British Coal Utilisation Research Association (BCURA) was a non-profit association of industrial companies, incorporated 23 April 1938 and dissolved 24 February 2015.[1]
During the Second World War it developed small units for the manufacture of producer gas from coal to use in vehicles in place of petrol.[8] A £1000,000 five-year programme was also begun with a view not only to the needs of wartime but also for industry afterwards with fuels and chemicals from coal and greater efficiency of domestic appliances.[9]
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