{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Writing Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"LIQUID FUELS AND THEIR COMBUSTION","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/22a2f64c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1758,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/liquid-fuels-and-their-combustion.\n             Care should be taken where this fuel is used to install a suitable apparatus for straining it before it is fed to the burner. \n            Check more stories related to writing at: https://hackernoon.com/c/writing.\n            You can also check exclusive content about #non-fiction, #engineering-and-technology, #hackernoon-books, #project-gutenberg, #books, #babcock-and-wilcox-company, #ebooks, #steam-its-generation-and-use,  and more.\n            \n            \n            This story was written by: @bwco. Learn more about this writer by checking @bwco's about page,\n            and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\n            \n                \n                \n                Petroleum is practically the only liquid fuel sufficiently abundant and cheap to be used for the generation of steam. It possesses many advantages over coal and is extensively used in many localities.\n\nThere are three kinds of petroleum in use, namely those yielding on distillation: 1st, paraffin; 2nd, asphalt; 3rd, olefine. To the first group belong the oils of the Appalachian Range and the Middle West of the United States. These are a dark brown in color with a greenish tinge. Upon their distillation such a variety of valuable light oils are obtained that their use as fuel is prohibitive because of price.\n\nTo the second group belong the oils found in Texas and California. These vary in color from a reddish brown to a jet black and are used very largely as fuel.\n\nThe third group comprises the oils from Russia, which, like the second, are used largely for fuel purposes.\n\nThe light and easily ignited constituents of petroleum, such as naphtha, gasolene and kerosene, are oftentimes driven off by a partial distillation, these products being of greater value for other purposes than for use as fuel. This partial distillation does not decrease the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LXiX31rrbwLw9J62kpK9WBDgYoaVWl0Q2rRKU2SJbyk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNDMwLzE2ODM1/ODM1MzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}