-Some of the laboratory tests on the Hirai lignite were carried out prior to the design of the carbonisation furnace and then a new plant with an i-nternal heating system was coustructed, in which the hot gas, being prepared in a seb.erate furnace was-supplied for heating.In this system, besides.the sensible heat of the gas, some heat of combustion was also utilizable, which was set free from the partial combustion of the charged lignite with the oxygen included in the heating gas.The results obtained, however, showed that the charges were not uniformly carboni-sed and so, the system of self-coking without a heating gas was also tried during the whole period except starting.Compared with the former system, the latter was shown to have an advantage of making good semi-coke, but a disadvantage of lowering the capacity of the furnace.
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