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Installation was for the purpose of enriching city gas. The synthesis gas, a 2:1 mixture of water gas and coke-oven gas (CO:H₂=1:2), after purification, was to be passed at 1,200 mm. Hg in parallel flow into 4 units of 3 standard plate reactors operating at 185°-200° and atmospheric pressure, each reactor containing 10 m.³ of Co catalyst of 350 kg. per m.³ density. Pressure drop through the catalyst bed was expected to be 500 mm. Hg. Boiler condensate from the gas works was to be used as the heat-exchange medium. The residual gas from the reactors containing about 21.3% CO, 37.5% H₂, 23.6% CH₄, 8.1% CO₂, and 8.5% N₂ was to be returned to the gas works for admixture with water and coke-oven gas and used for city gas. The expected yield of liquid hydrocarbons was about 100 gm. per m.³ of gas consisting of about 1/3 each of benzine, medium oil, and wax.