Slurry for Steam

Series

Series Name

Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.

6

Date Released

1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Welcome to a Distinguished Visitor
2. 2Racing at Ayr
3. 3Slurry for Steam
4. 4Career with a Future

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: Commencing with a sequence that describes the nature of "slurry", the one-time waste product of the colliery washeries, this item shows how new mechanical handling developments by Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd., have made it possible to handle and use this difficult, sticky material for the economical firing of power station boilers. The special Babcock rotary hoppers that are the heart of the system are seen during construction at Renfrew Works and in course of installation at the Barony power station of the South of Scotland Electricity Board.

Keywords

Environment; Industry and manufacture; Energy resources

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Synopses of the Babcock Film Magazines booklet   p8. Used for synopsis

Credits:

Sponsor

Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.

Production Co.

Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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