Current through Register 1538, January 3, 2025
Section 715 - Water Generating ExpensesThis account shall include the cost of labor used and expenses incurred in the operation of water gas sets exclusive of the cost of fuel and oil for water gas production.
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Labor:
2. Work of the following character in connection with the operation of water gas sets (excepting the waste heat boiler and auxiliaries): a. Inspecting, testing, clinkering, lighting and starting up.b. Controlling fire and heats with fuel charges, barring and rodding fires, operating grates and jackets, taking stains, observing pyrometers, pressures, seal pot water flow and stack gases, regulating input materials such as coke, oil, natural gas, steam and air.c. Making required flow rate and operating cycle changes.d. Cleaning and removing ashes, carbon, and sediment from the set and connections, the wash box, seal pot, oil spray, duck pockets, bootlegs, and collectors, and cleaning and reluting producer set doors.e. Operating, cleaning and lubricating fuel charging lorries, blowers, valves, automatic operators, and grates, together with their instruments, gauges and controls, also the ash belt.3. Operating, cleaning and lubricating auxiliary equipment, such as hydraulic pumps, circulating water pumps, oil pumps from storage to sets, steam accumulators and regulators and reducers on natural gas for reforming, exhausters, revivifying air blowers, and purifier exhausters.4. Handling fuel from storage into bins with conveyors.5. Removing and disposing of ashes, carbon, sediment, and other waste material.6. Cleaning of generator and exhauster houses, including janitorial and similar services. Materials and Expenses:
7. Packing, waste, lubricants, et cetera.