Sentences with phrase «into synthetic gas»

Those pellets are then put into a gasifier, which heats them until they turn into synthetic gas — fuel for the generator.

The facility would use lignite mined adjacent to the plant, convert it into synthetic gas and then capture and sequester 65 % of its carbon emissions.

Not exact matches

The gasification process takes organic, carbonaceous materials and transforms them into efficient synthetic gas through a series of chemical reactions held at high temperatures.

«Oil companies have processes to turn this [syngas] into gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel,» said Rich Masel, CEO of Dioxide Materials and a retired professor, pointing out how companies like BP PLC have operated synthetic fuel facilities for 20 years, albeit using natural gas instead of recycled carbon as a feedstock.

In December the U.S. Air Force flew a C - 17 transport plane across the country powered in part by a new propellant: natural gas transmuted into a synthetic liquid fuel.

A chemistry professor in Florida has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.

Australian scientists have paved the way for carbon neutral fuel with the development of a new efficient catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air into synthetic natural gas in a «clean» process using solar energy.

However, studies have shown that relevant amounts of petroleum products, such as synthetic chemicals from detergents, wash into wastewater and can eventually add to total greenhouse gas emissions.

There are also plants that convert coal into chemicals or synthetic natural gas.

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Working in his lab in UD's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rosenthal and doctoral student John DiMeglio have developed an inexpensive catalyst that uses the electricity generated from solar energy to convert carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, into synthetic fuels for powering cars, homes and businesses.

The third is gasification, in which liquid or solid fuels are first turned into synthetic natural gas; CO2 from the conversion of the gas can be siphoned off.

And it's a big problem — landfilled textiles can leach chemicals into the groundwater, release the potent climate change gas methane, and never fully biodegrade, especially if they are synthetic fibers, which are essentially plastic filaments made from oil.

-LSB-...] May Pollute Indoor Air — The synthetic chemicals found in conventional mattresses easily «off gas» into the atmosphere.

Technology is the revolutionary process, which converts natural gas into high quality full synthetic base oil, with fewer impurities than traditional base oils made from crude oil.

PurePlus ™ Technology converts pure natural gas into high - quality, full synthetic base oil used in the Pennzoil Platinum ® line of lubricants for next level performance.

In May 2012, Tenaska said they would cut the plant's costs by 60 % and have it run on natural gas rather than coal, although it is believed the plant would be built so that it could later be retrofitted to begin transforming Illinois coal into synthetic natural gas.

However, researchers investigating the fossil - related carbon content of municipal and industrial wastewaters at various points in the treatment process found that relevant amounts of petroleum products, such as synthetic chemicals from detergents, wash into wastewater and can eventually add to total greenhouse gas emissions.

That won't surprise energy realists, but the item I wasn't expecting was the reference in the IEA press release to growing efforts in China to convert coal into liquid fuels and especially synthetic natural gas (SNG).

The criteria include: using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible; implementing no - burn policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut the risk of fires spreading into forest areas; sparing forests with high conservation value from development; taking measures to reduce air pollution; and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent — a byproduct — from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

China, with similarly huge reserves, is even planning to convert coal into synthetic fuel for cars - even though such processes typically produce large amounts of greenhouse gases.

The government has also approved at least nine large - scale projects that would turn coal into synthetic natural gas (SNG), a strategy that may help ease China's air pollution woes but create more environmental problems than it solves.

Natural gas liquids (NGLs) ethane and propane get extracted and sent to a «cracking facility» where ethane is made into ethylene (the foundation of polyethylene - the most common plastic in the world, frequently used for packaging, bottles, and synthetic clothing), and at a dehydrogenation plant, propane is made into propylene (the foundation of polypropylene - a plastic commonly found in food packaging and vehicle manufacturing).