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Definition of Pilot burner
1. Noun. Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilot Burner
Literary usage of Pilot burner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horseless Age (1903)
"The pilot burner and generator for the main burner are arranged in a rectangular
sheet metal box ... The pilot burner is constructed as shown by the No. ..."
2. Natural Gas and Gasoline Journal (1918)
"A similar flap is placed at the top of the burner box to permit the escape of
the products of combustion from the small pilot burner when the fan is not in ..."
3. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"By the use of the pilot burner the required steam is made available for immediate
service at all times. The brickwork is also kept hot, and when the larger ..."
4. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"By the use of the pilot burner the required steam is made available for immediate
service at all times. The brickwork is also kept hot, and when the larger ..."
5. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1902)
"A is the tube leading from the gasoline tank and across the burner space; B, the
tube leading from the vaporizer tubes to the pilot burner, main feed and ..."
6. American Gas Works Practice: Standard Practical Methods in Gas Fitting by George Wehrle (1919)
"It might be mentioned here that the pilot-burner test with as low a flame as the
blue flame above described is quite a severe test, and it would possibly ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Gas Institute by American Gas Institute (1913)
"The design of pilot, burner, and thermostat is on similar lines to that of the
automatic pressure types. These installations, while not so expensive as the ..."
8. On the Theory of the Gas Engine ...: With an Abstract of the Discussion Upon by Dugald Clerk (1882)
"This included both the gas burned in the cylinder, as well as that consumed by
the pilot burner. The gas consumed by the pilot burner was 1 • 50 cubic foot ..."
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