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   3530.     ---------------.  [UNITED STATES
NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION TO JAPAN.]  Japanese Fuels and Lubricants. 
Article 7.  Progress in the Synthesis of Liquid Fuels From Coal. 
Location and Output of Japanese Synthetic Oil Plants.  X-38(N)-7, February
1946, pp. 14-19, 23; PB 58,701. 
  
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       Company 
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       Location 
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       Designed
      capacity 
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       Type
      of operation 
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       Catalyst 
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       Actual
      fuel output, kl. 
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       1941 
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       1942 
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       1943 
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       1944 
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       1945 
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       Coal
      hydrogena-tion: 
      1. 
      Manshu Jinzo Sekiyu Co., Fushun Works 
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       Fushun,
      Manchuria 
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       2.5 ton/hr.;
      10,000 tons per year; nominal throughout Oyama coal. 
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       Liquid-phase,
      200 atm. 430°; vapor phase, 200 atm., 430° and 440°, 1st and
      2d stage, respectively; coal:vehicle=2:3 by weight. 
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       Liquid
      phase--precipitated FeS; vapor phase-40% MoS3+60% acid clay; Fe2O3;
      Fe2O3:S:Sn (OH)2 100: 17:1:ZnCl2 
      .2 H2O;
      MoO3.Sn (OH)2. 
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       770 
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       690 
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       2. 
      Chosen Jinzo Sekyu Co., Agochi Works. 
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       Agochi, Korea 
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       5 tons per
      hr., pate; 50,000 tons per yr.; Agochi brown coal; nominal production
      10,000 kl. heavy oil. 
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       200-250 atm.;
      Unable to function as coal‑hydro-genation unit; Converted to MeOH
      synthesis. 
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       See
      No. 1 
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       Total
      coal-hydrogenation oil................................................................................
       
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       770 
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       690 
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       Fischer-Tropsch: 
      1. 
      Nippon Jinzo Sekiyu Co., Miike works. 
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       Omuta,
      Kyushu. 
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       30,000 tons
      per yr. oil output; 1,000 m.3/hr. converter-gas throughput. 
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       Actual
      production, 16,000 tons; Ruhrchemie license 56 converters; atmospheric
      pressure, 180°-200°, 2-stage; actual throughput gas, 750 m.3 
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       Co:ThO:MgO:kieselguhr=21.2:1.2:2.4:75.2;
      Catalyst life, 120 days. 
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       7,200 
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       9,290 
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       13,870 
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       11,070 
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       1,720 
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       2. Amagasaki
      works. 
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       Amagasaki,
      Honshu. 
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       30,000 tons
      per yr. 
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       Atmospheric
      pressure; 24 double-tube Ruhrchemie-type converters. 
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       Co………. 
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       200 
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       130 
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       3. Takikawa
      works. 
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       Takikawa,
      Hokkaido. 
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       50,000 tons
      per yr. 
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       10 atm.
      pressure; 36 double-tube, 32 single Ruhrchemie-type converters. 
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       Co and
      precipitated Fe catalyst and natural Fe catalyst. 
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       1,550 
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       1,600 
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       6,610 
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       2,480 
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       4. Manshu
      Jinzo Sekiyu Co., Chielin works. 
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       Chielin,
      Manchuria. 
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       1,000 kl. per
      yr. 
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       Under
      construction. 
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       5. Chinchu
      works. 
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       Chinchu,
      Manchuria. 
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       40,000 kl.
      per yr. 
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       Under
      construction. 
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       Total
      Fischer-Tropsch oil......................................................................................
       
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       7,200 
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       10,840 
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       15,670 
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       17,810 
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       4,200 
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