gasification
3
7.3
- noun
- /ˌɡæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
gasificación
- The gasification process transforms coal into gas, which can be harnessed for power generation.
- coal gasification
- biomass gasification
- gasification process
If a country has coal supplies, doesn't have gas, and doesn't have good port facilities, then it would make sense to do coal gasification.
- If a country has coal supplies, doesn't have gas, and doesn't have good port facilities, then it would make sense to do coal gasification.
Examples
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Several processes for coal gasification have been developed in Europe and the United States.
Academic text (1999) -
Recent trials have included the gasification of 800 metric tons of plastic waste.
Academic text (2000) -
In places such as Germany, where coal is plentiful and natural gas is rare, gasification remained an important technology.
Academic text (2003) -
You supply oxygen to burn part of the coal to derive the energy or the heat to drive the gasification process.
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Biomass and municipal solid waste can be converted into hydrogen by way of gasification technologies.
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American users of biomass energy are helping utility, government, and private industry participants refine gasification technologies.
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In many ways, gasification can be thought of as a type of fuel-rich, low-oxygen combustion.
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Fluidized bed combustion and gasification are preferred over fixed bed designs due to many inherent advantages.
Academic text (2018) -
Advanced PFBC combines the best features of partial coal gasification and fluidized-bed combustion.
Academic text (1994) -
Energy options include combustion/gasification, densification (for subsequent combustion/gasification), anaerobic digestion, and enzymatic conversion.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
1
5.6
The change of a liquid or solid into a gas like water turning into steam
How Much Gas
- Specialized
3
7.3
- Specialized
1
8.5
- Specialized
1
5.6
- Specialized
15
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gasification comes from gas and the ending -ification, where gas means 'an air-like substance' and -ification means 'making'. So gasification is the process of 'making' something into gas, often to use as fuel.