The whole set is manufactured to a very high standard and is supplied with all necessary accessories including thermometers with reading lenses, measuring vessels and a general purpose set of four burners for town and coke oven gas, natural and methane gas, butane, propane, acetylene, ethylene and propylene. The two main items of equipment in the apparatus are the Boys non-recording gas calorimeter fitted with appropriate burners in the base, and a precision, Hyde type gas meter with a capacity of 2.0 litres/rev consisting of a specially designed measuring drum housed in a gas-tight casing and sealed with water.
Experimental Capability:
To determine the Gas Volume Factor of gaseous fuels.
To determine the Calorific Value C.V. of gaseous fuels.
Average Difference in Temperature.
To determine the Gas Temperature
Average Water Inlet Outlet Temperature.