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The suitability of Virginia coals for underfeed stoker equipped plants

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

Performance of Southwest Virginia coal: The results of the 24-hour tests herein recorded indicate that nut and slack coal from Southwest Virginia can be burned economically at burning rates of from 15.36 to 27.20 pounds of dry fuel per square foot of projected grate area per hour with an average efficiency of 75.12 per cent, with extremes of 73.21 and 77.28 per cent.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Mechanical Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Mechanical Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1934

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Authors dc:creator
  • Grinus, William
  • Pritchard, Samuel Reynolds
  • Johnson, Alvin
  • Moomaw, Otho Anthony
  • Roop, Frank Sidney
  • Willis, Richard Lewis
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Ellis, W. T.

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-07072010-020019
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43536

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Grinus, William; Pritchard, Samuel Reynolds; Johnson, Alvin; Moomaw, Otho Anthony; Roop, Frank Sidney; Willis, Richard Lewis. The suitability of Virginia coals for underfeed stoker equipped plants. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1934. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43536