Oil gas
Oil gas , also known as fat gas , is a luminous gas that is generated by splitting mineral oils at higher temperatures . It is listed under UN number 1071 . It was invented in 1867 by master plumber and engineer Julius Pintsch .
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Area of the train station Wien-Hütteldorf : Oelgas-Anstalt (built: 1878; here: around 1902)
The practical extraction takes place from petroleum residues , tar oils and paraffin oil . These starting materials are heated in the absence of air and there are u. a. Oil gas. It was used as early as 1900 for the interior lighting of railroad cars. According to historical reports, around 350,000 railroad cars were equipped with this lighting in 1919. The transport took place in pressure vessels .
literature
- J. (d. I. Ignaz) Wottitz: The oil gas lighting for railway vehicles. In: Oesterreichische Eisenbahn-Zeitung. Organ of the Club of Austrian Railway Officials , No. 5/1880 (3rd year), February 1, 1880, pp. 53–65. (Online at ANNO ). .
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Oil gas . In: Otto Pfeiffer (Hrsg.): The gas as light, heating and fuel in its different types as coal gas, wood and peat gas, oil gas, water gas. Manufactured and used according to the latest standards, taking into account the competitive relationships between gas and electricity. For the 100th anniversary of the gas industry . Voigt, Weimar 1896, pp. 215-236. - Full text online (PDF; 6.5 MB) .
- -, Atlas . Voigt, Weimar 1896. - Full text online (PDF; 2.7 MB) .
- The oil gas (fat gas) . In: Franz Walter: Innovations in the field of lighting and heating (excluding electrical lighting) . In: Constantin von Popp (Red.): Journal of the Oesterreichischen Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein , No. 38/1902 (LIV. Year), pp. 626–631. - Full text online (PDF; 40 MB) .