Fred L. Dornbrook
Frederick L. Dornbrook(April 4, 1875 – May 17, 1967) was an Americanmechanical engineerandinventor,who was chief engineer of the Power Plants of the Wisconsin Electric Power Company, now part ofWEC Energy Group.He was especially known as pioneer in the use ofpulverized coal,and in 1949 was awarded theASME Medal.[1]
Dornbrook was born inWisconsinas son of John Dornbrook and Henrietta (Schultz) Dornbrook. After regular education, he started his lifelong career at theWisconsin Electric Power Company,where he worked for five decades at its Power Plant department.[2]He worked his way up from coal passer, fireman, oiler and assistant engineer to chief engineer of operation. Eventually he was appointed superintendent of power plants and chief engineer of power plants—Wisconsin Electric Power Company.[3]
In 1948 theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineeringawarded him a Distinguished Service Award.[3]In 1949 theASMEawarded him theASME Medal.[4]
Selected publications
[edit]- Dornbrook, F.L. "Developments in Burning Pulverized Coal."Mechanical Engineering70, 967–974 (1948)
- Patents, a selection
- Dornbrook, Frederick L. "Safety appliance for steam-boilers."U.S. Patent No. 1,293,730. 11 Feb. 1919.
- Dornbrook, Fred L. "Boiler soot-blower."U.S. Patent No. 1,337,828. 20 Apr. 1920.
- Dornbrook, Fred L. "Apparatus for handling pulverulent materials."U.S. Patent No 1,844,642, 1932.
- Dornbrook, Fred L. "Supplementary auxiliary apparatus for prime movers."U.S. Patent No 2,347,471, 1944.
- Dornbrook, Fred L. "Steam turbine control mechanism."U.S. Patent No 2,409,024, 1946.
References
[edit]- ^ASME.Mechanical Engineering.Vol. 89, 1967. p. 120
- ^Veterans' Association of Wisconsin Electric Power Company,The Veteran,Vol. 20-64, 1945.
- ^ab1948 Distinguished Service Award: Fred Dornbrook - College of Engineering,University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering, 2017. Accessed 2019-09-10.
- ^Industrial Heating,Vol. 17. 1950. p. 70
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