56.     ANDREWS, R. S., AND BENNIE, R. S.  High-Pressure Gasification of Brown Coal.  BIOS Final Rept. 722, 1946, 13 pp.; PB 52,856.

                Some discussion relating to the use of Australian brown coals in a Lurgi high-pressure generator and whether this type of plant would be suitable for gas production in Australia.  The Lurgi high-pressure gasification process is the only one of the many processes developed in Germany that has been established for a gas supply.  2 plants at Bohlen and Brux have been operating in connection with the development of processes using brown coal for liquid-fuel production that are considered economical under the economic conditions prevailing in Germany.  A detailed study is needed to determine whether the process can be operated in Australia economically simply on the basis of gas production without the production of liquid fuel.