Author: Vlastimil Vilímek | Prague on 14.11.2023

Impurities, and potentially carbon dioxide, can be removed from the gas stream very efficiently while producing hydrogen.

Catalysts play a key role in the gasification process, specifically CO2. This substance significantly influences the coal gasification reaction and energy activation.

Gasification technology is offered as a future solution for coal mining and processing.

Currently, gasification technology is at the top of the research trends and is attracting a lot of attention.

It is clear that research in the field of CO2 catalysts is very active and is constantly bringing new discoveries and techniques.

Although we have already made some progress in this area, further research and development is still necessary.

Advances and innovations in coal gasification technologies are absolutely essential, because in this way we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce cleaner energy.

Traditionally, coal gasification is carried out by converting coal into a product gas at high temperatures.

Different types of coal have different pore structures and surface areas, which affect the rate of reaction.

However, the influence of pressure and temperature on this process is crucial. Increased pressure usually stimulates the gasification reaction.

It is clear that pressure and temperature have a significant impact on the gasification process, where increasing these two factors usually increases the speed and efficiency of the process.

We will mainly focus on innovative coal gasification techniques, which are attracting increasing interest in research and development.

-SCWG ( coal to hydrogen and carbon monoxide technology )

-Plasma gasification ( suitable for the production of high quality synthesis gas from coal )

-CLG ( this method was developed as an innovative approach to convert coal to hydrogen rich syngas, avoids oxygen separation, reduces pollutant emissions ).

-Decoupling gasification ( coal is first pyrolysed to volatiles and hemicoke. The volatiles are further processed and separated into hydrogen-rich pyrolysis gas and tar – tar can be used, for example, to produce fuel oils or chemical products)

We will also introduce several new techniques such as supercritical water gasification, chemical gasification and separation gasification.

These techniques are popular due to their efficiency in coal utilization, reduced environmental impact and high efficiency in hydrogen gas production.

In all of this, the tone of our voice will be friendly and open to help you better understand these complex concepts.

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Our core mission is to make efficient and optimal use of coal resources while respecting their complex characteristics. We recognize the importance of society’s role in reducing CO2 emissions and want to show you how the technologies you will encounter in our other articles can contribute to this.

We will present in detail the advantages and pitfalls of these technologies, based on extensive studies carried out in recent years.

In a series of follow-up articles, we will discuss in detail the results of a comprehensive study that was funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Basic Science Center Program for Orderly Energy Conversion of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

China is not only the number one producer of coal, but also sits on the throne as the largest consumer of this commodity energy source. Therefore, we are very interested in what studies are taking place at the heart of the Chinese energy scene, particularly in the coal mining and consumption sector.

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Next week’s episode will take a closer look at supercritical water gasification (SCWG)-a technology for converting coal into hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

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