2735.     ---------------.  [POWELL, A. R.]  Gas Manufacture From Fuels Other Than Coal.  Gas World, vol. 127, 1947, pp. 116-121; Gas Times, vol. 52, 1947, pp. 164, 167-168, 233-234, 237, 292-294; Gas, vol. 23, July 1947, pp. 75-76.

        Discussion of the oil-gas process, carburetted water gas, liquefied petroleum gas, oil carbonization, cracking of bunker C oil, and the Fischer-Tropsch process, the latter from its possible application to the manufacture of gas in conjunction with the manufacture of synthetic oil and the utilization of off-peak water gas to make synthetic oil.  Previous economic calculations are reviewed and conclusions drawn.  In view of the economic situation and the fact that much development work remains to be done on the conversion of coal into gasoline and gas, the scheme of making gas in conjunction with manufacture of synthetic gasoline does not appear to be an immediate practical possibility.  Also the probabilities of utilizing off-peak water-gas equipment for the production of products other than gas are remote.  Furthermore, the capital investment in a Fischer-Tropsch plant is far greater than in the water-gas plant used to make the synthesis gas, so we would have the incongruity of building an expensive plant for part-time operation to keep a less expensive plant in full-time operation.

                    ----------.  See abs. 98, 1329, 1330.