Proceedings of a Housing and Heating Conference - 1945

Stumbled across this on the internet.

A Penn State University Bulletin dated February 1946 from a conference held in November 1945.

Talks about coal bins, ash storage, stokers, anthratube development and more.

Interesting look into the past.

That's an outstanding find, Steamup!!

I've been reluctant to jump head first into searching about the Anthratube because of the time commitment, but I am thoroughly interested in it and appreciate great (historical) finds like this one.

Great find "steamup". A reasonably complete explanation about the physics principles involved in the "Antratube". There must have been quite a number of experiments before the design parameters were established. Axeman-Anderson Associates, consulting engineers, is clearly identified as the designer.

[Edit] Looking closer at the report, Axeman-Anderson Associates did not design the boiler that A-A sells today. There were two different designs, #1 using a magazine to hold coal and #2 using an Archimedes screw to feed the coal. Axeman-Anderson designed #1. #2 the forerunner to today's A-A boiler was designed by the "Anthracite Industries Laboratory". Anthracite Industries Laboratory was located in Primos, Delaware County, PA. Google Maps now shows Primos as a housing development.

I'll digest the report and post a summary of the report.

Thanks for sharing the report. It'll be fun reading.

Nice post su