718. ---------------.[DOLCH, P.] [Production of Synthesis Gas by Oxygen-Steam Gasification.] Feuerungstech., vol. 27, 1939, pp. 103-108; British Chem. Abs., 1939, B, p. 684; Chem. Abs., vol. 33, 1939, p. 5157.

718. ---------------. [DOLCH, P.] [Production of Synthesis Gas by Oxygen-Steam Gasification.] Feuerungstech., vol. 27, 1939, pp. 103-108; British Chem. Abs., 1939, B, p. 684; Chem. Abs., vol. 33, 1939, p. 5157.

After a general discussion of the chemical theory and the consumption of heat and O₂, the author describes briefly technical processes for producing synthesis gas by gasification with O₂-steam mixtures; that is, the Winkler producer, O₂-steam gasification in vertical ovens, the Lurgi process under pressure, and also the effect of the formation of CH₄ on the yield and composition of the gas. It is claimed that gasification in vertical ovens at atmospheric pressure with O₂-steam mixture produces a synthesis gas containing little CH₄ with the smallest O₂ consumption.