Coke and Coal Gasification Plants for Sale

Coal gasification is the process of producing syngas, a mixture consisting primarily of methane (CH4) carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O), from coal and water, air and/or oxygen. Historically, coal was gasified using early technology to produce coal gas, which is a combustible gas traditionally used for municipal lighting and heating before the advent of industrial-scale production of natural gas. In current practice, large-scale instances of coal gasification are primarily for electricity generation, such as in integrated gasification combined cycle power plants, for production of chemical feedstocks, or for production of synthetic natural gas. The hydrogen obtained from coal gasification can be used for various purposes such as making ammonia, powering a hydrogen economy, or upgrading fossil fuels. Alternatively, coal-derived syngas can be converted into transportation fuels such as gasoline and diesel through additional treatment via the Fischer-Tropsch process or into methanol which itself can be used as transportation fuel or fuel additive, or which can be converted into gasoline by the methanol to gasoline process. Methane or natural gas extracted from coal gasification can be converted into liquefied natural gas (LNG) for direct use as fuel in transport sector.

Syngas, or hydrogen generation, can also be acheived through steam methane reforming (SMR) of hydrocarbon feedstock such as natural gas. Learn more about Hydrogen (HyCo) and Synthesis Gas (Syngas) Plants from natural gas reforming.