Assuiiiing n iisiigc of bct\vcca 5 nnd So:, of bintlcr on tlic dry wiglit. basis tirid n uiliic ns Iiigli ns 10s. per ton for tlie riiw vcgctiition, the cost of tlic hindcr woiiltl bc irboiit 3s. per toii of briqncttcs.
1 lie cost. o f briqiicttiiig niicl t lie cwst of I~riqiiettiug pliiiit (lo riot clilTcr iipprcciiil~ly froin stnntliird pnicticc, niitl nn csistiiig pliint. cnii bc rcntlily iiiitl c~coiioinic~illy ncltiptcd i i t d provitlccl with tlic iicce?;snry drying npplinnccs, wliicli ctin he olicrntctl froin tlic I~oilcr pliiiit, csliaest stcrini, o r wstc licrit iinii1;iblc iit tlic iisiiiil typc of opcriiting pliint.
Assiiniing tlic piilp bintlcr tlJ cost 3.<., eveii riritlcr tlic ~> ~l ~i i l ) I y inore fnvoiirn1)lc coritlit ions prcvniling in Jnpin, r i d nftrr nllowiiig for nll overlied clliirgcs, del)reci:iticiri, ctc., it is rc;isoii:il)lc t o ilsSiillie tlirit wlicrc n totiil cost for I~riq~~cttiiig of 6s pcr ton is coinnicrciiilly pcrniissil~lc, the iisc of pidp bintlcr slioultl IJC scrioiisly coiisidcrctl.
'I'o tlonioiistriitc the coinincrcinl possibilities of piill) I~iiiders sonic liniiclrctls of tons of niitlirncite ovoids \vcr(! iiinclc nt n briquetting works in Soiith 'Siilcs. 'IYic mixture of 1)intlor rind nntlirncitc fines iviis niillcil togotlicr in nri ctlgc rimier, niitl this inistiire iviis t licii I~riqiict tell witlioiit prcvions Iiciiting, iind nftcr drying, 11s 1ircvioiisly tlcscribctl, tlic ovoids wrc scrit ii\viiy for conibustion :in11 other tests. Tlicse sho\vcd tlint p i i l p l h d c r o-oicls, iiiilikc tliosc inntlc with pitch, tlitl not c\wi soften in tlic lirc, h i t rc11iiiid hard niicl colicrcnt until coniplctcly Imrnt, tlic striictiirc of tlic piilp bintlcr briqiictte iiintcrinlly nssisting in satisfnctory conibustion nut1 in t lie eniissioii of rndinnt Iicnt.
lhupping tests airrictl out on ovoids coin1)oscd of bit.iiniiiioiis niitl nnthriicitc corils Iiiivc giwa siitisfiictory UIlgIIvI1, Qucllcc, 011 lruilsoll h y , ;It Silstrlpokn Sound.