The new American Airlines hangar at New
York International Airport uses high-tempera-ture hot water to provide the bulk of heat
requirements for general radiant, convector and
unit space heating, air conditioning snow removal, plane de-icing and maintenance work.
Two forced circulation, water-tube, oil-fired
boilers generate the hot water. Each boiler has
a design pressure of 350 psig with a rated
continuous output of 16,000,000 Btu/hr.
WHITEHORSE, YUKON
H-bomb blasts will be used to open up the
Canadian Arctic for settlement and development, and Dominion scientists believe that the
H-blasts will be used to provide reservoirs of
power and heat for new cities at great distances
from any other sources of power. Heat caused
by the blasts could form huge subterranean
steam deposits to be tapped to drive turbines
and give heating. Steam would heat streets
and recreational centers besides homes, offices,
mines and factories, keeping them clear of ice
and snow even when outside temperatures were
well below zero.
DETROIT, MICH.
William J. Coleman, on Jan. 1, retired from
The Detroit Edison Company after 41 years
service. He held many jobs over the years, and
was Plant Superintendent of the Congress
Street Heating Plant when he retired. Joseph
C. Cameron is his successor.
George W. Grainger has just completed 30
years service.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Combustion Engineering, Inc. recently acquired the General Nuclear Engineering Corporation, and will operate the new company as
a subsidiary. Dr. Walter Zinn, president of
General Nuclear, will have charge of all nuclear
power activities. Dr. Zinn is one of the foremost scientists in the nuclear field, and supervised the construction of the world's first
nuclear reactor in Chicago early in World
War II.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
G. S. Ziegler & Company, producers of
TRI-SUL-ITE, have made the Blake Equipment
Corporation, Englewood, N. J. their agents for
New York City and New Jersey.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
NDHA members William E. Lucas, Thomas
C. Morrison and Louis J. Spisak have celebrated
their respective 35th, 30th and 25th service
anniversaries with the Allegheny County Steam
Heating Company.
After eight years of work, geothermal
steam is being used in power lines to drive
turbines. Most of the steam is found at 3,000
ft, but some of the bores go down to 3,600 ft.
The steam pressure shows no signs of lessening, though test bores have been allowed to
blow freely for years. The bores are giving
4{)0,000 lb of steam an hour at a pressure of
100 lb per sq in.
DETROIT, MICH.
Carl W. Signor of the Edison Company was
the guest speaker of the Blue Grass Chapter
of ASHRAE in Louisville, Ky. His subject was
water hammer in steam pipes.
WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.
Automatic Devices Company, Inc. has announced the appointment of Edward P. Fahey
as its representative in the sale of Weather
Controls in the Chicago area. Mr. Fahey has
been in the automatic heating industry for
many years. His headquarters will be at the
home office in Western Springs..
NEW YORK, N. Y.
The Babcock & Wilcox Company has been
awarded a contract to design, manufacture and
install the steam generating equipment for the
new $22,00'0,000 Seward Park Title I slum
clearance project. The boiler will be installed
eight blocks from the housing area in an existing powerhouse, and steam will be pushed by
distribution pressure of 125 lb per sq in.
through a series of underground tubes to its
destination in the housing development where
it will be used in the heating and hot-water
systems.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
John McIntosh, President of the Better
Heating-Cooling Council of Wisconsin, Inc.,
after seeing how the heavy snows of this winter
paralyzed the city, recommended that steps be
taken to prevent this condition and the resulting monetary loss and expense. He said that
the pavements could be kept clear of ice and
snow by using the condensate that is drained
through sewers after the downtown buildings
are heated by the steam.
WATERTOWN, S. D.
City Council of this city is considering an
ordinance which, in effect, will increase steam
rates by ten cents per M lb. The new rates are:
first 20,000 lb per month,$1.35 per M; next
3.0,000 lb per month, $1.20 per M; next 50',000
lb per month, 90 cents per M; excess lb per
month, 80 cents per lVI. The $10,000 expected
increase in revenue is required to overcome
increases in freight and coal costs.
