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Didier furnace with nine retorts
Category Plans and charts
Year of manufacture/creation early 20th century
Place of manufacture/creation Marktredwitz, Germany
Size
Height: 72.5 cm
Width: 99.5 cm
Material paper
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1992
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
This drawing allows us to peek inside this enormous gas producing oven.
The visible oval apertures are retorts. This is where coal was loaded, which was then transformed into gas. The gas generator provided the high temperature required for this process. The generator can be seen in the lower part of the furnace. This furnace design uses the Didier system, in which the generator is placed inside the furnace.
The visible oval apertures are retorts. This is where coal was loaded, which was then transformed into gas. The gas generator provided the high temperature required for this process. The generator can be seen in the lower part of the furnace. This furnace design uses the Didier system, in which the generator is placed inside the furnace.
