I.C. 7369

Report on the Investigation by Fuels and Lubricants Teams at the Wintershall A.G., Lützkendorf, near Mücheln, Germany

Hollings, H.

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Contents

Page

Foreword

i

Members of team

ii

Introduction

1

The Schmelfeldt gasification plant

1

Gas purification

7

Fischer-Tropsch plant

8

Catalyst factory

9

Hydrogenation plant

10

General

11

Hydrogen supply

11

Circulation and injection plants

12

Liquid-phase stall

12

Vapour-phase stall

13

Hydrogenation running costs, 1943

13

Labour requirements

13

Capital costs

14

Lubricating oil

14

Lubricating-oil specifications

16

Other products

20

Diesel oils

20

Engine testing

20

Mersol manufacture

21