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352 y. CHAPTER 14 1953: Guide Table 10. Average Flue Gas Dew-Point for Various . Fuels8 Type op Fuel Average Dew-Point Temperature, F Semi-Bituminous Coal.................................................................. Bituminous Coal............................................... ............................ Oil...................................................................................................... Natural Gas..................................................................................... Manufactured Gas......................................................................... Propane Gas (2500 Btu/cu ft).................................................... Butane Gas (3200 Btu/cu ft).................................... ,,............... Butane-Air Gas Mixture (535 Btu/cu ft............................... 68 84 93 111 ' 127 137 119 124 121 Therefore, unless heating equipment is designed for operation at flue gas temperatures below the dewpoint, which is seldom the case, it is always ad visable to maintain temperatures above this value in all parts of the ap pliance. Excessive spot temperatures in the combustion chamber or else where, on the other hand, are also destructive in that they may result in rapid oxidation of ordinary heating surfaces. American Standard Require ments for gas furnaces, floor furnaces, and recessed heaters, for example, specify that minimum spot heating surface temperatures during normal operation must neither fall below 178 F (50 F above average dewpoint) nor exceed 875 F on any portion of the heating surface. In any event it is usually desirable to maintain flue temperatures within the limits in dicated not only throughout the appliance, but in its connecting vent, flue, or chimney as well. Otherwise, excessive condensation and corrosion problems, with resultant customer dissatisfaction, will in all probability be the result. Average dewpoint temperatures of flue gases resulting from the combustion of various fuels, when burned with the amount of excess air normally supplied to insure complete combustion, are shown in Table 10. SOOT The deposit of soot oh the flue surfaces of a boiler or heater acts as an insulating layer over the surface, and reduces the heat transmission to the water or air. The Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations No. 3272 shows that the loss of seasonal efficiency is not so great as has been be lieved, and usually is not over 6 percent because the greater part of the heat is transmitted through the combustion chamber surfaces. The Bureau of Standards Report BMS 5424 points out that, although the de crease in efficiency of an oil fired boiler, due to soot deposits, is relatively small, the attendant increase in stack temperature may be considerable. The soot accumulation clogs the flues, reduces the draft, and may pre vent proper combustion. Soot can probably be most effectively removed by a jet of compressed air, by means of. a brush, or a vacuum cleaner. However, it has been found that copper chloride, lead chloride, tin chloride, zinc chloride, common salt and some other salts are partially effective in removing soot from furnaces and boilers when properly used.25 A discus sion of instruments and methods of evaluating smoke will be found in Chapter 50. REFERENCES 1 Five Hundred Tests of Various Coals in Househeating Boilers {U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin No. 276). * Combustion Efficiencies as Related to Performance of Domestic Heating Plants, Fuels and Combustion '353 by A. P. Kratz, S. Konzo and D. W. Thompson ( University of Illinois, Engineering Experiment Station Circular No. 44)- ,. * Quality of Anthracite as prepared at Breakers, 1935 (U. S. Bureau of Mines Re port of Investigation, R. I. 3283). . < Hand Firing Soft Coal Under Power Plant Boilers (U: S. Bureau of Mines Tech nical Paper No. 80). . 8 Combustion Flames and Explosions of Gases. Lewis and von Elbe (Cambridge University Press, 1938). 6 Oil Burning, by H. A. Romp (Martinus Nijhoff, 1937). ' ASTM Test Designation D287-39. `ASTM Test Designation D611-43T. Tomorrow's Fuel Oil, by W. A. Sullivan and E. B. Glendenning (Fueloil and Oil Heat, Vol. 4, No. 1. May 1945 p. 36). 10 The Correlation of Cetane Number with Other Physical Properties of Diesel Fuels (Journal of the Institute of Petroleum, Vol. 30, 1944, pc 193-197). 11 Characterization of Petroleum Fractions, by K. M. Watson, E. F. Nelson and G. B. Murphy (Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 27, Dec. 1935, p. 1464). 15 Burning Index for Distillates, by J. C. 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Smoke-Producing Tendencies in Coals of Various Ranks, by H. J. Rose and F. P. Lasseter (A.S.H.V.E. Transactions, Vol. 45, 1939, p. 329). Fundamentals of Combustion in Small Stokers, by C. A. Barnes (Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., Technical Report No. IV). Hand-Firing of Bituminous Coal in the Home, by A. P. Kratz, J. R. Fellows, and J. C. Miles {Illinois Engineering Experiment Station Circular No. 46). Classification and Selection of Illinois Coals, by G. H. Cady {Illinois Stale Geo logical Survey Bulletin No. 62).