Notes in Regard to Efficiencies of Luminous Flames

Authors

G. W. StewartFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

An investigation of the efficiency of luminous flames would be of interest. Results obtained incidentally were studied, showing that a cylindrical acetylene flame is not so efficient as a flat acetylene flame when judged by the proportion of its radiant energy that is visible. The amount of visible radiant energy that a given quantity is able to furnish should also be considered. Experiments with a flat kerosene flame show a height of flame at which the candle-power-hours-per-gram is a maximum. The problem of obtaining the most efficient flame, in the broadest sense, is complex. It is advisable to get the temperature of the incandescent particles as high as possible, and also to get as many of them per gram of the illuminant as possible. Both of these factors depend upon the shape of the flame.

Publication Date

1911

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

113

Last Page

113

Copyright

©1911 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Stewart, G. W. (1911) "Notes in Regard to Efficiencies of Luminous Flames," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 18(1), 113-113.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol18/iss1/23