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Title: Production, development, and research work of the High Pressure Experiments Division (of I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G. ), Ludwigshafen (in German)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5967186

This report was an outline listing of the types of work being carried out at Ludwigshafen. The major headings were aviation fuels; auto gasolines; diesel fuels; lubricants and paraffins; fuel oils; special products; asphalts and hydrogenation sludge residues; coals, tars, oils, oil shale; catalysts; distillation; pressure distillation; solvent extraction; work for development of hydrogenation plants; steel experiments; and miscellaneous. Under the heading aviation fuels, the subheadings included high performance fuels (DHD gasoline, production and development); additives to gasoline (Kybols, highly aromatic gasoline, aromatics as such, isopropyl ether, alkylate, neohexane, triptane, toluene, isooctane); improvement of basic gasoline (catalytic cracking, aromatization, fractionation, dehydrogenation); hydrogenating refining; tetraethyl lead; inhibitors and storability; tests; quality control; research and development; safety fuels; and special aviation; diesel fuel. Under the heading lubricants and paraffins, subheadings included aviation motor oils, steam cylinder oil, paraflow (a filter aid), and paraffin. Under the heading special products were listed toluene, bases (pyridine, etc.), phenols, and high-molecular-weight aromatics. Some of the major areas of experimental work under other headings included experiments in improvement of coal preparation, residue processing, catalyst development, distillation of azeotropic systems, and crystal-structure investigation of coal, metals, and catalysts.

Research Organization:
I.G. Farbenindustrie, A.G., Ludwigshafen (Germany)
OSTI ID:
5967186
Report Number(s):
TOM-162-756-765
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
German