Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... ANIMAL OILS. Animal oils, such as lard oil, of specific gravity 0.913 to 0.919, like the vegetable oils, can be used successfully, but are high priced and only in an emergency are they to be considered as a fuel. ALCOHOLS. A mixture of 80 per cent alcohol and 20 per cent benzene (268) has been burned successfully in the heavy-oil engine. However, it has been found advisible to warm the engine by first starting it on a more volatile petroleum product, as benzine. WOOD OILS. Wood oils or creosote distillates of specific gravity 0.841 to 0.877 (269) have also been used to a limited extent with success. In short, the following oils and mixtures of them have been used successfully in heavy-oil engines, provided they were mobile, free from free carbon, grit, and water, and were low in sulphur: Petroleum products: Gasoline; lamp oils of all kinds; naphthas; gas oils; fuel-oil distillates; "masut" or residues from the crude oils of Russia; and crudes, if mobile. "Steinkohle" oil products: Heavy oils; anthracene oils; and tar oils. Bituminous oils: Retort oils of all kinds. Lignite products: Benzene; solar oils; paraffin distillates; and creosote oils. Turf oils: Creosote oils. Shale oils. Vegetable oils: Peanut oil; coconut oil; castor-bean oil; cottonseed oil; and palm-seed oil. Animal oils. Alcohols. Wood oils: Creosotes. TREATMENT OF HEAVY OILS TO MAKE THEM MOST SUITABLE FOR FUEL. It has been stated in the previous pages that any fuel that will flow freely can be burned in a heavy-oil engine. Though this in a measure is true, heavy tarry oils, if not kept perfectly fluid by heating, will cool and tend to clog the pipes and valves. It is advisable, therefore, to first subject the tarry oils to a distillation (270), distilling over everything...
