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Method of producing heating and illuminating gas

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6741911
The method of producing heating and illuminating gas, which comprises the heating of a mass of coal within a chamber to incandescence, with said coal having iron or iron oxide in finely divided form mixed, is discussed. By introducing a mixture of hydrogen and superheated steam into the said mass; simultaneously introducing additional coal into the said chamber; and subjecting the gases within the said chamber for a period of time to steam pressure which may range from 30 to 300 p.s.i. causes the hydrogen to combine with the carbon to form hydrocarbon gases.
Assignee:
United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia, PA
Patent Number(s):
US 1792172
OSTI ID:
6741911
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English