Abstract
THE Mines Branch of the Canada Department of Mines report on fuels and fuel testing for the year 1930-31 records considerable analytical and other work on the solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, and reflects on the special problems of the Dominion. Interesting large-scale tests on the storage of coal are recorded, notably one at Montreal, where 35,000 tons of Nova Scotia coal stored in a pile 40 ft. high attained a maximum recorded temperature of 88° F. The geographical distribution of fuel supplies in Canada is unfortunate and the storage problem is important. Efforts are being made to increase the supply of Canadian motor spirit by the pyrolysis of natural gas in Alberta and by treatment of the bitumen. By hydrogenation of Alberta bitumen, yields of gasoline reaching 75 per cent could be obtained.
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