COAL-OIL RESEARCH.
EXPERIMENTS IN BRITAIN.
EXCELLENT FUEL OBTAINED.
LONDON. Feb. 16. Describing the conversion of coal into petroleum products, the Government Scientific Industrial Research Committee says that experiments have indubitably shown a high pressure of hydrogenation, and a largb proportion of coal is convertible into liquid fuels. But whether it can be established on a commercial scale remains to be seen. Motor-spirit derived by low temperature carbonisation showed itself to be an excellent fuel, with a high benzol equivalent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19879, 24 February 1928, Page 11
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