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MODERN GASWORKS PRACTICE
Station
Meter Storage
£ £ per mouth-piece. £ per ton of coal per max day. £ per therm produced per max. day.
Brought forward j worked in rotation, with. two small catch, boxes would suffice. Area required for each box 0-5 square foot per 1,000 cubic feet per diem. 1,600 X 0-5 = 800 square feet, i.e. boxes 28 or 30 feet square by 6 feet deep. Size of connections as per rule on page 600, V8ÖÖ — 1 = 28 less 5| = 22|, say 21 inches. Total plant—complete with. all : 91,75( ) 417-0 7340 10-80
valves, lifting gear, etc. . . To pass 75,000-80,000 cubic feet 11,000 50-0 88-0 1-29
per hour, 24 inch Connections One holder (in addition to water-gas relief holder) is here assumed, although if the works had grown from small beginnings there would be more. As the works has a water-gas plant, 18 hours’ storage should be ample. Total make (water gas and coal gas) 2-1 million cubic feet per diem. 18 hours’ storage 1 -6 million cubic feet. Telescopic gasholder, with. guide framing and tank (brick and puddle). A suitable holder for this capacity would have the folio wing dimensions :— Diameter of tank, 160 feet X 30 feet deep. 3 lifts with the following diameters : 2,000 9-1 16-0 0-24
Carried forward
£ 104,750
476-1
838-0
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