495.    ---------------.[CHAUX, R.]  Economics of Coal Gasification.  Vol. 61, 1949, p. 111.

                  Some operating results on the new continuous coal gasifier at Louisiana are presented.  A 4-hr. full-scale test was made with gasifier temperatures averaging about 2,200° F.  The feed rates were coal 2,300 lb. per hr., O2 17,000 std. vu. ft. per hr., and steam 2,000 lb. per hr.  Approximately 70,000 std. cu. ft. of gas per hr. was made.  The gas was 42% H2, 37% CO, 16% CO2, 4% N2, and 1% miscellaneous.  It is expected that, with continuous operation, the CO2 content will be reduced and a better synthesis gas obtained.