Coalite - Processes and Products

Processes and Products

Obtained from coal by pyrolysis

  • Coalite, Coal Oil, Coal Gas, Ammoniacal liquor.

Obtained from Coal oil by distillation.

  • Light, middle, heavy, and wax oil. Various Grades of hard pitch

Obtained from Middle oil by solvent extraction and distillation.

  • Phenol, Ortho-Cresol, Meta & Para-Cresol blend, 24 & 25 Xylenol blend, soft pitch

Obtained from Ammoniacal liquor by solvent extraction, distillation and crystallisation.

  • Ammonia, Catechol, homocatechol, Resorcinol, 2 Methylresorcinol

Saleable products from further processing

  • Orthophenyl-phenol, Diphenyl, Parachloro-orthocresol, Tertbutyl-catechol, 25 Dichlorophenol, Parachloro-phenol, 245 Trichlorophenol, 246 Trichlorophenol, Creosote blends, Road Tar blends, Clay pigeons, Hydrochloric acid, Sodium Hypochlorite solution, Sulfuryl chloride

Obtained from used tyres by pyrolysis

  • Carbon black, scrap steel, Light fuel oil

This final process might have saved the company. Successful trials with existing modified plant showed that large scale reclamation of useful products from used tyres was possible. However it came too late to prevent financial collapse. This was attributed by the company to the delayed response of the regulating authorities in granting licenses for the sale of the tyre oil as fuel.

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