BIOS Item No. 30 Fuels and Lubricants Index

Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 39	CONCEALED OIL PLANTS IN THE BRILON-BREDELAR AREA. Reported by R.A. Acton-Taylor and F.A. Williams. 3 p report. A visit to the Brilon-Bredelar area in Germany in July 1945, lead to the discovery of four hidden plants in disused quarries. The description of the plants visited and their processes are discussed.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 42	GERMAN OIL STORAGE, BLENDING AND FILLING INSTALLATIONS. REPORTS ON W.I.F.O. OIL STORAGE DEPOTS LOCATED AT EICKELOH, RUTHEN AND NIENBURG, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO DRUM AND CAN FILLING. Reported by C.A. Harrison and E. Laidlaw. 13 p report. Visits to three depots in order to determine what special precautions, if any, had been taken to insure safe working conditions for the men engaged in the operation of filling volatile petroleum products of high lead content into small containers
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 82	INSPECTION OF HYDROGENATION AND FISCHER-TROPSCH PLANTS IN WESTERN GERMANY DURING SEPTEMBER, 1945. Reported by T.E. Warren 29 p. report on visits made to the four hydrogenation plants and the six Fischer-Tropsch plants in the British Zone of occupation. The purpose of the visits was to obtain general information for Canadian government agencies on the German synthetic liquid fuel industry. Descriptions are also given of the individual plants visited.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 118	MUNICH TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL: INTERROGATION OF DR. E.H. KADMER AND DR. K. SCHNAUFFER. Reported by C.C. Chaffee and W.H. Thomas. 73 p report on the interrogation of Dr. Kadmer and Dr. Schnauffer on the subject of synthetic fuels and lubricants.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 119	DEUTSCHE VERSUCHSANSTALT FUR LUFTFAHRT (D.V.L.) INSTITUT FUR BETRIEBSSTOFF FORSCHUNG: INTERROGATION OF EVACUATED PERSONNEL AT STRASS NEAR NEUBERG, GERMANY. Reported by: C. C. Chaffee and others. 40p. Report on the interrogation of Dr. Phillippovich and other members of the staff of the German Experimental Station for Aeronautic - Institute for Material Research is contained in this report. The subjects discussed were limited to fuel and lubricant utilization and performance, these are presented under several different headings.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 120	WIRTSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. HITZACKER DEPOT. Reported by: Lt. Col. H. F. Jones and Mr. H. L. West. 37p. The information was obtained by inspection of the installation and interrogation of some of the personnel; details of the standing of the latter and their party connections are given. General details of the plant design and operation are given. A complete list of incoming outgoing blending components and finished stocks are given. Appendices included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 121	WIRTSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNGAGESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. (WIFO) HEILIGENSTADT INSTALLATION. Reported by : H. F. Jones and others. 11p. Report is a description of one of a chain of depots built by WIFO to serve the German Army. The main functions were the blending of gasoline and lubrication oil to the required specifications and the packaging of the finished products. Brief details regarding the types of blends of gasolines produced and testing methods used at this particular depot are given.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 122	WIRTSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT m.b.H.: INTERROGATION OF HERR HELMUT PLOTE OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT (EVACUATED TO HITZACKER). Reported by: H. L. West. 21p. This report contains information regarding the organization of Wirtschaftliche Forschungagesellschaft (WIFO) was obtained from Herr Plote, and reported herein.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 142	INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE SONTHOFEN AREA. Refer to Item No. 4 for a complete listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 162	MINING AND UTILIZATION OF GERMAN BROWN COAL IN THE COLOGNE AREA. Reported by N.B. Hutcheon. 75 p. report of information obtained on visits during September 1945 to plants associated with the brown coal industry in the Cologne area of Germany is consolidated briquettes, and electric power production of the various mines and plants visited. Numerous drawings and diagrams of the equipment used at the mine and plants inspected are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 197	REICHSINSTITUT FUR ERDOLFORSCHUNG, TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE, HANNOVER. (INSTITUTE FOR PETROLEUM RESEARCH, TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, HANOVER). Reported by A.E. Gunther. 8 p. report on a visit to obtain an account of the work and the aims of the subject Institute which was founded in 1943 to provide the research that before the war had been available from foreign sources. A list of subjects on which work was in progress appended to the report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 199	TEN YEARS OF OXYGEN-GASIFICATION AT LEUNA. Reported by O. Sabel. 46 p. report summarizes the experiences and opinions of the leading I.G. expert on the production of gaseous fuels from coke, coal, lignite, etc., by oxygenation. This report includes several different subjects on the developments of oxygen-gasification. A list of patents on the subject is given. Tables, graphs, and a diagram are included, together with a bibliography.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 200	ORGANIZATION OF DEUTSCHE VERSUCHSANSTALT FUR LUFTFAHRT. Item No. 25 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 216	THE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL , DARMSTADT - C.F. BOEHRINGER UND SOHNE, MANNHEIM-WALDHOF-DR. FREUDENBERG, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY-DR. WOLMAN, WOOD PRESERVATION SPECIALIST, BAD KESSINGEN-IMBERT GAS PRODUCER PLANT, COLOGNE. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 324	BAND OIL FILTER, OIL REFINERY AT PORTA (MR. MINDEN). Reported by T. Brookbank and others. 8 p. report made by a team representing the British Ministry of Fuel and Power describes in detail the subject oil filter. Detailed description of the equipment and of the operation of the filter is given together with drawings.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 325	KAISER WILHELM-INSTITUT FUR STROMUNGSFORSCHUNG, ABTEILUNG REIBUNGSFORSCHUNG, BERLIN: INTERROGATON OF DR. ING. G. VOGELPOHL. (KAISER WILHELM INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN FLOW (OF LUBRICANTS), DIVISION OF FRICTION RESEARCH). Reported by D.A. Howes. 15 p. report on the Interrogation of Dr. Ing. G. Vogelpohl in Berlin. This report comprised of translations of his written statements, amplified by the result of interrogation. Due to air raids and lack of assistants little research was done during the war. However, a list of completed and uncompleted reports is given.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 326	INTERROGATION OF A. BOLLHORN, E. GRAGES AND DR. GROSS OF DEUTSCHE ERDOL A.G., BERLIN. Reported by D.A. Howes, 32 p. report. The activities of the ERDOL A.G. company is discussed. The present activities and its subsidiary companies are listed. Yearly production and specifications for the various oils are presented in tabular form.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 330	WIRTSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNGSGESELLSHAFT m.b.H. (WIFO), EICKELOH INSTALLATION. INVESTIGATION OF THE INSTALLATION AND INTERROGATION OF THE PERSONNEL. Reported by H.F. Jones and H.L. West. 17 p. report. The installation at Eicheloh, Germany was one of a series of depots operated by WIFO which was concerned with the supply of fuels and lubricants for the German Army and was almost identical with other installations of WIFO. The activities of this depot were concerned solely with blending gasoline and lubricants. Information regarding power and other services; management and staff; technical activities, including composition of the various blends, Diesel fuels, oils of various types, and greases; and laboratory test methods are given in considerable detail.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 331	AMALIA BENZOLE REFINERY, HARPENER BERGWERKSVEREIN. BOCHUM. Reported by C.A. Murray. 6 p. report of the description of a benzene refinery. Crude benzene received from coke-oven plants is refined to chemically pure benzene. Of considerable interest was a still which was set up for continuous rectification.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 332	CHEMISCHE FABRIK WEYL A.G., SANDHOFERSTR, 96-106, MANNHEIM-WALDHOF. Reported by C.A. Murray. 12 p. report. This plant was investigated by the British investigators. The plant distills the coke oven tar produced at the coke-oven plants in the Saar Coal field and at other sources. The report also describes the equipment and operation of the stills, steam plant and benzol plant. The production figures of the various products are given as are diagrams of apparatus.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 333	WINKLER GENERATORS FOR MANUFACTURE OF WATER GAS, ETC Reported by R.J. Morley. 49 p. report. This report contains information concerning Winkler generators contained in CIOS reports and in documents brought back by CIOS missions to Germany and is collected and combined with literature reference to give a comprehensive account of the history and present status of the process. This report is illustrated with photographs of equipment together with schematic flow sheets, graphs, tables and bibliography.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 334	DEVELOPMENTS OF GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING IN GERMANY DURING THE WAR. Reported by A.O. Rankine. 6 p. report. The aim of this report was to locate examples of the most recent geophysical instruments and to find and interrogate the inventors, makers and users respecting the design, operation and performance of the said instruments. No instruments were found which were equal to those in the United States or Great Britian.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 361	NON-METALLIC MATERIALS FOR AIRCRAFT VISITS TO RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN GERMANY. Refer to Item No. 4 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 373	I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE A.G., LUDWIGSHAFEN-GERMANY, FUELS AND LUBRICANTS, JUL-AUG 1945. Reported by D.A. Howes and W.H. Thomas. 173 p. report. The conventional hydrogenation process comprising sump phase hydrogenation of bituminous coal, brown, tars, etc., followed by two stage vapor phase hydrogenation of the middle oils, was originally used extensively for the production of 87 O.N. type B4 aviation fuels. Information of value was obtained on lubricating oils, motor fuels or Diesel Oils. Diagrams, graphs, charts, and tables present data.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 380	THE BENTHEIM GAS FIELD: HISTORY AND PRESENT STATUS AS A SOURCE OF NATURAL GAS. Reported by R.K. Dickie. 20 p. report reviewing the physical data obtained from the officials on the field, the only important field in northwest Germany, and abstracted from the records of the Reichamt fur Bodenforschung at Celle, in an attempt either to assess the actual gas reserves remaining in the structure, or to suggest measures likely to obtain the data necessary for calculating the reserves.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 391	A NEW COKE BREAKER. Reported by C.H. Noton. 4 p. report covering a visit to the firm of Krupp Treibstoffwerk in Wanne-Eicket to study the new coke breaker. A diagram illustrates the description of the breaker.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER: VOLUME I. This report examines developments in coal mining technique in the Ruhr coalfield under the following topics: (1) coal face equipment (2) system of driving roadways into stone (3) underground transport (4) winding and shaft layout (5) surface arrangements. Several mines were visited, and there are some tables.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD; BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER: VOLUME II; PART 1-II. This volume consists of drawings, wiring diagrams and photographs to accompany Vol. I. (PB 32160; v.2, p. 958) of machinery and equipment in the coal mines of the Ruhr coalfield area.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 2. Planning a New Area.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 3. Walsum Mine - Technical Details.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 4. The evolution towards the combined mine.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 5. The technique of Mining.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 6 Franz Haniel Mine.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix 7. Organization and layout of underground faces in flat and medium formations in the Ruhr, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix 8. A study of Efforts to increase Face Outputs.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix 9. The development of face production, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANIZATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix 10. Safety protection for coal face lighting circuits, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANIZATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix 11. The introduction and development of plough leaders in the Ruhr, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.12. Modern machines for coal extraction.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.13. Modern practice in the driving of stone mines.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.13a. A rotary rock tunnelling machine, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 14. A new type of main road battery locomotive.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.15. Comparison of Locomotive Costs, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.16. Economic Comparisons Between the Various Types of Underground Locomotives, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.17. Standardisation of Pit Tubs.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.18. The Use of Large Mine Cars in the Ruhr.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 19. Development Possibilities of Large Mine Cars, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 21. The Three-Cylinder Steam Winding Engine.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 22. Methods of fitting winding ropes and balance ropes.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 23. Designs for air locks in shafts.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 24. Mechanical decking of cages, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 25. Germania mine-central shaft.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.26. Efficient Utilisation of shaft space, 1947.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.27. Utilisation of Low Grade Fuels in Steam Generating Plants.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.28. Reasons for changing the working voltage underground from 280v to 500v.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No.29. The advantages of permanent coal face and roadway lighting.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 394	TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE RUHR COALFIELD, BY A MISSION FROM THE MECHANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER. VOLUME III, Appendix No. 30. Production statistics for mines in flat, medium and steep formations.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 446	REITBROOK OILFIELD REPRESSURING USING FLUE GAS. Reported by R.K. Dickie. 22 p. report on a visit to the Reitbrook Oilfield to make an examination of the arrangements for repressuring the oil reservoir with flue gases. Drawings are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 447	INTERROGATION OF DR. OTTO ROELEN OF RUHRCHEMIE A.G. Reported by C.C. Hall and others. 67 p. report dealing with the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, information on which was obtained from Dr.Otto Roelen who is considered to have a more complete knowledge of the research side of the synthesis than any other person in Germany.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 450	GESELLSCHAFT FUR TERVERWERTUNG m.b.H., DUISBERG-MEIDERICH & CASTROP-RAUXEL. Reported by C.J. Waller and C.A. Murray, Jr. 63 p. report on the visits to the Duisburg-Meiderich and Castrop-Rauxel plants for information regarding their processing of coal tar. Photographs, diagrams and graphs are included in the report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 479	SOME ASPECTS OF THE GERMAN FELT INDUSTRY. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 507	DR. F. RASCHIG, G.m.b.H., CHEMISCHE FABRIK LUDWIGSHAFEN, COAL TAR DISTILLATION CHLORINATED PHENOLS. PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESINS SYNTHETIC PHENOLS. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 510	SAMPLES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COLLECTED FROM THE HAMBURG, HANOVER, BREMEN AND KIEL AREAS. Reported by J.G. Withers and others. 39 p. report. The composition, specifications, and name of manufacturer of samples of petroleum products obtained from bulk storage deports, research institutes and manufacturers in the Hamburg, Hannover, Bremen and Kiel areas in Germany are given.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 511	RUHR-CHEMIE A.G., STERKRADE HOLTEN. INTERROGATION OF Dr. O. Roelen at Wimbledon. Reported by J.G. Withers and H.. West. 26 p. report. Three translations of German documents prepared by Dr. O. Roelen of Ruhrchemie, A.G: Fischer-Tropsch, "Synthetic Lubricants made by Ruhrchemie, A.G., " and "Town Gas and Methanized Gas for Automotive Propulsion."
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 512	SCHLAFHORST CHEMISCHE WERKE G.m.b.H., Hamburg, Germany. LUBRICANTS. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 16 p. report. This plant was a subsidiary of the Atlantic Refining Co., U.S.A. Materials manufactured by this firm were mainly lubricants and included greases and metal working oils. The manager, T. Nielsen, was interrogated.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 513	NOTES ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE THE GERMAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY DURING THE WAR. Oct. 1-31, 1945. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 19 p. report giving the information gained, during a visit to the Hamburg area, on the war-time organization of the German petroleum industry. Essential data is presented in charts which are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 521	LURGI HIGH PRESSURE GASIFICATION. Reported by H. Hollings, and others. 75 p. report. The Lurgi Gesellschaft fur Warmetechnik had developed a process for the gasification of coal with a steam and oxygen under pressure to produce directly gas suitable either for municipal supply or synthetic processes. This report reviews the published literature on the subject and describes the plant and its operation. Carbonization and gasification are described in detail. Flow sheets of the process are given, also included are documents taken from Bohlen and Frankfurt.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 522	I.G. FARBENINDUSTRIE A.G., HOCHST: THE DE-ASHING OF COAL BY COMBINED JIG WASHING, FROTH-FLOTATION, AND EXTRACTION WITH CAUSTIC SODA. Reported by A. Crawford. 18 p. report. Report describes the process of producing ultra-clean coal for the preparation of carbon electrodes in the electrolytic smelting of aluminum from bauxite. Tables and flow diagrams are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 523	CARL ALEXANDER MINE, BAESWEILER NEAR ALSDORF: THE DE-ASHING OF COAL BY FROTH FLOTATION AND ACID EXTRACTION AND THE RUHRWERKE COAL CLEANING PROCESS. Reported by A. Crawford. 19 p. report. Report describes the procedure at the Carl Alexander Mine for producing ultra-clean coal for carbon anodes for the electrolytic smelting of aluminum from bauxite. There are two flow sheets and a photograph.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 524	DEUTSCHE GASOLIN A.G., HAMBURG, GERMANY: LUBRICANTS. Oct. 1945 Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 52 p. report. The Deutsche Gasolin A.G.'s three refineries at Dollbergen, Emmerich,and Korneuburg were operated to produce a wide range of products ranging from motor fuel to bitumen. This report gives details of the various processes involved, summarizes the yields of products and provides answers to a comprehensive questionnaire on lubricants.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 525	STAATLICHES MATERIAL PRUFUNGSAMT, UNTER DEN EICHEN 86-87, BERLIN DAHLEM. Aug. 1945. Reported by D.A. Howes, 33 p. report. Report contains a brief sketch of the organization and personnel of the subject establishments. Publications by members of the staff during the war years are listed.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 532	VISIT TO CHEMICAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS WORKING ON COMBUSTION PROBLEMS. Refer to Item No. 26 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 560	DISTILLATION OF PHENOLS AT I.G. FARBEN FABRIK, WOLFEN. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 586	ERNST SCHLIEMANN'S OELWERKE UND EXPORT CERECIN-FABRIK, HAMBURG, GERMANY. LUBRICANTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 34 p. report. The information provided in this report is in the form of answers to a series of questions put to the directors of the company. The questions cover the manufacture and utilization of lubricants and special products of similar character.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 588	GERMAN DOMESTIC GAS APPLIANCE INDUSTRY. Reported by R.J. Gregg, and others. 45 p. report on visits to 10 German plants that manufacture gas appliances, one technical institute and two gas undertakings are described in this report. An alphabetical index and lists of appliances, drawings and literature requisitioned are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 590	DEUTSCHE VACUUM OEL A.G: WORKSHOP AT GROSSE ILSEDE AND OILFIELD LABORATORY NEAR THE OBERG OILFIELD. Reported by R.K. Dickie. 5 p. report on a visit paid to this workshop to obtained information about the recording pressure gages used in deep wells.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 591	LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN AND ATMOSPHERIC GASES. Reported by A.M. Clark. 29 p. report. Reviews the production of oxygen and other gases from the atmosphere by the Linde-Frankl process. Flow diagrams for the production of oxygen, nitrogen and krypton, together with a few miscellaneous diagrams are given. A few tables and graphs are included, bibliography.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 596	GESELLSCHAFT FUR TEERVERWERTUNG, VARZINER-STRASSE, DUISBURG-MEIDERICH, RUHR. Reported by H. Bardgett. 15 p. report concerning an association formed by twenty-three tar producing companies in the Ruhr area for the centralized treatment of tar. A list of special commercial products made in larger quantities, together with a list, showing selling price of special products are given.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 597	INTERROGATION OF DR. C. H. N. BENSMANN. Reported by W.H. Thomas and W.F. Faragher. 4 p. report on the interrogation of Dr. Bensmann with regard to his pre-war contacts with the Texas Company of America.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 598	OELWERKE JULIUS SCHINDLER G.m.b.H. HAMBURG, GERMANY. LUBRICANTS. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 16 p. report. General information is provided with respect to the two refineries operated by the firm. Products prepared for sale comprised a wide range of general and specialized lubricants etc., but no fuels or engine lubricants were produced.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 611	UTILIZATION OF WASHERY REFUSE AS BOILER FUEL IN RUHR COAL MINES. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 615	THE CONTINUOUS TAR DISTILLATION STILL AT GESELLSCHAFT FUR TEERVERWERTUNG. Reported by J.P. Postlethwaite and H.F. Bondy. 14 p. report containing information obtained from Herr Fischer regarding the operation of this continuous vacuum still at Duisburg-Meiderich which is designed for the fractionation of dehydrated high temperature tar. Report describes the process and equipment used.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 616	INSPECTION OF KRUPP-LURGI PLANTS FOR THE CARBONIZATION OF COAL AT LOW TEMPERATURES. Reported by J.P. Postelethwaite and others. 45 p. report describing the operation of two plants for the low-temperature carbonization of coal. A comparison is made of the two plants. A diagram of the Krupp-Lugi retorts and some details are shown.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 623	LURGI GESELLSCHAFT FUR WARMETECHNIK. FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN. Reported by J.P. Postlethwaite and H.F. Bondy. 17 p. report. Three processes for removing phenol from carbonization and hydrogenation effluents are described in this report. A flow sheet illustrates the Phenosolvan process.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 626	DRYING, BRIQUETTING AND LOW TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION OF BROWN COAL IN LURGI-SPULGAS RETORTS. Reported by H. Bardgett. 19 p. report describing the drying, briquetting, and low temperature carbonization of briquetted brown coal at Braun-Schweigische Kohlen Bergwerke, Schwelwerk Offleben, near Helmstedt.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 635	MINERALOLWERKE ALBRECHT: LUBRICANTS, OCT. 1945. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 26 p. report presenting the information obtained as the result of the interrogation of the manager of the above firm. The information is provided in the form of answers to a comprehensive questionnaire and covers the manufacture of normal types of lubricants.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 636	MINERALOLWERKE F. HARMSEN, KIEL-GERMANY: LUBRICANTS, Oct. 1945. Reported by W.H. THomas and J.G. Withers. 12 p. report containing information on the products made by Mineralolwerke F. Harmsen and their methods of manufacture is given. Specifications and compositions are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 637	OLEX DEUTSCHE BENZIN UND PETROLEUM GESELLSCHAFT FUELS AND DISTRIBUTION. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 13 p. report containing information on the distribution and quality of fuels handled by the two firms. The report also includes details of road tests carried out by the Olex Company.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 638	DEUTSCHE ERDOL A.G., HAMBURG, GERMANY: CRUDE OIL AND PRODUCTS. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 15 p. report. Details are given of the plant capacity, normal throughput and products. of the Heide, Wietze and Wilhelmsbrug refineries together with the refining processes used.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 639	DEURAG-NERAG: GEWERKSCHAFT DEUTSCHE ERDOL RAFFINERIE UND NEUE ERDOL RAFFINERIE, FUELS AND LUBRICANTS, Oct. 1945. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 35 p. report which contains data on the capacities of the various plants together with the normal operating program of the refinery, the sources of raw materials and the destinations of the finished products.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 660	RUTGERSWERKE A.G., RAUXEL. Reported by C.A. Murray, Jr. 22 p. report on the distilling of tar produced at the various coke ovens in the vicinity of Rauxel. Intermediate oils, etc. are treated, both from associated works and outrignt purchases from other firms.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 697	FIRE PROTECTION OF OIL INSTALLATIONS IN GERMANY. Reported by F.W. Jackson and others. 43 p. report containing information which was obtained by a team from the Fire Research Division of the British Home Office which was visited in the Hamburg district. Permanent installation for protection of oil storage depots were studied. Experiments were made with various oil looms and pontoons for restricting spread of oil spilt on water ways. German standards for air-foam equipment are included, photographs and drawings are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 703	GERMAN METHODS OF EXCAVATING AND BRIQUETTNG BROWN COAL. Reported by H.P. Budgen. 161 p. report which is made up of 13 individual reports on the subject material and the manufacture of various types of equipment used. (Ninety-one figures - photographs, drawings, and tables are included.)
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 704	MECHANICAL FOAM LIQUID AND EQUIPMENT. Reported by E.A. Scanlan and E.B. Hitchcock. 14 p. report. This report discusses the improvements which were made in mechanical foam liquid and equipment as a result of this work. Foam liquids which wee a blend of protein and synthetic materials were developed.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 722	LURGI GESELLSCHAFT FUR WARMETECHNIK, FRANKFURT (HIGH PRESSURE GASIFICATION OF BROWN COAL). Reported by R.S. Andrews and R.S. Bennie. 13 p. report on the interrogation of Dr. Euler and Mr. Heine and Dr. Heinrich Jahns and Mr. Bruggermann, to obtain their opinions on problems related to the use of Australian brown colas in a Lurgi high pressure generator, and to ascertain whether this type of plant would be suitable for gas production in Australia.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 732	LUNEBURGER WACHSWERKE A.G., LUNEBURG, GERMANY (WAXES). Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 19 p. report on information obtained as a result of a visit to this plant on Oct. 1945. General details are given regarding the preparation of high-grade wax products by distillation and acid treatment, together with data on the catalytic oxidation of waxes. The uses of waxes are given in a table.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 734	GERMAN BROWN COAL INDUSTRY. Reported by J.R. Caseley and others. 58 p. report. The object of the visit to the brown coal mines in Germany was to investigate the methods and plant employed in open-cast work, and to obtain information on the processing of raw brown coal. Map of the industry, and drawings of mining equipment, briquetting process by-products plants, etc are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 765	GERMAN LOCOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH PULVERIZED FUELS AND LUMP BROWN COAL. Reported by W.O. Galletly and W.H. Chapman. 148 p. report on the investigations which were made to obtain available details of design, research and operation associated with the conversion of locomotives to adapt them for the use of pulverized brown coal. A study was also made of the German State Railways experience in the use of pulverized black coal, and lump brown coal in the raw or briquetted form, as locomotive fuels. An inventory of collected German drawings and documents relating to the use of brown coal as a locomotive fuel, drawings, graphs and photographs are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 771	SPECIFICATIONS AND TESTING OF OILS, FUELS AND LUBRICANTS IN GERMANY. Refer to Item No. 4 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 816	GEWERKSCHAFT RHEINPREUSSEN UTFORT/MORS (TAR DISTILLATION). Reported by L.W. Blundell. 4 p. report describing briefly the dehydration of the tar, primary distillation, middle oil distillation and the washing of the carbolic and the naphthalene oils. The production of medium and hard pitch is also described.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 817	KRUPP-LURGI LOW TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION PLANT AT KRUPP TREIBSTOFFWERKE, WANNE-EICKEL. Reported by H.F. Bondy and G.H. Fuidge. 8 p. report dealing with the coal handling, charging of the ovens, coke produced, and the recovery of the byproducts. A few bibliographic references are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 834	INVESTIGATION OF GERMAN COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVES INDUSTRY. Reported by R. Ashcroft and others. 6 p. report. Details of current practices in the manufacture of German commercial blasting explosives. Various plants were visited. Flow diagrams, tables and photographs are included in this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 835	AMALIA, BOCHUM: BENZOLE REFINERY. Reported by L. Shuttleworth. 3 p. report on a visit to the Amalia plant, a large colliery and coke oven. A brief description is given of the crude plant which is a pipe still with a single fractionating column.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 876	COKE OVEN GAS SEPARATION BY LINDE. I.G., OPPAU. Reported by M.A. Matthews. 4 p. report containing information which was obtained from the interrogation of Dr. Wittman of I.G. Oppau on Sept. 1945. The report describes the process for the complete separation and purification of the fractions and includes an analysis of the Saar gas, total quantities used, and power, labor and fuel requirements. A diagram is included in the report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 877	OXIDATION OF HYDROCARBONS TO ETHYLENE AND OF METHANE TO ACETYLENE, WITH CONVERSION OF ACETYLENE TO ACETONE. I.G. OPPAU. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 934	EMSCHERGENOSSENSCHAFT, ESSEN: PHENOL RECOVERY. Reported by G.H. Fuidge. 9 p. report. The Emschergenossenschaft corresponds to a River Conservancy and is responsible for the purity of the water of the Emscher river discharging into the Rhine. The association owns and operates plants for the extraction of phenols from coke oven liquors in the Rhine Westphalia industrial area.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 935	I.G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN. MANUFACTURE OF PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE. Reported by G.H. Fuidge and L. Shuttleworth. 10 p. report describing the process and equipment for the manufacture of phthalic anhydride at Ludwigshafen. The preparation of the vanadium pentoxide catalyst is also included. Several flowsheets are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 936	LOTHRINGEN BERGBAU A.G. BOCHUM GERTHE-SCHAFT NO. 1: PITCH COKING. Reported by L.W. Blundell and F.M. Potter. 6 p. report contains a brief description of the coking plant and process. Simple cross section sketches illustrate certain aspects of the ovens. Two brief tables are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 937	DR. F. RASCHIG, G.m.b.H., LUDWIGSHAFEN-AM-RHEIN: TAR PRODUCTS. Reported by W.E. Aylwin and L.W. Blundell. 10 p. report basedupon a visit made to the plant by J.B. Vickers. It gives some information on the tar distillation plant, nahthalene plant and several other products. A diagram gives the dimensions of a cast iron heating element for a still used in carbolic distillation.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 938	LURGI GESELLSCHAFT FUR WARMETECHNIK, FRANKFURT a/MAIN: DEPHENOLATION AND CARBONIZATION. Reported by H.F. Bondy. 11 p. report which discusses matters concerning the present position of dephenolation of effluents from carbonization plants by several processes.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 939	I.G. FARBENINDUSTRIE. LEVERKUSEN: MANUFACTURE OF SYNTHETIC PHENOL, RESORCINOL, PURE ANTHRACENE AND PURE CARBAZOLE. Reported by S. Billbrough. 24 p. report. General descriptions for the preparation of the above compounds are given in this report which is based upon a visit to Ludwigshafen. flow diagrams are included for all processes with the exception of the resorcinol process.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 940	RUTGERSWERKE A.G., CASTROP-RAUXEL. Reported by W.E. Aylwin and others. 22 p. report describes the equipment and process for the dehydration, primary distillation, and the subsequent fractionation and refining of the principal products. The preparation of coal-tar chemicals is discussed. Flowsheets for the distillation of tar products and for the production of pure naphthalene are included together with a diagram of the tar still and details of the wrought iron trays. This firm is the second largest tar distilling organization in Germany. Several lists and tables are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 941	GESELLSCHAFT FUR TEERVERWERTUNG, DUISBERG-MEIDERICH. Reported by W.E. Aylwin and others. 32 p. report containing information which was obtained during a visit to this company in January of 1946. A description of the plant equipment and processes for the distillation of the tars and the preparation and separation of pure products is illustrated. A flow diagram is included, and also a list of publications by Dr. O. Kruber of the research laboratory.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 942	GESELLSCHAFT FUR TEERVERWERTUNG, CASTROP-RAUXEL. Reported by W.E. Aylwin and L. Shuttleworth. 11 p. report containing information which was obtained during a visit to this plant on January 18, 1946. Report describes briefly the equipment and process for the dehydration and distillation of the tar and for the production of several other products. Several flow diagrams are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 967	DEUTSCHE VACUUM OEL A. G., HAMBURG, GERMANY. FUELS AND LUBRICANTS. Reported by W.H. Thomas. 162 p. report. Details are given of the various refineries operated by the D.V.O.A.G. and their capacities, together with information on the finished products and their method of preparation. A list of research and test reports available through the North German Oil Control, data tables, and flow charts are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 971	THE UTILIZATION OF TOWN GAS IN GERMANY. Reported by G.H. Fuidge. 46 p. report. Information was sought in this investigation on the development and testing of appliances, on research work bearing on problems associated with gas utilization, and on the methods adopted within the industry for collating the results of technical work and encouraging their application.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 977	ENGINEERING IN HYDROGENATION PLANTS IN GERMANY. Reported by J.F. Ellis. 152 p. reportdealing with the hydrogenation plants which have been collected and supplemented by further information obtained from examination of evacuated documents. Achieved construction cost data for a member of plants were also obtained.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 984	DISTRICT HEATING IN GERMANY, INFLUENCE ON THE GAS INDUSTRY. Reported by C. Baker. 15 p. report containing information the district heating schemes at Hamburg, Wuppertal-Elberfeld and Bochum-Ehrenfeld. The historical development of the Hamburg system is sketched..
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 985	SEPARATION OF METHANE AND ETHYLENE FROM COAL GAS, Apr 1946. Reported by N. Booth. 26 p. report. Report discusses the separation of methane and ethylene from coal gas.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 996	DETOXIFICATION OF TOWN'S GAS AT STATGASWERKE, HAMELN. Reported by L.J. Jolley and A.R. Morcom. 5 p. report. The process referred to has been described in the German technical literature and in a book entitled "Detoxification of Town's Gas" by F. Schuster, 1935. Information plant construction and performance, catalyst with removal of carbon dioxide from the final gas, had been operated by I.G. at Nordhausen and by a company in Vienna.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1008	RHENANIA OSSAG A.G., HAMBURG, GERMANY, FUELS AND LUBRICANTS. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 191 p. report. The company operated five refineries, three in Hamburg area, two in the Dusseldorf area. The residue was redistilled in high vacuum stills to obtain lubricating oil distillates and asphalt. Answers were prepared by members of the different organizations to a specially prepared questionnaire covering several different fields are included. Specifications for many of the products are given in the appendices. Tables, graphs and drawings are included. A list of technical reports covering refinery and laboratory activities of Rhenania-Ossag is given.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1010	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945. PART I. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 223 p. report. NORTH WEST GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY EXPLORATION (RHEICHSBOHRUNGEN AND PRIVATE) WELLS, 1939-1945.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1011	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945. PART II, Section I. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 220 p. report. GERMAN OIL INDUSTRY EXPLORATION.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1012	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVEELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945. PART II , Section 2. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 383 p. report. GERMAN OIL INDUSTRY EXPLORATION. STRUCTURES.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1013	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945. PART III, Section I. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 134 p. report. GERMAN OIL INDUSTRY, DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLOITATION OF OIL FIELDS, 1939-1945.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1014	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945. PART III, Section 2. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 447 p. report. GERMAN OIL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLOITATION OF OIL FIELDS, 1939-1945
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1015	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945, PART III, Section 3. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 64 p. report. GERMAN OIL INDUSTRY, OIL PRODUCTION STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1016	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945, PART IV, Section 1. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 256 p. report. THE WAR STRUCTURE OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1017	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION, THE WAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, 1939-1945. PART IV, Section 2. Reported by Major A.E. Gunther. 217 p. report. THE WAR STRUCTURE OF THE GERMAN CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY, PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1033	OIL FIELDS INVESTIGATION ITALY. 42 p. report. This report includes maps, tables and drawings. Many fields and wells were visited. Report covers concessions and exploration areas, production, stratography of oil fields, types of oils, geology structure, etc. Sources of information are shown, also a list of enclosures.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1035	METALLGESELLSCHAFT A.G. AND LURGI BAU, FRANKFURT AM MAIN. ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF COAL AND OTHER MINERALS. Reported by Dr. A. Crawford. 66 p. report. On considering the theory of the separation process the decisive influence of the effective resistance of the particle becomes apparent. Apparatus was therefore developed which enables it to be determined in various adjustable atmospheres. The other constants are either measurable or already known. Calculations then enables the rebounding angle to be determined under various conditions and to establish those conditions most favorable for separation.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1036	THE ELECTROSTATIC CLEANING OF COAL, OSTERFELD COLLIERY. Reported by E.T. Wilkins. 12 p. report containing information on a pilot plant developed by Lurgi G.m.b.H. for the dry cleaning of fine coal. Report includes a list of personnel interrogated, description of plant, costs results, and laboratory experiments. Charts and diagrams included. Dipl. Ing. E. Brocke provided most of the information contained herein.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1038	RUHRCHEMIE A.G., STERKRADE-HOLTEN, NEAR OBERHAUSEN, RUHR. Reported by L.J. Jolley and A.R. Morcom. 15 p. report. This report contains additional details on the pellecting and grading of precipitated catalysts on kieselguhr by four improved methods, organic sulfur removal and the production of acetylene and cyanides from methane and natural gas. A flow diagram of the scrubbing process for acetylene production is included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1057	GERMAN ACETYLENE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ACRYLONITRILE MANUFACTURE AND POSSIBLE USES. Refer to Item No. 22 for listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1058	GERMAN ACETYLENE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ETHYLENE FROM ACETYLENE, COKE OVEN GAS AND ETHANE. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1059	GERMAN ACETYLENE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. MANUFACTURE OF ETHYLENE GLYCOLS AND ETHANELAMINES. For full listing of this report refer to Item No. 22.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1092	EXCAVATION AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT IN BROWN COAL OPEN CUTS. Reported by W. Morrison. 31 p. report which covers investigation of German mines and methods used in removing overburden from brown coal deposits and in winning and transporting brown coal in surface workings. Photographs and one drawing are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1093	INVESTIGATION OF THE SHAKER SHOVEL LOADER FOR THE LOADING OF ROCK IN STONE DRIFTS IN THE RUHR DISTRICT OF GERMANY. Reported by H.R. King and B.J. Quick. 39 p. report. Ten collieries were visited during this investigation. The investigating team concluded that at the present stage of development of the Shaker shovel loader that no advantage would be obtained from its introduction to British mining. Tables, photographs and drawings are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1094	THE RUHRCHEMIE-RUHRGAS PROCESS FOR CATALYTIC ENRICHMENT OF COAL GAS BY METHANE SYNTHESIS. Reported by L.J. Jelley and A.R. Morcom. 21 p. report containing information, which was obtained from Ruhrchemie A.G., on the catalyst, operating conditions and design and performance of plant, and from Ruhrgas A.G. and Benzolverband on the intended system of gas-filling stations and on the advantages secured by the use of methanized gas instead of grid gas or town's gas.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1114	TRAVERSING GEAR FOR RAIL WAGONS AT AUGUSTE VICTORIA COLLIERY, HULS. Reported by E.T. Wilkins. 4 p. report describing an appliance which moved on rails set at right angles to the siding tracks. Wagons to be traversed were hauled up a ramp onto the platform by an electric winch; the plat form then moved laterally until the wagon could descend the ramp onto the desired track. Photograph is included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1117	THE BENZIN-BENZOL VERBAND, BOCHUM AND THE GERMAN BENZOLE INDUSTRY. Reported by J.A. Beckett and A.K. Steel. 35 p. report describing briefly the production, refining, disposal and marketing of benzene and its homologues. The Benzin-Benzol Verband (B.V.) organization controlled the production and distribution of benzene in Germany. A list of members of the B.V. is included in the appendix.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1142	THE WINTERSHALL-SCHMALFELDT PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SYNTHESIS GAS AT LUTZKENDORF. Reported by R.J. Morley. 41 p. report describing the above process, with sketches and flowsheets. The process consists essentially of gasification of dry brown coal dust in the entrained state. The plant is very large for the output and capital costs are high.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1158	MINING OF IRON ORE BY UNDERGROUND AND OPENCAST METHODS. Reported by A.F. Holden and J.H. Taylor. 126 p. report. The object of the mission was to inspect the various methods of mining carried out in the ore mines with particular reference to the mode of working and the type of machinery used. The mines and quarries working iron ore were visited. Details of the Brown Coal Workings, Cologne, are given. Appendices present individual reports on several different mines. Photomicrographs of German iron ores, maps, geological sections, graphs, flow sheets, diagrammatic drawing of machinery, etc., accompany the report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1210	CHEMISCH-PHYSIKALISCHE VERSUCHS ANSTALT DER MARINE, KIE: FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND ORGANIZATION. Reported by W.H. Thomas and J.G. Withers. 33 p. report which gives the answers to a standard questionnaire and details of the organization of the Versuchs Anstalt, a central organization dealing with the investigation of all technical problems of the German Navy. A list of samples collected from Naval sources in the area is given. "It is not considered that the persons interviewed were very knowledgeable on the subjects discussed."
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1221	WURTTEMBERG SHALE FIELDS. Reported by J.M. Caldwell and G.H. Smith. 25 p. report describing the methods of distillation of shale at Situ, Scherzingen, shale retorts at Dotternhausen, cement plant at Dotternhausen, and Meiler Fields, near Dotternhausen. Sketches, maps and charts are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1222	MERSOL AND HOSTAPON PROCESSES. I.G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, HOECHST. Reported by J.M. Caldwell and G.H. Smith. 15 p report containing informaton based upon a visit to I.G. Hoechst on 9 October 1946 and is concerned chiefly with the production of Mersolat and Hostapon with particular reference to BIOS 478. A photograph and several flowdiagrams are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1246	SYNTHETIC PHENOL, SALICYLIC ACID AND DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERMEDIATES. Refer to Item No. 22 for full listing of this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1317	OILFIELD EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY (with addendum). Reported by R.J. Stallard and others. 14 p. report. A detailed report is given on a visit to Hanover oil fields and 8 manufacturing plants. Several types of equipment are covered in this report.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1421	THE GERMAN BOTTLED GAS INDUSTRY. Reported by H..D. Pickering and J. Price Walters. 27 p. report. Report includes diagrams, photographs, tables, a graph, table of contents and a list of firms and personnel visited. Discussed are several different methods of bottling liquid gas, manufacture of butane and propane, which constitute the raw material of the industry. The methods of distribution and the present condition of the industry in Germany.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1439	INVESTIGATION OF THE SLINGING STOWING MACHINE IN COAL MINES IN THE RUHR DISTRICT OF GERMANY. Reported by H.R. King and B.J. Quick. 14 p. report. Development of a mechanical device for stowing was commenced about 1931, as it was realized that while pneumatic stowing is effective, the power consumption, using this method, is very high. Furthermore, where stowing has to be completed on one shift the length of face is limited by the capacity of the machine used. This factor has been taken into account in the design of the slinging stower which has a peak capacity of 105 cubic yards per hour, compared with the largest type Brieden pneumatic machine with a capacity of 90 cubic yards per hour.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1445	BROWN COAL DUST; PREPARATION, HANDLING AND UTILIZATION. Reported by G.E. Baragwanath and W.H. Finlayson. 221 p. report. This is a detailed study in the recovery, preparation, handling and utilization of brown coal dust, together with safety methods and precautions in use in Germany. Photographs, drawings and diagrams appear in the report; an inventory of collected German drawings and documents is attached.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1591	GERMAN GAS APPLIANCE INDUSTRY. Reported by R.J. Gregg and C.J.W. Hooper. 34 p. report which deals with the design, development, and general experience with instantaneous gas water heaters, and secured from the dual source of Dessa G.m.b.H. and the Gasinstitut der Technischen Hochschule of Karlsruhe.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1596	REPORT ON THE INTERROGATIONS OF DR. DIEDERICH WILM. Reported by the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee. 22 p. report. This report gives the results of eight British firms interrogations of Dr. Wilm on his experience in carbon electrode manufacture. For the most part it consists of questions and answers on specific points.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1607	SAFETY ASPECTS OF MINING METHODS AND THE TRAINING OF MINING PERSONNEL IN GERMANY AND HOLLAND. Reported by J.R. Felton and others. 333 p. report. This report deals with the methods of coal mining, the various coal mines involved, the safety measures taken in the various mines, and the training of the miners in both Holland and Germany. This report contains photos, graphs, tables and diagrams.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1607 Supplement No. 1	SAFETY ASPECTS OF MINING METHODS AND THE TRAINING OF MINING PERSONNEL IN GERMANY AND HOLLAND. Reported by J.R. Felton and others. 36 p. report. This report deals with the various coal mines n Germany, methods of mining, wiring, design in the mines in Germany. This report contains diagrams only.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1609	COMPRESSION IGNITION APPLIED TO THE OTTO CYCLE: THE "RING" PROCESS. Reported by M. O'Farrell. 14 p. report. This report summarizes German work on the "Ring" process. Ignition Fuels, safety fuels, and engine tests are discussed. A bibliography lists documents on the R-process, ignition fuel development engine tests, and safety fuels which are on file at the British office in London.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1610	FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON FRICTION, LUBRICATION AND WEAR IN GERMANY. Reported by E.D. Tingle. 69 p. report which gives an outline of fundamental work on friction and lubrication carried out in Germany during the war years, 1939-45. It is based on reports and publications and on discussions with some of the scientific workers in this field.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1611	MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS AND ADDITIVES IN GERMANY. Reported by H.L. West. 128 p. report. This report is broken down into two parts: Part I is broken down under hydrocarbons and Non-Hydrocarbon Synthetic lubricants. This covers several different Hydrocarbons and oils. Part II covers the practical application of Synthetic Lubricants. Report contains tables, graphs and many chemical formulae and an extensive bibliography.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1613	SURVEY OF COAL PREPARATION IN THE RUHR. Reported by E.T. Wilkins. 36 p. report This report is based on a brief survey made on discussions with representatives of the German coal industry, including plant manufacturers and research organizations. Drawings are attached.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1646	MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON FUELS, DETERGENTS AND LUBRICANTS. Reported by S.F. Birch and others. 166 p. report. The object of the investigation was to obtain information on the preparation and reactions of hydrocarbons, especially as these are concerned in the production of fuels, lubricants and detergent.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1680	THE GERMAN COKING INDUSTRY. Reported by G.W. Lee, H.F. Cooper, G.E. Hall, G.A. Hunter, R. Neumann, and F.S. Townsend. 411 p. report. Section I - general summary of investigations. Section II- List of target reports. Section III-German coal and coke research and developments ancillary to the coking industry. Section IV- List of illustrations. Appendices list such subjects: coke oven plants built in recent years, vertical chamber ovens built by Koppers, specifications for semi-silica coke oven bricks -Koppers specifications for silica coke oven bricks - Koppers, German specifications for ammonium sulphate manufacture, Benzole washing under pressure - Koppers, desulphurization of gas by Ammonia liquor -Koppers., Numerous charts, diagrams and photographs are included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1697	SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTION IN GERMANY INTERROGATION OF DR. BUTEFISCH. Reported by Major K. Gordon and others. 26 p. report. Dr. Butefisch was interrogated on the following subjects: 1 general survey of synthetic oil production 2. comparison of Fischer Tropsch and hydrogenation processes 3. methyl alcohol for motor purposes 4. high octane number fuels 5. jet engine fuel 6. catalytic cracking, etc.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1698	GERMAN DOMESTIC SOLID FUEL APPLIANCES. NOV. 1946. Reported by E.A.C. Chamberlain and H.S. Hughes. 65 p. report. 20 plants were visited. This report consists of information on: cookers, heating stoves, solid fuel water heaters and fuels used. The appliance design is not as far advanced as U.S. but taken as a whole, appliances are not less efficient than those in common use in Great Britain. One advantage, is the almost universal use of brown coal briquettes in Germany. A list of the literature and appliances requistioned is included.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1712	MEDIUM PRESSURE SYNTHESIS WITH IRON FIXED-BED CATALYSTS, AND OPERATION OF THE FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS IN THE LIQUID PHASE. INTERROGATION OF H. KOLBEL. DEC. 1947. Reported by C.C. Hall and others. 7 p. report. Dr. Kobel's main fields were the development of iron catalysts for use in conventional fixed catalyst bed reactors, and the investigation of the possibilities of carrying out the Fischer synthesis in the liquid phase,. Subjects described in this report are: 1. Medium pressure synthesis with iron fixed-bed catalysts (catalyst composition, catalyst preparation, pretreatment of the catalyst synthesis); 2. Operation in the liquid (design of reaction vessels, catalysts, reaction conditions, performance, atmospheric pressure process, variation in product composition mechanism of reaction.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1760 (Parts I, II, and III)	BROWN COAL BIQUETTING PRACTICE IN GERMANY. PART I - PREPARATION OF THE COAL FOR BRIQUETTING, PART II - BRIQUETTE CONVEYING, DEDUSTING AND FIRING, PART III - OFFICIAL REGULATIONS OF THE BROWN COAL INDUSTRY AND DETAILED OPERATING EXPERIENCE. Reported by G.E. Baragwanath and W. Finlayson. This report examines in detail the latest developments and variations in brown coal briquetting processes, with reference to the principles underlying modern briquette factory design, and to operating and safety methods and devices in leading factories in the Rhineland. Translations of regulations and directives of the German Mining Authorities are included among the appendices. Part 1 - 149 pages, Part II, 298 pages and Part III - 564 pages. Subjects discussed include wet preparation, drying, cooling, pressing, briquette cooling and storage, handling and loading, conveyors, de-dusting, boilers, etc. Report includes diagrams, photographs, list of targets, list of illustrations, map of the most important exploitable geological deposits of Germany, tables, list of drawings and documents evacuated from Germany, graphs, table of contents and an index.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1772	SOME ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THE EDELEANU PROCESS. Reported by F.B. Porges. 46 p. report. Report includes diagrams; subject index; a list of documents, drawings and exhibits referred to in connection with this report; list of visits; table of contents. Among the subjects discussed in this report are drying towers, chillers, de-waxing filters, pressure vessels, gear and steam pumps, reciprocating compressors, centrifugal pumps and rotary vacuum pumps.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1783	GERMAN PRACTICE IN THE PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF HIGH BOILING COAL TAR CHEMICALS. Reported by A.F. Williams. 47 p. report. Report includes table of contents, list of targets and personnel interviewed, diagrams, tables, chemical formulae, and two appendices (Subject index and list of documents and drawings evacuated). Tar refining and production of chemicals covers the semi-technical still for the isolation of pure chemical, secondary processing of primary products and design of distillation columns. Utilization of coal tar hydrocarbons covers aerial oxidation of toluene to benzoic acid, oxidation of naphthalene to phthalic anhydride, and condensation of phthalic anhydride with glycerol and linseed oil.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1798	INVESTIGATION OF HORIZON MINING AND AREA PLANNING AS PRACTICED IN THE RUHR COALFIELD, GERMANY. Reported by F. Marsh. 88 p. report. The purpose of this report was to study in detail the methods of mining by the horizon mining system and area planning as practiced in the Ruhr. Includes brief notes on Ruhr, conditions, collieries, horizon method of mining, principles, origin, advantages, results and efficiency, application and limitations, Ruhr mining practice, planning organization, planning methods, layout ventilation and labor planning, etc. Numerous drawings.
Item No. 30 BIOS REPORT NO. 1817	GERMAN PEAT INDUSTRY. Reported by C.S. Andrews, and L. Collins. 41 p. report. Covers visits to various targets and interviews with personnel. Gives a description of bog, drainage, excavating machines, stripping machines, leveling, sod collecting and loading machines, rolling stock and permanent way, transport and unloading of wagons, electric power distribution, disposal of output, etc. Some of the targets and personnel are as follows: Gross Heseper Moor-Heseper Torfwerk, G.m.b.H., Meppen, Vehnemoor G.m.b.H., Edewecterdam-Torfwerk Wiesmoor - Neudorf - Platendorfer Torfwerks - Herr becker at Oldenburt -Herr Snittgar at Oldenburg - Herr Wirsing at Jeddelch-Dr. Nienhaber at Minden.