SUBSTITUTE FOR PETROL

AUSTRIAN INVENTOR'S CLAIM MADE FROM RAW PRODUCTS AND WASTE MATERIAL "Synthetic petrol" by distillation from raw products and waste materials existent in any country in the world is the claim of an Austrian inventor, Baron Alfred Coreth. The estimated cost of production is from 20 to 25 pex cent, lower than that of petrol, and it is further asserted that the fuel can be made up from any of 12 different formulae, with no special refinery or distillation plant required. The secret of its composition lies not so much in the ingredients as in the use of a special catalytic, the formula for which has been entrusted to the keeping of solicitors in all the important countries of the world as a precautionary measure. The basis of the new fuel is raw alcohol, obtainable from wood or potatoes. The fuel contains 40 per cent, of this, 10 or 20 per cent of water, the waste from distillation of brown coal and certain other ingredients selected from those available in the country of manufacture. The fuel is so blended that it can be used in place of petrol without any alteration to the carburettor, or making any other adjustments. Complete combustion is claimed, with practically no carbonisation.

An important point is that in this free state it does not burst into flame It will ignite, but burns quietly with a weak blue flame. On this account it is considered that it has great merit for use in aircraft. Tests have been carried out in Austria by various manufacturing firms and official organisations, and the reports substantiate the claims made. The new fuel has been awarded a gold medal and the gold cup of the Austrian Ministry of Commerce;