PATENT

3414. ----- [SOCIÉTÉ INTERNATIONALE DES CARBURANTS ET DES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES] “BREVETS CONSALVO”.  [Synthesizing Hydrocarbon Fuels.]  Belgian Patent 438,756, Apr. 20, 1940.  Chem. Abs., vol. 36, 1942, p. 3345.

Incoming coal is heated in 1 chamber to 450°-600°.  It is then heated in a 2d chamber at 1,000°-1,100°.  The CO produced is purified with the aid of Al2O3 charcoal. and Fe.  The required H2 is produced by the action of ZnO on a part of the liquid hydrocarbon obtained from heating the coal then by the action of H2O on Zn obtained in the preceding Step.

See abs. 431.