Show Testing Wood Straw v and Coal To Derive New Fuel I For Automobile Engines By 81 ISRAEL ElJ KLEI Editor NEt NEA Sect ice emphasis Is beInG placed I on the th Import Importance o of coal as a IL a source ot or our future automotive fuel fue supply engineers arent aren't over over- overlooking vor looking the tho th le least aU t opportunity from other Thoy They have o hav gone on so 80 far as liS to consider IlIe Ito UIS me use of or woo wood and straw M as j direct moans moan of or obtain obtain- obtaining K ing power for tor our automobiles Ilu The Th U S Bureau of Standards is I not n t to bo be b outdone In la foresight for It yon von today Is II I studying tu a 1 French invention which wood as a direct ct fuel for tor bilee e It has hie also born t nr lu III g nith Ith straw seeking ower thi lithe product may have hav in 11 It In hi the tir form of an alcoholic fuel of ef the tho th use us of or those these Is I far removed Although our oil supply le Is I thinning our coal resources are ar so ao vast that engin- engin engineers eera figure they win wilt riot not bo be b de- de de depleted for or centuries to f come Out o of co coal comes come valuable fuel uel oils e as well as other Important prod prod- products products NO 10 OIL LITTLE COAT But ranee has liu practically no noil oil within Its It entire domains col colonies onies onlea Included and must rely already on the comparatively little coal It owns for It Its domestic tu fuel 1 supply Italy S Ja is oven even In worse wor shape hape with no iroll oil and low coal oal re resources ou It Is II therefore hero here hir that Wood woodit woodIn I it beIng tc te te t d as the tho th next best beet bet The Th invention In v no in w In the hands o of the tho th U S Bureau of Standards reduces wood by a bale bale- bik bikini ini- ini process Into weak gas S which when n mixed mired I ed with air forms ferma t rma II a practical fuel mixture for lor auto auto- automobiles automobile mobiles mobile It ll is mu much h weaker er than l gasoline but lees leas Its costly and at a rod good 00 1 t thing lne to depend Ie pond upon In case casl of emergency Australia Is II making Intensive studios o 0 of the tho th use uso ot of wood and straw tor for their fuel possibilities no Australia has been importing oil for rush fuel fu l to t an al n increasing g extent Substitutes therefore are aro ro much desired Out o of Ur the cellulose In the tho straw v about SO 80 gallons allons of or power po alcohol C can bo be b obtained from II a aton aton ton of or the th straw A to ton tOil of or dry Iry drywood wood would yield 1 about 00 0 O to CO 60 gallons o of the tho same amo sam fuel UOn nm With Willi the production or of wheat In that country and the tho vast timber Urn bel territory there It Is believed that necessity n c s could force the substitution of or automotive fuel fuels from these the products more than to offset the tho th requirements re Is reduced to t power alcohol by the tho th use uso us of strong sul sulphuric acid and the tho th subsequent action of or yeast y ast fermentation French as well as a other ers cers have hav been beon studying the th possibilities ot of the tho th anhydrous alcohols alcohol time the power alcohols obtained from coal as well as straw and wood Methyl lethyl alcohol especIally has ha be been n round found hIghly effective as IL a fuel when mixed In certain proportions with gasoline It has half ha been found to 10 eliminate detonation to afford greater power at lower temperature tom permit more operation at vary vary- varying vary vary-lae ing speeds and to keep kep the th motor in good working condition nn |