor, Michigan. S BPA^.W-S-A. COVER PHOTO A good view shows the Central Termoeieclrica d'e Palo Seco, P. R., to advantage DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEAM PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION volume 35 number 6 December 1963 How To Evaluate Coal Computers ... 22 G. C. Hendrie and R. W. Sonnenfeldt Since there is no single measure of computer performance the authors give several they feel important with On-line Industrial Computers , Plastic Pipe for Power Plant Service ... 29 . Peter IV. Sherwood A very good run-down on types available, their weaknesses and their strengths Furnace Temperature As a Factor in Combustion Safety--(a Supplement) ... 32 E. S. Monroe, Jr. A sample calculation and some supplementary information is furnished on the term "fraction cold" Mr. Monroe employed in an earlier article Water Conference Report (24th Annual International) ... 33 Abstracts of some of the papers presented at the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania's annual, excellent Water Conference Getting Working Data of Coal Pipelines ... 38 -- A. G. Bain - First coal line in the United Kingdom will soon be commissioned and its major purpose is to supply basic data on such as erosion, wear Service Experiences at 1050 F and 1100 F of Piping of Austenitic Steels (Part II) ... 42 R. A. Baker and H. M. Soldan Second installment on a first rate experience story New Precipitator Design Can Handle Any Gas Flow . . .46 V. W. Copcutt The elimination of customer responsibility for providing uniform gas distribution at inlet to precipitators can now be made with this new design Steam Power Plant Clinic--Part XLVII ... 49 I. J. Karassik The merits of the direct pumping cycle as against those of the split pumping cycle are discussed Abstracts From the Technical Press--At Home and Abroad .9 and 52 Editorial: Energy Transportation Conference ... 21 Advertisers' Index ... 56 '