Published 2014
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Journal article
Experimental alternative fuel plants, national fuels, in France, from 1934 to the beginning of the 1950's
Creators
- 1. Equipe d'histoire des techniques, IHMC, universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (France)
Description
During the 1930's, some companies developed methods to produce gasoline from solid fossil fuels. However the cost price remained too high to move beyond prototype plants. In 1940, the defeat caused renewed interest in favor of the experimental sites. They were copied and multiplied, in order to regain lost mobility
Availability note (English)
Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/ahe.012.0105Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Les usines experimentales de carburants de remplacement, carburants nationaux, en France, de 1934 au debut des annees 1950
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.3917/ahe.012.0105;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Annales Historiques de l'Electricite
- Journal Volume
- 1
- Journal Issue
- no.12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 105-123
- ISSN
- 1762-3227
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 48085062
- Subject category
- S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; COAL LIQUEFACTION PLANTS; COAL LIQUIDS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FLUIDS; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; LIQUIDS