3086.     SCHLAPFER, P.  [Manufacture of Replacement Fuels in Switzerland.]  Schweiz. Ver. Gas-u. Wasserfach., Monats-Bull., vol. 18, 1938, pp. 49-60; Chem. Abs., vol. 32, 1938, p. 7241.

        Review of the nature and extent of the national fuel requirements, and a discussion of the processes available for manufacture of motor fuels in Switzerland from domestic materials.  In the absence of any quantity of suitable coal, peat and wood are suggested as raw materials for the synthesis of gasoline.  High-pressure hydrogenation hardly can be considered for Swiss conditions.  Synthesis by the Fischer-Tropsch process is practicable in small units and can be arranged to utilize wood, lignin, or mixtures of these with coke; there is also the possibility of using electrical energy in place of coke and in the preparation of H₂ by electrolysis.  Cost estimates are presented, and the energy balance of various methods for producing fuel are shown.  Each of these processes is discussed, and reference is made to the possibility of supplementary industries associated with the hydrolysis of wood and to the desirability of maximum recovery of motor fuel from gas works.