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El Paso Announces

Proposed Offerings

Five subsidiaries of The El Paso

Company, Houston, Texas 77001, announce proposed offerings of an aggregate of $30,864,000 United

States Government Guaranteed

Ship Financing Bonds, Series P and Q, subject to approval of the

Maritime Administration. The bonds will be offered publicly by

Merrill Lynch White Weld Capital

Markets Group.

The bonds will be fully guaran- teed by the United States Govern- ment under Title XI of the Mer- chant Marine Act of 1936. The bonds are to be offered severally by the five companies to assist in the financing of five liquefied natural gas tanker vessels pres- ently under construction at do- mestic shipyards. These vessels will be used for the transportation of liquefied natural gas from Al- geria to terminal facilities on the

East Coast of the United States.

The Series P bonds will be due on March 31, 2003, and the Series

Q bonds will be due on October 15, 1983. Interest on the bonds will be payable semiannually, and the bonds are subject to semiannual redemption through the operation of mandatory sinking funds.

You can improve the performance and economy of marine steam boilers and gas turbines

The Gaulin Corporation offers you a field-proven and highly successful type of Water-in-Fuel Oil Emulsification System which can help you achieve significant improvement in overall combustion efficiency to provide: • In Steam Boilers — dramatic reductions in carbon particulate emissions and reduction in excess air • In Gas Turbines — greatly lowered fuel costs with ability to burn blended fuels

Emulsification of water in fuel oil

Gaulin's Water-in-Fuel Oil Emulsifica- tion System utilizes a patented process to break down the normally large agglomerates present in the fuel oil. A very small percentage of water (5-6%

H2O) is added and emulsified as part of the fuel mixture during the homogeniza- tion process (much lower amounts of water concentration are used than with such methods as ultrasonic or other light stirring or mixing techniques). The drop- lets of water become uniformly dis- persed in the fuel and average only 1-2 microns in size.

A graphic comparison of the burning of fuel droplets captured by sequential high-speed 16mm cinematography The frames in the top sequence (5,000 sec.) resulted from burning a 350/i droplet of water-in-Bunker Cfuel oil emulsion. Those views in the lower series (4,000 sec.) record the combustion of a 450fidroplet of neat Bunker C fuel (Courtesy of Guggenheim Laboratories. Princeton University)

BEFORE AFTER

This before-and-after photomicrograph (1000x) graphically illustrates the superior ef- fects achieved by Gaulin's homogenization of water-in-fuel oil. The control sample (left), a pre-mix of 6% water in #6 fuel oil, is com- pared with a sample of the homogenized fuel emulsion.

Micro-explosions achieved

After homogenization, the Gaulin homogenizer then delivers the com- pletely emulsified water-in-fuel oil mix- ture to the boiler combustion chamber where the beneficial phenomenon known as "micro-explosions" occurs.

The resulting secondary atomization produces a better dispersion and mixing of the primary fuel spray.

The micro-explosions reward you with reduced carbon particulate formation, lowered excess air operation, reduced thermal No, emissions and improved boiler efficiency and reliability.

Learn the facts

Get the full story about the Gaulin Water-in-Fuel Oil Emulsification System and how it may help you. Contact Gaulin at Garden Street, Everett, Mass., 02149. Phone (617) 387-9300.

Successful Applications

The Gaulin Water-in-Fuel Oil Emulsification System has proven itself a valuable com- bustion aid. Here are the facts on just a few recent applications.

Marine Gas Turbine Applications

Water-in-Fuel Oil Emulsification Systems slash fuel costs on gas turbines. A Gaulin

Water-in-Fuel Oil Homogenizer, incorpo- rated in an automated fuel handling system designed by Seaworthy Engine Systems ••••••••••^•^^••••fii and installed on a gas turbine-powered con- tainer ship, enabled a fuel conversion from marine distillate to a much less expensive blend of marine distillate and #6 oil. This conversion was made possible by emulsifying 6% water in the fuel blend. Fuel costs were dramatically reduced and the customer is installing similar systems on all of its sister ships.

In a land-based combustion environment, a Gaulin Water-in-Fuel Oil Emulsification

System (6% water) is operating in conjunction with a 100,000 Ib./hr. steam boiler at an automotive plant in Detroit. The customer indicates a 25% reduction in carbon particu- late emissions, while improving boiler efficiency by 2-3%.

Marine Steam Boiler Applications

Gaulin Water-in-Fuel Oil Homogenizers are used for reducing soot blowing from seagoing steam boilers. A Gaulin Water- in-Fuel Oil Homogenizer, operating on two 60,000 Ib./hr. steam boilers aboard a container ship, has reduced soot blow- ing requirements from twice each day to once per passage.

Indications are that a 2 to 3% fuel saving has been realized.

The improvement in combustion performance was achieved with only 6% water addition.

Savannah Machine And

Shipyard Company

Appoints William Seigh

James E. May, vice president

Savannah Machine and Shipyard

Co., recently announced the ap- pointment of William R. Seigh to their New York Sales and Mar- keting Office. Mr. Seigh will assist

Mr. May in an expanded market coverage.

William R. Seigh

Mr. Seigh brings 37 years of ship repair and operations experi- ence to his new position. Prior to joining Savannah Machine and

Shipyard Co., Mr. Seigh held esti- mating/negotiating positions with both Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., and Todd Shipyards Corp. Other areas of responsibility included turbine repair supervision, li- censed marine engineering, and port engineering.

ITT Decca Marine

Names Richard Muller

The appointment of Richard (Dick) Muller to manage the

Northeast Region sales of all ITT

Decca Marine electronic equip- ment has been announced by Alan

Thompson, director of sales for

IDM.

Richard Muller

Mr. Muller, headquartered in the IDM New York City office at 17 Battery Place, will also work out of his Toms River, N.J., loca- tion. He is eminently qualified in both small and large vessel re- quirements, having served in the

U.S. Coast Guard at the opera- tional and training levels as an instructor. His stations include

Cape May and Sandy Hook, N.J.

He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration at

Adelphi University, and did grad- uate work at Monmouth in busi- ness and marketing. His previous sales activity includes five years with Xerox.

He will be the area manager serving dealerships from New

England to North Carolina on the

Eastern Seaboard. 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News