Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system. It is produced when coal is heated strongly... 36 KB (3,938 words) - 03:39, 14 May 2024 |
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of... 140 KB (13,946 words) - 15:14, 3 May 2024 |
vapour (H2O)—from coal and water, air and/or oxygen. Historically, coal was gasified to produce coal gas, also known as "town gas". Coal gas is combustible... 38 KB (5,320 words) - 11:31, 5 December 2023 |
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely... 77 KB (11,730 words) - 12:02, 28 April 2024 |
fifth of world greenhouse gas emissions, so are the single largest cause of climate change. More than half of all the coal-fired electricity in the world... 57 KB (5,856 words) - 04:20, 9 May 2024 |
Coke (fuel) (redirect from Coke (coal)) posterity. So-called "gas works" produced coke by heating coal in enclosed chambers. The flammable gas that was given off was stored in gas holders, to be used... 33 KB (4,155 words) - 04:15, 20 April 2024 |
Anthracite (redirect from Hard coal) are black coal, hard coal, stone coal, dark coal, coffee coal, blind coal (in Scotland), Kilkenny coal (in Ireland), crow coal or craw coal, and black... 31 KB (3,564 words) - 11:28, 28 April 2024 |
Coal tar is a thick dark liquid which is a by-product of the production of coke and coal gas from coal. It is a type of creosote. It has both medical and... 35 KB (3,460 words) - 07:38, 23 January 2024 |
as natural gas, fuel oil and coal. The data were obtained by stoichiometric calculations. The total amount of wet flue gas generated by coal combustion... 13 KB (977 words) - 07:46, 18 December 2023 |
Coal liquefaction is a process of converting coal into liquid hydrocarbons: liquid fuels and petrochemicals. This process is often known as "Coal to X"... 37 KB (3,793 words) - 19:26, 7 May 2024 |
gases" (also known as "manufactured fuel gas", "manufactured gas" or simply "gas") were made by gasification of combustible materials, usually coal,... 76 KB (9,857 words) - 14:55, 24 April 2024 |
taken from coal or petroleum. The term was in use by the late 18th century for oil produced as a by-product of the production of coal gas and coal tar. In... 9 KB (888 words) - 11:39, 28 April 2024 |
Fossil fuel (redirect from Oil and Gas) A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of dead plants... 39 KB (5,185 words) - 18:41, 1 May 2024 |
Coalbed methane (redirect from Coal seam gas) Coalbed methane (CBM or coal-bed methane), coalbed gas, or coal seam gas (CSG) is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. In recent decades it... 33 KB (3,706 words) - 16:50, 21 March 2024 |
Energy in Indonesia (redirect from Coal in Indonesia) Indonesia's total energy supply (TES) comprised 30.3% coal, 28.9% oil, and 14.4% natural gas. Renewable energy sources also added to the mix, with biofuels... 64 KB (6,349 words) - 05:54, 6 May 2024 |
fuel gases include: Coal gas, obtained from pyrolysis of coal Water gas, largely obsolete, obtained by passing steam over hot coke Producer gas, largely... 9 KB (980 words) - 03:12, 5 March 2024 |
methane gas which on release can generate a spark of static electricity to ignite the gas and start a coal explosion and fire. The same gas static is... 39 KB (4,693 words) - 08:58, 27 April 2024 |
operated on hydrogen gas. Water gas has a lower heat of combustion than coal gas, so the calorific value was often boosted by passing the gas through a heated... 10 KB (1,264 words) - 19:58, 28 March 2024 |
cost and widespread availability. The manufacture of coke also provided coal gas, which could be used for heating and lighting. Most of the workers were... 40 KB (4,357 words) - 23:47, 1 May 2024 |
pollution, coal burning produces hundreds of millions of tons of solid waste products annually, including fly ash, bottom ash, and flue-gas desulfurization... 57 KB (6,240 words) - 20:38, 13 May 2024 |
transportation usage by oil, natural gas or electricity produced from oil, gas, nuclear power or renewable energy sources. By 2010, coal produced over a fourth of... 82 KB (10,846 words) - 15:44, 12 May 2024 |
Gas carbon is a carbon that is obtained when the destructive distillation of coal is done or when petroleum products are heated at high temperatures in... 1 KB (102 words) - 16:05, 1 January 2024 |
Fossil Future (redirect from Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas - Not Less) Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas–Not Less is a 2022 book by Alex Epstein that argues in support of... 30 KB (4,064 words) - 15:08, 9 April 2024 |