Discussions - Of Mr. Blauvelt’s Paper on A Commercial Fuel-Briquette Plant (see p. 256)
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
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- 13
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- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1911
Abstract
Charles T. Malcolmson, Chicago, Ill.:—Mr. Blauvelt's admirable paper is a valuable contribution to the literature on briquetting of coal in this country. It should have a special significance for those interested in the commercial development of the coal-briquette industry. I believe that the data included in Mr. Blauvelt's paper will be particularly useful because they represent costs taken from a briquette-plant in actual operation. There are several points touched on in Mr. Blauvelt's paper which may bear comment in the way of emphasis rather than of criticism. In the first place, he has stated a fact which becomes axiomatic to any one who has had any experience in the design, building, or operation of coal-briquette plants, and that is, that the press is only one factor in the successful opera-
Citation
APA: (1911) Discussions - Of Mr. Blauvelt’s Paper on A Commercial Fuel-Briquette Plant (see p. 256)
MLA: Discussions - Of Mr. Blauvelt’s Paper on A Commercial Fuel-Briquette Plant (see p. 256). The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1911.