{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Writing Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"BRICKWORK BOILER SETTINGS","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/90b6220c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":970,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/brickwork-boiler-settings.\n             After the walls have become thoroughly heated, coal may be fired and the boiler placed in service. \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                A consideration of the losses in boiler efficiency, due to the effects of excess air, clearly indicates the necessity of maintaining the brick setting of a boiler tight and free from air leaks. In view of the temperatures to which certain portions of such a setting are subjected, the material to be used in its construction must be of the best procurable.\n\nBoiler settings to-day consist almost universally of brickwork—two kinds being used, namely, red brick and fire brick.\n\nThe red brick should only be used in such portions of the setting as are well protected from the heat. In such location, their service is not so severe as that of fire brick and ordinarily, if such red brick are sound, hard, well burned and uniform, they will serve their purpose.\n\nThe fire brick should be selected with the greatest care, as it is this portion of the setting that has to endure the high temperatures now developed in boiler practice. To a great extent, the life of a boiler setting is dependent upon the quality of the fire brick used and the care exercised in its laying.\n\nThe best fire brick are manufactured from the fire clays of Pennsylvania. South and west from this locality the quality of fire...","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}