603.    ---------------.  [COKE AND SMOKELESS-FREE AGE.]   Lurgi Process.  Vol. 8, 1946, p. 49-50, 54.

      Latest information about the Lurgi complete-gasification plant at Böhlen, Germany, reports a plant of 10 units, with a capacity of about 20,000,000 cu. ft. of gas per day.  The complete plant cost 10,720,000 RM; the Linde-Fränkl O₂ plant 3,600,000 RM.  Information is given on the modern type machinery and its operation, the gas-purifying plant, and an analysis of the fuel used.  The consumption of materials per 1,000 cu. ft. of gas is:  O₂ 145 cu. ft., steam 90 lb., coal 90 lb.; electricity 6-7 kw.-hr.; there 0.77 lb. of tar and 0.33 lb. of light oil are produced per 100 cu. ft. of gas.  Operating costs are as follows:  coal 6.50 RM per ton; water 6 pf. per m.³ power 1.1 pf. per kw.-hr.; labor and maintenance each 0.4 pf. per m.³ of gas; oxygen 2.2 pf. per m.³  The total cost of the gas was 3.8 pf. per m.³ less a credit of 1.4 pf. per m.³, or a net cost of 2.4 pf. per m.³ or 10.9 d. per 1,000 cu. ft.