96. ATWELL, H. V., AND SCHROEDER, W. C. Synthetic Lubricating-Oil Plant, Rheinpreussen, Homberg. CIOS XXIV-9, 1945, 17 pp.; TOM Reel 196; PB 283. Describes plant and process of manufacture. Lubricating-oil synthesis consists broadly in chlorinating a Fischer-Tropsch middle oil, reacting this with naphthalene in the presence of Al chloride as catalyst, separating the sludge, neutralizing, and fractionally distilling the lube-oil product. Includes photographs. |