The Working And Design Of Gas Producers

The Working And Design Of Gas Producers

Author: J. W. Spedding (Member).

Year: 1922

In modern iron and steel works in this country where no large sources of natural gas have yet been found, gas producers are, no doubt, one of the most useful and essential portions of the plant. There is nothing more conducive to the satisfactory working of steel melting and regenerative furnaces generally than the economical production of good producer gas. Gas producers are the machines used for this purpose, being that section of the plant where the raw fuel is converted as far as possible into combustible gas, which can be readily conveyed to any part of the works in suitable flues. In treating a subject such as this within the limits of a technical paper it will be more satisfactory to confine my remarks to one class of producer only, giving a concise description of present-day practice and design, without going into the relative merits of the various makes of gas producers put forward by their respective manufacturers. The first attempt to make producer gas was by Bischof, about the year 1839. He employed a cylindrical brick chamber, having a firebar grate, introducing air with natural chimney draught, using ‘peat as fuel. It was not until Siemens Brothers, however, invented