author attended the 5th World Power Conference held in Vienna and the International Conference on Chemical Engineering in the Coal Industry in Britain in June. After that he inspected the coal chemical industry in Germany around the Ruhr district. The results of studies and the recent circumstances of industrial activities appeared in these conferences have been explained in datail in addition to his inspection in Germany. By this report we can understand the recent activities on fuel techniques.
The main studies which have attracted the author's special interests and have been reported in detail in this paper are “Thermal Treatments of Coal” by Idris Johns ofthe Coal Research Establishment for obtaining the solid smokeless fuel and “RecentDevelopments in Coal Utilization” by Reerink of the Coal Society of Germany whichhas explained the recent circumstances in the coal utilizations in Germany.
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