Coalite

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Coalite is a kind of smokeless fuel invented by Thomas Parker in 1904. The title refers to the residue left behind when coal is carbonised at 640 degrees Celsius. According to the 2002 work Engineering for Profit from Waste, the "volatile matter" (which produces smoke) is "driven off by thermal decomposition and recovered as gas and oil".[1] In 1936 the Smoke Abatement Society awarded its inventor a posthumous gold medal.

Coalite was manufactured by the Low Temperature Carbonisation Company, which established a factory in Bolsover, Derbyshire in 1936. The factory continued producing Coalite until it went into receivership in 2004, although demand for the product decreased with the rise of alternative fuel sources.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Energy, Environment and Sustainability Group (2002). Engineering for Profit from Waste. John Wiley and Sons, 92-93. ISBN 1860583318. 

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