196. BENNETT, J. G. Coal and the Chemical Industry. Jour. Inst. Fuel Wartime Bull., vol. 17, 1944, pp. 185-192. First J. Arthur Reavell lecture. Discusses existing processes for coal utilization – carbonization, fractionation by solvent extraction, and synthesis of hydrocarbons. The principal defect of the latter process is its wastefulness; only about 30-40% of the coal substance is recovered in the products. ---------------. See abs. 143. |