Low-temperature carbonisation. Modern Practice on the commercial scale No. IV. The “Coalite” Process
✍ Scribed by Brownlie, David
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1929
- Weight
- 326 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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✦ Synopsis
The wcll-known " Coiilitc " process is now producing sniokclcss fuel undcr coiiinierciiil conditions iu bulk from two plnnts, tliiit iit Biirugli, iicnr 13nrlislcy, linviiig 1111 iipproximntc cnpncity of 260-26O tons of cod per 24 Iirs. ; nnd a t tlic Askcrii Colliery, iicnr Doncastcr, with n cnpncity of 250 tons of con1 pcr 24 lirs., while it is stated this hitter pltint is shortly to bc doublcd ii1 size. Also tlicrc is bcing crcctcd nnotl~cr " Conlitc " bccn fornicd since 1906, the proccss to-dny bciug controlled by Low Tcnipcrntiirc Curbonisation, La., Conlitc Housc, 28, Grosvcnor Plnce, S.W.1, while hl the pmt inany diflcrcnt " Conlitc " pliiiits of coniiiicrcial size htivc becii crcctcd and operntcd, at Weducsficld, iiciir \Volvcrlinrnpton (1907), Plyn~outli Gns Works , I-Iythc nnd Snndgiite Gas Works (1009-10), narkiiig (1311-14, using both Parker niid Iicrinaun Clark retorts), nnd cspccinlly n t Bnrugli, l i a r 13nrnslcy.
This hitter installation first bcgnn opcrntions in 1015, coinuiciiciug with n dcsiga of retort by IT.. N.
Wcllington, followed by various types of " Parker " retort, nnd in 1919 n lnrgc bnttcry of " Dnvidson " or colliipsiblc plntc retorts wiis operntcd for a con-Coctlile pkunl at llte Aakern Colliery, Donwater, shoiubig tlrc joitr lralleries o j retorls, ouerlreud dried coat blinkers, 'coal dryer, uiid '' Coulilo " scrceniny plint plant, to tlic ordcr of tlic South Xotropolitiiii Chis Conipiiny, a t tlicir works iit 1Siist Crcenwicli, to dciil with 300 tons of con1 pcr 24 hrs. ; iinrl, iiccortliilg to skitcincnts in tlia press, n fourth insttillntioii is projcctccl on thc Tlinnics to deal with 1000 tons of coiil pcr 2~1. Iirs. " Coirlitc," of coursc, litis liiid IL long and cl~cqucred
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