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| What can coal gasification lead to? |
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| Alternative ways of using coal; less air pollution |
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| What are the advantages to coal gasification? |
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1. Relative abundance
2. Domestic supply
3. Reduce critical balance of payments problem |
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| What is coal gasification? |
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| The chemical transformation of solid coal into a gas |
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| Coal Gasification is composed of what? |
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| Methane; Virtually free of sulfur; No carbon monoxide or free hydrogen |
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| What is Coal Gasification often called? |
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| Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) |
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| What does coal gasification require? |
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| The addition of hydrogen to coal |
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| Name the coal gasification process: |
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1. Coal is ground into a powder
2. Then it penetrated with air or oxygen.
3. The device used here is the gasifier
4. Once coal enters the gasifier, it is heated to drive off volatile constituents
5. Char is left behind |
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| Solid residue left behind after de-volatization during coal gasification |
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| Char is reacted with superheated steam to form what? |
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| What can coal be converted into? |
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| Liquid hydrocarbons: suitable for producing gasoline and other products normally obtained from petroleum |
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| When coke and steam are brought together |
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| What is the solvent refined process? |
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| Method of removing sulfur from coal |
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| Can liquids produced from direct hydrogenation be used as feed for a conventional petroleum refinery? |
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