The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-04
.EE PROCESS FOR
GETTING AL OUT
Of COAL i HOLDS
ith's Method Extracts
By=Products and Leaves
smokeless Fuel.
GOOD FOR COAL REGIONS
lf Il Works 1t VIII Take In
dnstrial Plants to the
Mines.

Ew YORK. Feb. +. = -i.l1:cSnce,
IS,ent Is made of the inveH tio-s o. q
9s.5mnercfal process for mems
I,it511oInous coal into new fuel equiv
is1f at anthracite coal. This ne" rue
u comnIete!y srnokeIess in character
y1ss,sg l1ard and dense in structure occo-
ISes aDDroximately the same space Is
1,,,,.oF.miue coal, and coal experts SsS
4fef. Il VIII 20 long way TOWARDS ~,
E5[5aasfne the supply Of smoEetess leei |
for domestic use, and atIords 1o[ ~
f5rs* time a fuel that will burn "lIE S''
snoke and still permit the high steam
M. rates necessary In modern t'i4
Vr;ay. marine and power practice'
An important feature OF the process
Il fIiat by it are recovered the FeRS s'1t
,Iable by-products OF coal that IN pIsS
emit practice are wasted Inc Fes eiLuS
derived from the sale OF these P'o1
Itcs very largely compensates 1OF Iue
cost of conversion ..e
This new process is known as stls
'sSmith Process and conpdnS 10
tSeD formed to put its various proo
.,S.t. IN the market. This company Is
ne International Cool Products Cor
I,or,.ic,:,. of which c. H. Smith, the IN
yenfor of the process, is president
Mr.. Smith, who is well known coal MN
i,Iss engineer, having been fo- a mater
~ f;fee. years associated with some
Of the largest coal operations II the
eastern and western fields, began iTotk
on this ner process some three years
apo in conjunction witE Messcs- BAR
Go. Of New York. Blair & co. nave
5raTv largo interests in coal and rati-
road properties, and have all aiohs
been keenIy Interested in deYeioPhlS
q proposition locking to the conserva-
ton OF cSel. and the productlon OF
completely snoSelcEs fuel, which the
process. has prcGCced.
Heretofore It mas been an accepted
fact that fuel possessing only one
20 four per cent. OF volatile mater
and very dense in structure could not
attain the rapid steamtnS quality OF
good bitumi0ous Goals. Deyolauizeo
fuels, such as coke, have not been ca
oable OF attaining the higher rates OF
Combustion required today IN locomo-
tive, marine and general steam use
and their greater displacement mas
onerated against their more genera!
Iiss where Transportation costs or the
yaIue OF storage space has been an I'M
QQEG&A44A-4 GA'@tSAs
The smith Process" briefly, takes
tie raw coal and through very simple
and economical methods. separates
the rich oils from the pure carbon. ana
in turn presses into convenient shape
for use. the carbon. which is be!rS
today commercially used for house
hold and power plant purposes. THIS
IS called "Carbccoal."
@CarDocoal'' is produced from blum
nous Goals that are found in half OF
the states of the country, by new
method OF coal distillation at relative
II low temperatures. in which there
IS simultaneously obtained from the
coal a sufficient quantity of valuable
coal tar products IL largely offset the
cost of Converting the raw coal into a
refined SmokelesS product that will
substitute nost satiSfacto.ily for an
thracste IN those sections of the coun-
toy where a snokeleSS fuel Is required.
To develop the Smith Process,
which process has now been taken
over by the International Coal Prod
nets Corporation q plant was built
Eeyeral years ago at Ir"iISton, New
jersey. Here. exhaustive tests under
actual operating conditions have been
made. The unit finally evolved by
ton dusing the past yea7, AID relia bic
data regarding operating costs, main-
tenance, and other features Of opera
ton, have been established. The
equipment Of the pIaut includes full
by-product recovery apparatus, which
has enabled accurate measure-u ut OF
yield on commercial scale ob:aiEed
rom about twenty five I:Eerent Goals
from various parts OF the UniteG
States
In the process Of refinement into
CaTbocoal and its various by.products
a short ton of coal Is split up into
Cafbocoal Briquets 1,440 pounds, and
gases and vapors, $50 pounds.
OF the vapors $50 pounds become
tar oils, zenzol, toluol. napthas, motor
spirit, creosote, oils, tar acids, Iubri-
eating and fuel oils, anthracene, pitch
and other tar oil products, and am
monlcal liquor. ammonia Cconcentrat.
ed, Sulphate Of ammonia, cyanogen,
pyrideEe bases and other nitrogen
compounds. The permanent gases
300 pounds, become heat required for
dstiltation process or available for
commercial uses.
Carbccoai Is said to be the nearest
approach to perfect fuel. It con-
tains only from IL per cent. to per
cent Of volatile matter and consists
mainly Of fixed carbon. In combustion
it IS smokeless, it ignites with COM
parative ease. burns freely and COM
p1etely under all draft conditions, IS
dense, dustIess. clear and uniform In
size and quality.
In general steam use. IN. locomotive.
marine and power plant practice, It IS
the first completely smokeless fuel ca
pabIe of maintaining the high rates OF
combustion necessary in modern use,
bud evaporates substantially the same
amount of water per pound Of fuel fired
rs the highest grades Of steaming coal.
70 those interested IN coal conser.