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05/05/22 22:35 PM IST

Coal Gasification

In News 
  • The Government has prepared a Mission document for Coal Gasification of 100 MT by 2030.
Benefits 
  • India has a reserve of 307 Billion tones of thermal coal and about 80% of coal produced is used in thermal power plants.
  • With environment concerns the Government has prepared a Mission document for Coal Gasification of 100 MT by 2030 since Coal gasification is considered as cleaner option compared to burning of coal.
Process of Gasification 
  • Gasification facilitates utilization of the chemical properties of coal.
  • Sys Gas produced from coal can be used to produce Gaseous Fuels such as Hydrogen (Blue coupled with CCUS), Substitute Natural Gas (SNG or Methane), Di-Methyl Ether (DME), Liquid Fuels such as Methanol, Ethanol, Synthetic diesel and Chemical like Methanol derivatives, Olefins, Propylene, Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG), nitrogenous fertilizers including Ammonia, DRI, Industrial Chemicals along with Power Generation.
  • These products will help move towards self-sufficiency under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan.
  • In line with the above objective, Ministry of Coal has taken initiative for utilizing coal through coal gasification and has prepared National Mission document to achieve 100 MT coal gasification by year 2030.
Source-PIB 

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