British fuel problem: Oil

✍ Scribed by Cadman, John

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1931
• Weight: 671 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000504503

✦ Synopsis

The relstivc cinploynient of f ucls for heating rind cooking in tlic lionie is t,hus, in terms of potentinl heat, coal SOSO%, coke 12-2%, gns 7.7'7,;,, :ind electricity 0.1%. Tlie demand for fuel for heating purposes is met as regards 92% 1)y solid fuel, whilst only 21% of all the fuel used provides miokelcss combustion. Thc very different cflicicncies obtained in the use of these wrions fuels make it neccssnry, lioivever, in order to get a true picture, to tnkc into consideration the amount of heat usefully received froni them.

Assuming mcnii a-erngc enicioncies in use iis follows : conl 120/, gas SOX,. coke 30%, electricity SO:/,, the amount. of donicstic lieiit, in 13.'l'Ii.U., uscfnlly employetl per heiid Of p0pdiitiOn per ii111111111 beCOlIlc6 fro111 :