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Retort
Category Industrial facilities
Subcategory Furnace hall
Year of manufacture/creation the 1970s
Manufacturer/author Gazoprojekt Wrocław
Place of manufacture/creation Wrocław, Poland
Size
Height: 65 cm
Width: 80 cm
Length: 420 cm
Material chamotte brick, silica brick, cast iron
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1991
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
The retort is a four-metre tunnel made of refractory materials, locked with a heavy door fitted with a twist-lock mechanism. It holds up to 200 kg of coal, which is heated to 1200 degrees Celsius.
The coal carbonization process takes place in the absence of air, that is why there is vacuum in the retort. Gas is released from coal only under such extreme conditions.
