{"id":283185,"date":"2024-02-17T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=283185"},"modified":"2024-02-17T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T11:08:00","slug":"coal-gasification-process-and-its-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coal-gasification-process-and-its-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal Gasification- Process and its significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source-<\/strong>This post on<strong> Coal Gasification-Process and its significance<\/strong> has been created based on the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2006629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Coal Ministry Hosts Industry Interaction on Coal Gasification<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; published in &#8220;<strong>PIB<\/strong>&#8221; on 16 February 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<p>Coal Ministry has recently organized an Industry Interaction at Hyderabad. This was aimed to promote coal\/gasification projects across the nation.<\/p>\n<h2>About Coal Gasification<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_283189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283189\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-283189 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Coal-gassification-process.png?resize=750%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coal gassification process\" width=\"750\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Coal-gassification-process.png?resize=1024%2C437&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Coal-gassification-process.png?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Coal-gassification-process.png?resize=768%2C327&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Coal-gassification-process.png?w=1032&amp;ssl=1 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-283189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source-International Energy Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Process<\/strong>: Coal gasification is a process in which coal is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">partially oxidised with air<\/span>, oxygen, steam or carbon dioxide to form a<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> fuel gas<\/span>. This gas is then used for<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> deriving energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In-situ gasification of coal<\/span> \u2013 or<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Underground Coal Gasification<\/span> (UCG) \u2013It is the technique of converting <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">coal into gas while it is still in the seam<\/span> and then extracting it through <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">wells<\/span>.<br \/>\nRather than directly <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">burning coal<\/span>, gasification transforms all of its<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> carbon into electricity<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">hydrogen<\/span>, and other kinds of energy via partial oxidation.<\/p>\n<h2>Advantages of Coal Gasification<\/h2>\n<p>1)<strong> Chemical energy production<\/strong>-Coal gas may be transformed into chemical energy, which is then utilised to produce<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> iron from iron ore<\/span>, as well as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">methanol and urea<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Green energy production<\/span><\/strong>-The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">hydrogen<\/span> produced by coal gasification may be utilised for a variety of applications, including the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> production of ammonia<\/span> and the powering of a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hydrogen Economy<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>3)<strong> Cost effectiveness for Indian industries<\/strong>&#8211; The industries can utilise<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> syngas<\/span> from coal gasification facilities instead of imported<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> coking coal. <\/span>This will enhance the cost and export effectiveness of Indian Industries.<\/p>\n<h2>Disadvantages of Coal Gasification<\/h2>\n<p>1)<strong> Environmental issue<\/strong>-The process can produce a number of harmful emissions, including carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides etc.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>Cost<\/strong>&#8211; It is an expensive energy production process.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>Overuse of water<\/strong>-It is one of the more<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> water-intensive<\/span> modes of energy generation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about-<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/green-hydrogen-mission-explained-pointwise\/#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Green Hydrogen Mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus-Science &amp; technology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on Coal Gasification-Process and its significance has been created based on the article &#8220;Coal Ministry Hosts Industry Interaction on Coal Gasification&#8221; published in &#8220;PIB&#8221; on 16 February 2024. Why in the news? Coal Ministry has recently organized an Industry Interaction at Hyderabad. This was aimed to promote coal\/gasification projects across the nation. About&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coal-gasification-process-and-its-significance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coal Gasification- Process and its significance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-283185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}