STEAM VERSUS OIL
NEW BOILER CONSTRUCTED. HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAINED. LONDON, September 11. Boilers with a pressure of 10001 b to the square inch wifi be the next stage in the war, steam versus oil. This step is the outcome of tests conducted by a Clyde syndicate, which includes Sir Charles Parsons (chairman of C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd., and Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., Ltd.), a past president of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, William Denny and Brothers, Ltd., and Yarrow and Co., Ltd., the Glasgow shipbuilding firms. Super-pressure boilers, dith the indicator showing 6001 b to the square inch, developed a speed of 20J knots in the trials, enabling a gain of from 10 to 15 per cent, in economy, compared with ordinary boilers. Sir Charles Parsons expresses the opinion that this saving nearly approaches that of Diesel oil engines. Sir John Biles, Professor of Naval Architecture at Glasgow University, 1891-1921, says high-pressure turbines will be more economical _ than Diesel engines uo to 10,000 miles, enabling steam to regain its ascendancy. The syndicate is building five more steamers of greater tonnage.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19905, 27 September 1926, Page 10
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186STEAM VERSUS OIL Otago Daily Times, Issue 19905, 27 September 1926, Page 10
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