2572.     ---------------.  [PARKER, A.]  Oil-From-Coal Processes in Germany.  Inst. Fuel (London) Bull., June 1947, pp. 128-129; vol. 126, 1947, p. 191, coking sec. pp. 11-12; Chem. Abs., vol. 41, 1947, p. 5282.

        German plants for the hydrogenation of coal reached a capacity of 4,000,000 tons/yr. in 1944, with the greatest recorded production about 3,500,000 tons, a very considerable expansion over the prewar capacity.  There was no great expansion in capacity of Fischer-Tropsch plants, which had a combined capacity of 740,000 tons/yr. and actual production of slightly more than  570,000 tons at the maximum.  Natural oil resources reduced 2,000,000 tons/yr., and 7,000,000 tons were imported from Rumania, etc.  The hydrogenation process gives good yields of aviation and motor fuel, while the Fischer-Tropsch process produces some motor fuel of lower quality, high-quality diesel oil, and oils and waxes, which are excellent starting materials for various fats and chemicals.  German costs for gasoline were >1 s. per imperial gal., and British costs would be more than 2 times as great; however, the process might be economical in some of the British dominions where lower-cost coal is available.

        ----------.  See abs. 2602.

        PARKER, A. M. B.  See abs. 2119.