Fuel efficiency bulletins nos. 1 - 42

Maker and role
Ministry of Fuel and Power. Fuel Efficiency Committee, Other contributor
Production date
1940s

Object detail

Accession number
9041
Description
Contents:
vol.1: Bulletins 1-20.
1. Questions for the steam user.
2. Heat insulation.
Correct methods of condensate and air removal.
4. How to make the best use of condensate.
5..Practical economy points for industrial gas users.
7. The appointment and responsibilities of fuel watchers.
8. Bonus schemes for fuel economy in industry.
9. Combustible material in ashes.
10. Control of excess air on steam raising and central heating plants.
11. Thermostatic control for water and steam.
12. Thermal insulation of buildings.
13. Fuel economy by saving electricity.
14. Operation and maintenance of gas burners.
15. The effect of variations in output on heat consumption.
16. Superheated steam.
17. The insulation of furnaces.
18. The sensible use of latent heat. (Part 1)
19. The sensible use of latent heat. (Part 2)
20. Cooling firebars in industrial furnaces and boilers.

Viol.2
21. The construction of a factory heat balance.
22. Utilisation of steam.
23. Heavy oil engines.
24. The industrial use of liquid fuel.
25. Steam for process and heating.
26. Peak steam demands cause, effect and cure.
27. The control of air for combustion.
28. Flash steam and vapour recovery.
29. The industrial use of compressed air.
30. The unorthodox use of economisers.
31. Fuel economy by water saving.

Vol.3.
32. Fuel economy at collieries with particular reference to compressed air.
33. Steam for power.
34. The Efficient operation of steam engines.
35. Blow-Down.
36. Creosote-Pitch mixture.
37. Small vertical boilers , steam cranes and shunting engines.
38. The maintenance of industrial boiler plant.
39. Water treatment.
40. Combined power and heating.
41. How to look after a boiler plant.
42. The recovery of waste heat from flue gases.
Media/Materials
Physical description
3v. various pagings : ill. tables , graphs ; 22 cm.
Other title
Fuel efficiency bulletins
Credit line
Ministry of Fuel and Power. Fuel Efficiency Committee. 1940s. Fuel efficiency bulletins nos. 1 - 42, 9041. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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