Development of Gasification and Activities in Turkish Coal Enterprises
Development of Gasification and Activities in Turkish Coal Enterprises
Development of Gasification and Activities in Turkish Coal Enterprises
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION (UCG)• UCG is the gasification <strong>of</strong> coal <strong>in</strong> the seam-<strong>in</strong>-situ by us<strong>in</strong>g air oroxygen or air <strong>and</strong> oxygen together• Air <strong>and</strong> oxygen <strong>in</strong>jected down a borehole – produced gas called assynthesis gas is extracted• UCG uses similar process to surface gasification except, the reactoris underground, <strong>in</strong> the coal seam• UCG can be used on resources which are not otherwise feasible oreconomic to m<strong>in</strong>e by open cast or U/G m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g methods• Although commercial application <strong>of</strong> UCG is limited, manyexperiments <strong>and</strong> trials have been realized up to today
Change language