Selection of Papers by L.D. Porta – Volume 3 - Steam Locomotive Boilers, Fireboxes and Combustion

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This third volume subtitled “Boilers, Fireboxes and Combustion” includes 19 papers as follows: 

Boilers:

  • Notes on responsiveness to quick load changes of a boiler when burning wood;
  • On the Hudson-Orrok heat transfer equation as applied to locomotive boilers;
  • A new superheater-economizer element for advanced steam loco technology;
  • Improvements to superheater element joints for advanced steam locos;
  • What steam pressure for old locomotive boilers?

Fireboxes

  • Notes on firebox construction for loco boilers working at 30 and 60 atm. pressure;
  • Note on burnout heat transfer;
  • Thermo-mechanical behaviour of the steam locomotive firebox – an overall view;
  • The worm grate and ash disposal system;
  • Note on the present status of the grate design in connection with the GPCS;
  • An essay on steam locomotive boiler tubeplate birdnesting (ash fouling);

Combustion

  • Combustion calculations – the Heat Balance – a criticism of the Lawford Fry method;
  • Hand firing in connection with the Gas Producer Combustion System;
  • Note on combustion efficiency of the Gas Producer Combustion System;
  • The GPCS as an answer to coal-derived pollution from steam locomotives;
  • Locomotive type boiler for bagasse, peat and wood refuse burning;
  • Application of the Gas Producer Combustion System to the 141R;
  • A note on the Gas Producer Combustion System with fluidized bed conditions;
  • Comments on a paper by G.G. Thurlow on fluidised bed combustion.

The book fills 290 A4 pages including numerous black and white images.

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