Coal Gasification by 2030 | Current Affairs Next IAS
Coal gasification is the process of producing syngas: a mixture consisting primarily of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and water vapour (H2O)—from coal and water, air and/or oxygen. Rather than burning coal directly, gasification converts all of the carbon of the coal into electricity, hydrogen, and ...