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Gazprom to supply coal gasification tech to Vietnam
Russia's OAO Gazprom signed an agreement to supply its underground coal-gasification technology to Viet Nam, Vietnam's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said. - Read More
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Coal gasification cheaper than biomass gasification but costlier than GTL
Coal gasification is cheaper than biomass gasification, but more expensive than GTL. CTL will start to really come on strong as natural gas and oil both head down the other side of the depletion curve
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Coal gasification from Eastman chemicals
Eastman Chemicals company helped advance the use of coal gasification in the US. Its coal-to-chemicals plants converts coal to methanol and acetyl chemicals. The plant began operations in 1983
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Coal gasification a booming business in China
Gasification of coal is already a booming business in China, where the resulting syngas is converted into chemicals and fuels. - Read More
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Fastest growing coal gasification process
Right now, the fastest growing coal gasification process is one optimized to produce hydrogen gas
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Dimethyl ether from coal
On the horizon is production of dimethyl ether from coal...currently, the leading use for DME is as propellant in hair spray. DME is also ideal for diesel
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Coal a source for fuel cells
Because H2 is produced when coal is gasified, coal may become an important source of fuel for fuel cells. A process called mild gasification, which uses lower temperatures and pressures than normal, may produce substances that can be processed into high value industrial raw material and heat
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underground Coal Gasification (UCG)
underground coal gasification (UCG), a different type of CCS (the new German plant uses oxyfuel combustion and other demo plants are using pre- and post-combustion methods) that burns coal without mining it - projects that would produce energy by burning the coal where it lies, deep below the Earth’s surface. - Read More
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