GAS AT HALF THE USUAL COST.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1925, Page 3

GAS AT HALF THE USUAL COST.

( LAI.MS FOR A NEW PROCESS. Id A THERM. LONDON. Aug. Ilk One of the most peculiar anomalies in Hu- struggle for scientific progress is t , he seen ill the gas-making industry, where a works plant, which is capable of producing gas at less than half the normal . ost ha- I can put out of action he a use of cnmohiiuts ol the .smoke rising from the chimney. • | 1,j - plant was erected s-m ■ months ihr ga - '.-.el ks at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and its inventor. Al r George Helps, ha - beep able to produce from lli" native Warwickshire "oat qi).0(111,(Kill heat unit- per lon as against the present practice of 7.P09.000 units. Ml Helps points out that in the present-day gas industry a large quantity ol coke is produced, which is sold at a | rice actually less than it costs, to make, whereas by his process |n- claims to produce no coke whatever, only ash and the usual tar products. (’HEAR GAS SUPPLIED, ll lli- method were generally adopted It would on present outputs release £35.009.00:9 worth of gas absolutely free, so that the amount would he of double its value and cheap power gas could he released on an enormous scale fur industrial purposes. The necessary plant v.-as erected at the Nuneaton (las Works, and Mr Helps was able to prove his process and actually to supply the gas made on these lines. The chimney stack of this experimental plant was not very high ;m d a certain amount of smoke was produced. An injunction was sought to si iqi 1 lie sou ike “ nuisa nee. A met -ini is now to he presented to the local council asking lor a truce, wbi'n it will he pussible to demonstrate the process to Government dcparl-n-.enls or scientific bodies. |p. A THERM. lots, it is claimed, could then be sold throughout the country for something like foul-pence a tlu-rm. and encrmotlsl.v increased quantities would he available The value of coal would be enhanced ill the same way as by a reduet ion in the price of coal without interfering with miners' wages or owners’ profits. ■•lt is not necessary for any money to In- provided.” Mr Helps told •' Doily Mail " reporter. ■•The quantity of gas that one Inn i f coal will yield represents about (0 per cent, of the heat of the coal in a quality less rich than that ; i p'^"" l used by consumers, and for the reason that it' is less riel, it will give a mueli hotter doty' in many uses than gas of present quality, which is largely waMeil through incomplete combustion.