This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...areas of territory. There are some places where water power is so much cheaper than steam power, that it is indicated for electrochemical consideration, but with the prospect of an increase in the rate of interest and the returns that capital will expect, and the coal consumption of steam apparatus, at the decreasing ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...areas of territory. There are some places where water power is so much cheaper than steam power, that it is indicated for electrochemical consideration, but with the prospect of an increase in the rate of interest and the returns that capital will expect, and the coal consumption of steam apparatus, at the decreasing rate of 2.5 percent yearly for the previous decade, notwithstanding an increase in the cost of coal of 1 percent per year for the same period, it looks as if we were reaching a point where, when there are advantages in water power for electrochemical purposes it is due to other considerations than the fact that the power is derived from water. As the Chairman has stated, it comes down to an argument pro and con on the basis of load factor, the expenses due to transmission, and the returns due to capital invested, etc. The suitability of water power for electrochemical industries should be discussed not on the basis that the power comes from water, but on the basis that we have here the possibility of 100 percent load factor, with the transmission distances relatively small, and consequently the transmission losses and maintenance charges are removed as a burden on the enterprise. John H. F1nney: Mr. Dunn has just expressed my viewpoint exactly. It is, however, a part of my work to know something about water power. I have been in Washington for a good many years working on the problem and endeavoring to find out what Congress is going to do about permitting water-power development, and I have not found the answer yet. But there exists in Congress, as in many other places when lay discussion is had on this question, a feeling that the water powers of the United States are tremendously valuable, that every foot of falling water can be developed in...
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Add this copy of Transactions of the American Electrochemical Society, to cart. $60.25, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Nabu Press.
Add this copy of Transactions of the American Electrochemical Society, to cart. $60.25, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Nabu Press.
