Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — Peat Used Under Furnaces. [ARTICLE]

Peat Used Under Furnaces.

According to a new Swedish system of making use of peat, the material is powdered finely and blown into the furnace by a fan blast, and the dust is consumed while in suspension. The advantage of this method is that the degree of heat may be easily and quickly adjusted by regulating the amount of peat powder delivered into the interior of the furnace. This system is said to represent a greater efficiency than heretofore experienced in the utilization of the peat for fuel, (three parts of peat representing the 1 same amount of energy as twq of coal. In this shape it is also economical, as there is no fuel burned except where the power is needed.