József Varga (chemist)

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József Varga (born February 8, 1891 in Budapest ; † December 28, 1956 there ) was a Hungarian chemist (technical chemistry, petrochemistry).

Varga studied chemical engineering and chemistry at the Technical University of Budapest from 1908, graduating in 1912, was there at the Institute of Electrochemistry and received his doctorate in 1916. In 1920 he became a private lecturer and in 1923 professor at the Technical University of Budapest. From 1951 he was director of the Institute for High Pressure Systems. From 1952 he was a professor of petrochemistry and coal chemistry at the University of Veszprém .

In the 1930s he developed a process for producing gasoline from coal and tar with catalytic high-pressure hydrogenation and demonstrated this in a pilot plant. The Varga effect he discovered describes the favorable influence of hydrogen sulfide on hydrogenation. After the war he developed a hydrocracking process (Varga process), which was successfully tested in 1956 in cooperation between Hungary and the GDR in Böhlen (Saxony) .

From 1939 to 1943 he was State Secretary and at times Minister for Industry, Trade and Transport of the Hungarian government. Then he returned to his chair. From 1943 to 1951 he was also President of the General Hungarian Coal Mining Company (Magyar Általános Kőszénbánya).

He was twice a Kossuth Prize winner and was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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  • with Károly Polinszky: Kémiai technológia (Chemical Technology), 2 volumes, Budapest 1953 to 1959

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SURNAME Varga, József
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1956
Place of death Budapest