Abstract
On account of the diverse fuel situation on the Continent, boiler development since the 1914–18 war has been very different from that of Great Britain. The paper shows how combustion appliances such as travelling-grate stokers, grates for inferior coal, for lignites, and for pulverized fuel combustion, have been designed.
It became necessary for boiler installations to be designed for higher pressures and, over a comparatively short period, extensive experiments were carried out which led to various new designs in boilers, superheaters, economizers, air heaters, etc.
A possible line of future development is covered by reference to a scheme put into operation in 1930 by the West Moravian Electricity Works, Ltd., and the author concludes that two types of power station, i.e. the low pressure pit-head station for the burning of inferior fuel, and the high-pressure power station with district heating in towns, using fuels of low ash and water content, would form the ideal combination for the future.
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