Systciii of drying, grinding niid burners of vnrious tylics-.npplicd to ti Lnnciisliire boiler niid n t8ubulnr boiler.
Hydrogcricitiori .-Smnll convcrters niid n continuous plnnt for 1 ton n dny.
By-Prodzicts.--Thc by-products, cokc nnd tnr, cnii also be studicil in lfirgc sc:ilc units.
Tlie rcsults of tlie worlr n t tlic Fucl Bcsenrcli Stntiou cnii be opplicd to tlic con1 froin niiy pnrt of n conlficld by motliiicntions biisctl upon thc propcrtics of thc scniiis iii niiy pprticulnr locnlity ns compnretl with tlic cod csniniiictl tit tlic Fucl Rescnrcli Stntioii. As idtcndg suggcstcd, this is nn ilnportnnt prncticnl fenturc of tlic Siirrcy, QS in time it mill obvintc the ncccssity for Iiirgc scnlc investigations by individuid firms.
I n ndditon to thc nbovc iiiiiiii iivciiiics of the Survey, invcstigntioiis of 0 iiiorc l d c nnturc lire proceeding in the Survey lnborntories rind a t the Fuel Rcscnrcli Stntiou upon tlic propcrties of conl. C'crtnin of tlic investigatious nrc cspccially pressiiig in conncsioii with pnrticulnr con1 s c p i s , nud thc tlctcrniinntioii of tlic cnlting vnluc, tlic forins in which sulpliur occurs, tlic chlorinc in conl, tlic phosplioriis rind nrscnic in conls, tlic infliicncc of thc bniitlctl ingrcdicnts, nnd thc cffcct of conl clctuiiiig, Iiiirc bccn fillocnted to ccrtnin lnborntorics.
Iiircstigdions upon xiiorc fundnincntnl problcins nrc bcing cnrricd out tit n numbcr of Inborntories. l'rofcssor Boiic is invcsti,nnting tlic cliemicnl constitution of cot11 ; l'rofcssor \'licclcr ((I) tlic rntioiiiil iinnlysis of conl n s npplictl to 13ritisli conls, and (1)) tlic cffcct of osidntioii opon tlic coking of conl; Mr. C. A. Scylcr is csploring tlic initinl swelling properties of cod; Dr. 11. IIIiiig~ortli tlic rclntionship csistiug bctwccn nnnlyticd rnlucs nnd tlic cnking properties; Mi. c. N. Kcmp the npplicntion of X-rays to thc csnminntion of cod.