2150.     LURGI GESELLSCHAFT WÄRMETECHNIK M.B.H.  Production of Synthetic Methanol.  Board of Trade, German Div. Tech. Information and Documents Unit; F. D. 204/47, Nov. 18, 1946, 3 pp.; Fuel Abs., No. 2390, 1948.

        Production of MeOH by catalytic reaction of CO and H₂ under high temperature and pressure and the preparation of crude gas from various raw materials are described.  The Lurgi pressure gasification in combination with the Lurgi cracking plant for the cracking of CH₄ into CO and H₂ makes it possible to combine production of MeOH with that of town gas.  The plant made by Lurgi and standardized for a capacity of 12-50 tons per day is claimed to have the special advantage that the heat exchanger and the vessel containing the catalyst are arranged in a single high pressure unit.  Flow diagrams and operation data.