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READER SERVICE SECTION == ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW FREE BULLETIN], Coining E March 24-27--Second Accmi 1 can Power Conference, Skn._ 1 Chicago. III. R A Illinois fntlitute of Teehn*U' ertl Si, Chicago 16, IlL ` ' March 2^27--Nai|on*| end enoual meeting Nit Power Engineers held in c,, American Power Conference, $ tel. Chicago. IlL A F Thornpc#* W Adsms St, Chicago, IlL ' ^ int Blower Hoi Steam Turbine Drive April 18-13--American { brlcolion Engineers, enaus) a tel Statler, Boston, Mess. W P Y Jr, ASLE, 343 S Dearborn Sl C III Th!s olant bias! furnace turbo-blower, built by Do Laval (or Armco Steel Corp, li drivon by a 15.220 hp, 2500 rpm, 16stoge Heom tuibino. Steam condillont are 400 pit ond 7S0 F. Glower It o 5-itoge unit rated 121,000 e(m at 25 psig dtchorge pressure. Total weight of turbine ond blower It over 167 font. Shafts of each were made large end heavy to meet expected wide range of speed conditions. April 28-30--American Sodtty chnnlcal Engrt, spring media* ler-Warriek Hotel, Columbai, 0L_ Schler, mgr, ASME, 29 W 59th.V York 18, N.Y. HER PRO itsn Cflldmq "TCowt UfhtaotT American Power Conference Plans Second Meeting Second annual meeting o( the Ameri can Power Conference will be held March 25, 26 ond 27, 19S3 at the Sher man Hotel in Chicago, III. This confer ence, successor to the Midwest Power Conference, enjoys the sponsorship ol the Illinois Institute of Technology with nine other cooperating universities throughout the midwest and ten loea] and national engineering societies. A highlight of last year's conference, which drew 2500 registrants, and a feature of the 1953 meeting will bo the annual power show put on by the National Aaan of Power Engineers. Thirty six separate sessions, luncheons and dinners are scheduled for the threeday conference period. High In interest value to the power industry are major symposiums on Industrial Water Prob lems, under the chairmanship of P W Swain, Power editor and involving Power's editorial staff; Industrial Use of Atomic Energy, with L C McCabe, chief, fuels and explosives div. Bureau nf Mines ns chairman; Niagara Power Developments under J C Tarboux, pro fessor of electrloel engineering at Univ ol Michigan as chairman; Industrial and Institutional Plant Operation with C R Carpenter, plant engineer. Minneapolis Moline Co acting at chairman. Detroit Ediion Promiiet Workable Atomic Power Design Detroit Edison Co, teamed with Dow Chemlcol. has been studying atomic power problems as one of five groups selected by tho Atomic Energy Com mission to carry out this phase of nu clear energy development. The other teams are Monsanto Chemical and Union Electrio Co of Sl. Louis, Com monwealth Edison and Public Service Co 'of Northern Illinois; Pacific Gas and Electric Co and Bechtel Corp; Pioneer Service & Engineering-Co and Foster Wheeler. Arthur S. Griswold, assistant to Edi son's president Walker L Cisler, bes announced that their team hat com pleted its first studies. On the strength of them they feel that conditions are right for the next step, an oolual design. This optimistic report is lbs fcrttti dicate any readiness to undertab construction phase. , The Atomie Energy or McMii* of 1946 expreesly forbids print*1 slruction or ownership of a end* actor. But there are those who W Congress to relax some of thesee this year and Detroit Edison be gel permission to build aucb ephd At the moment the plant F ably follow these line*. A eflcte actor will produce the steam then be used to run a eonvenliw* bine. This arrangement U be the only practical approach stub' The technical problem* ,urf0^J reel conversion of nuclesr vffv electric have not been solved. Wanted... More Engineers Our engineering ahorugeb *j*J Right now industry and eminent activities need h*>***?. and 45,000 more engin*ertvTrr (Continued on Ple >48 READER SERVICE SECTION of Low-Loss Conversion TO OBTAIN economical dc power for arc fur. nace and blooming mill auxiliaries, West Virginia Steel & Manufacturing Company neentlv installed mercury arc rectifiers. The factory-packaged AUls-Chalmers unit includes duplicate 500-kw, 250-volt rectifi es,'with tube, breaker, control, and meterbig compartments, plus dc and' ac plant [eedpr breakers. Since transformers could be Installed outdoors, the assembly departs -from the usual double-ended arrangement. Rectifiers were chosen for their high con****ton efficiencies pluj simplified founda tion needs, easy installation and minimum "alntenance. And Allis-Chalmers units InCorporate continuous excitation, grid phase control, internal cooling and enameled toode seals. \ `o ts w* ti% ieo. 1 in* 1048 Companion of convortlon ftitctvodoi of 300+*, 350-voir tcf((lor ond tyachronov* motod-oonovotov Ml. SovUei ibowo boi*d on if pf kwh MWf In addition, no-toed idUn# Ion of tpctiflor U ll .than one-fovrth that of tho motor-yonwotov Mt. ' Use A*C's Engineering Experience By calling your A-C representative, you can put A-C's quarter century of rectifier appli cation experience to work on your power conversion problems. AUls-Chalmers, Mil waukee 1, Wisconsin. a-tiv ALLIS-CHALMERS < Our Engineer. Introduced Mercury Arc Rectifier, to U. S. Industry "4KH 1,5]