2741. RANCHON, F. L. [Dry Distillation of Wood.] Norwegian Patent 77,199, 1950. Chem. Zentralb., 1951, II, p. 1837.

Predried wood is heated so rapidly that the generated organic vapors attain temperatures of 800°-900° and are cracked into gaseous fractions. The H₂ contained therein can be used for increasing the cracking or for gasification of the coke. The gases are either detoxicated by methanizing to CO and CO₂ contained therein or the steam can be employed for converting the CO into H₂ and CO₂. The gases are then suitable for synthesis gas for MeOH synthesis or Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis.