{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Writing Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"GASEOUS FUELS AND THEIR COMBUSTION","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":665,"description":"\n This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/gaseous-fuels-and-their-combustion.\n This is best accomplished by an attachment which permits the blowing out of the burners by steam. \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 Of the gaseous fuels available for steam generating purposes, the most common are blast furnace gas, natural gas and by-product coke oven gas.\n\nBlast furnace gas, as implied by its name, is a by-product from the blast furnace of the iron industry. This gasification of the solid fuel in a blast furnace results, 1st, through combustion by the oxygen of the blast; 2nd, through contact with the incandescent ore (Fe2O3 + C = 2 FeO + CO and FeO + C = Fe + CO); and 3rd, through the agency of CO2 either formed in the process of reduction or driven from the carbonates charged either as ore or flux.\n\nApproximately 90 per cent of the fuel consumed in all of the blast furnaces of the United States is coke. The consumption of coke per ton of iron made varies from 1600 to 3600 pounds per ton of 2240 pounds of iron. This consumption depends upon the quality of the coal, the nature of the ore, the quality of the pig iron produced and the equipment and management of the plant. The average consumption, and one which is approximately correct for ordinary conditions, is 2000 pounds of coke per gross ton (2240 pounds) of pig iron. The gas produced in a gas furnace per ton of pig iron is...","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}