Ruth Willcox
Environmental Protection Officer (Land Quality)
Plymouth City Council
Civic Centre
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 2AA
Tel: 01752 304154
Fax: 01752 226314
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For those of you who are interested, I have decided the content of the final profile on gasworks in general will be as set down. If anyone thinks I have left anything out
or would like anything else included please let me know.
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Approximately 10 pages on the history and development of the gas industry in Britain.
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Approximately 20 pages on the technology and plant used on gasworks cross referencing with the other profiles which have been revised on water gas, producer gas
and gasholders and their tanks.
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Different scales of gasworks – country house to city gasworks
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Coal used
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Retort house – horizontal retorts, inclined retorts, vertical retorts, small mention on other types used e.g. coke ovens.
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Condenser – different types and their operation
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Exhauster
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Washers
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Scrubbers
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Gas purification – wet lime, dry lime and oxide, brief mention of cyanogen plant
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Water Gas small mention as covered in other profile
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Oil gas - brief mention
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Gas meter
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Storing gas/gas holders
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Tar tanks and wells
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Benzole plant
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Naphthalene washer
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Dry gas plant
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Sulphate plant
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Tar Distillation plant
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Coke Screening plant
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Sulphuric acid plant
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Butane-air plant
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By-products and wastes produced
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Bibliography
This is my final group email on the subject, unless anyone specifically requests more information, which I doubt they .
Best Regards
Dr Russell Thomas
BSc (Hons) PhD CBIOL MSB MIENVSc CEnv MSCI
Technical Director Environment
Principal Professional Associate
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Queen Victoria House
Redland Hill Bristol BS6 6US UK
44-(0)117-933-9262 (direct)
44-(0)7879-602-509 (office)
44-(0)117-933-9250 (fax)
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