Gasification is a thermo chemical process that has been exploited for more than a century for converting solid feedstocks to gaseous energy carriers. The first gasifier patent was issued in England at the end of the 18th century and producer gas from coal gasification was mainly used as lighting fuel throughout the 19th century. At the turn of the 20th century, the main use of producer gas, obtained essentially from coal, switched to electricity generation and automotive applications via internal combustion engines. The use of producer gas was gradually supplanted by the use of higher energy density liquid fuels and as a result confined to areas with expensive or unreliable supplies of petroleum fuels. (more…)
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The pilot plant for carbon dioxide capture and hydrogen production using combined cycle ELCOGAS Puertollano “will be the first in the world is put into operation next March.”
There is another similar initiative, CO2 capture in a power of the same technology, Buggenum (Netherlands), but construction is delayed by six months regarding the central of Puertollano, according to the company ELCOGAS in a press release. (more…)
Researchers at the Institute of Chemical Technology have developed a new catalyst that allows to obtain, from bioethanol, hydrogen ...
The quantification of the actual reduction in green house gases sourcess emissions resulting from the substitution of fossil fu ...
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Coal is an important energy source and energy consumption in United States as well as worldwide. It will remain so for many yea ...
Natural gas and oil are common source energy used to give electricity. How efficient is coal if we compare to these other source of ...
Fossil fuels, had a broader impact in current society, still oil is the one that have far reaching effect. Oil, in all its forms is the fuel that every modern means possible and draw goods and people moving around the world. After the crude oil refined products widespread use all over the world, United States, (more…)
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Anyone who wants to save money on gas should be interested in the process of underground coal gasification, or UCG. It is an al ...
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Coal is an important energy source and energy consumption in United States as well as worldwide. It will remain so for many years particularly in many developing countries. Fossil fuels stay as the main energy sources to the U.S. economy, but we can not ignore the importance of coal for decades. Coal production provides the price stability and will continue to be an significant source for electricity generation. Coal utilization is the major source of hydrogen in the coming hydrogen-based energy economy and it will be a crucial source of gas to liquid process of fuels energy.
Coal utilization and the importance of coal as source of energy industry perspective will change over time. (more…)
Anyone who wants to save money on gas should be interested in the process of underground coal gasification, or UCG. It is an al ...
Natural gas and oil are common source energy used to give electricity. How efficient is coal if we compare to these other source of ...
Power consumption from electricity is an essential element of the U.S. economy since the beginning of the century. Coal power plant ...
Fossil fuels, had a broader impact in current society, still oil is the one that have far reaching effect. Oil, in all its forms is ...
The pilot plant for carbon dioxide capture and hydrogen production using combined cycle ELCOGAS Puertollano "will be the first in t ...