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 | | The high temperatures attained are utilized by installng one boiler, preferably of the Babcock and Wilcox water-tube type, for each pair of cells, so that the gases, on their way from the combustion chamber, to the main flue, pass three times between the boiler tubes. |
 | | Destructors of the Sterling type, combined with electricpower generating stations, are installed at Hackney (1901), Bermondsey (1902) and Frederiksberg (1903)the first- St li named plant being probably the most powerful com- er 1I~. |
 | | The actual calorific value of the refuse material necessarily varies, but, as a general average, with suitably designed and properly managed plant, an evaporation of I lb of water per pound of refuse burned is a result which may be readily attained, and affords a basis of calculation which engineers may safely adopt in practice. |
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