Question

The process of producing syngas from coal is called ______________.

• A. coal cracking
• B. coal gasification
• C. coal pyrolysis
• D. both $A$ and $B$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

coal gasification

Coal gasification is the process of producing syngas–a mixture consisting primarily of methane ($C{H}_4$), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen ($H_2$), carbon dioxide ($C{O}_2$) and water vapor ($H_{2}O$)–from coal and water, air and/or oxygen.