Plant Testing: A Criticism of the Present Boiler Testing Codes and Suggestions for an Improved International Code (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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There is at present no practical and definite Code in Great Britain for boiler plant testing, and, consequently, such tests are largely carried out according to the fancy of the particular engineers engaged. I am decidedly of the opinion that the time has arrived for the adoption of a standard up-to-date Code devised on thoroughly practical lines, especially in view of the urgent necessity of fuel economy, and the fact that nearly 50 per cent, of the coal consumption of Great Britain is used for the one operation of steam generation.

What is supposed to be the Standard Code in Great Britain is that of the Institution of Civil Engineers ("Report of the Committee on Tabulating the Results of Steam Engine and Boiler Trials". Revised 1913. Published by Messrs. William Clowes & Sons Ltd., 94 Jermyn Street, London, S.W. 1. Price 3/- net).

The original Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers for this purpose was appointed on the 29th June, 1897, and they made an Interim Report on the 25th April, 1901, followed by a final Report on the 14th April, 1902. The Committee was then reappointed on the 19th October, 1909, to revise the original Code of 1902, and the Report of this latter Committee is embodied in the present (1913) Code. In practice, however, this Code is ignored because it is too complicated and unpractical.

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