495.    ---------------.[CHAUX, R.]  Economics of Coal Gasification.  Vol. 61, 1949, p. 111.

                  Some operating results on the new continuous coal gasifier at Louisiana are presented.  A 4-hr. full-scale test was made with gasifier temperatures averaging about 2,200° F.  The feed rates were coal 2,300 lb. per hr., O₂ 17,000 std. vu. ft. per hr., and steam 2,000 lb. per hr.  Approximately 70,000 std. cu. ft. of gas per hr. was made.  The gas was 42% H₂, 37% CO, 16% CO₂, 4% N₂, and 1% miscellaneous.  It is expected that, with continuous operation, the CO₂ content will be reduced and a better synthesis gas obtained.