423. CALVERT, G. C. Synthetic Alcohols and Liquid Fuels. Chem. Age, vol. 5, 1921, p. 153; Chem. Abs., vol. 15, 1921, p. 3735. Calvert has developed a method of converting C into water gas and mixing this with other gases, according to the product desired. Utilization of wood waste, charcoal, or carbonizable tropical matter should yield fuel MeOH at $19/ton. Details of the process are withheld. The ratio of efficiency of MeOH to gasoline for use in internal-combustion engines is 5:4. |