2552.     ---------------.  [PADOVANI, C.]  [Evaluation of Italian Solid Fuels.]  Chim. ind. agr. biol., vol. 18, 1942, pp. 79-84; Chem. Zentralb., 1942, II, p. 849; Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 5218.

        Coal fields in Italy are usually small, widely separated, and of low value.  An endeavor has been made to use the poorer coals for local chemical industry in special furnaces or gas producers.  Low-temperature carbonization has replaced direct combustion when tar yields and coke properties are satisfactory.  When the semicoke is unsatisfactory, the coal is gasified in producers, with tar recovery.  A special demand has been noted for producers that give a mixture of CO and H₂ suitable for synthesis.  There is a great need for the erection of Fischer plants using Italian brown coal.

        ----------.  See abs. 2106.