The coal gasification technology holds good potential in the future for India in reducing its energy imports and producing cleaner energy. Explain (200 Words)
Refer - The Indian Express
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KEY POINTS
· Recently, Odisha’s Talcher fertiliser plant was awarded a contract for starting a coal gasification unit for the production of urea and Ammonia.
· It was part of the government’s initiative to revive closed fertiliser plants belonging to the Fertiliser Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) and the Hindustan Fertilisers Corporation Ltd (HFCL).
· The decision is geared towards reducing India’s reliance on imports and helping the country meet its CoP-21 Paris Agreement commitments.
· Coal gasification is the process of converting coal into synthesis gas (also called syngas), which is a mixture of hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The syngas can be used in a variety of applications such as in the production of electricity and making chemical products, such as fertilisers.
· According to the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP), the coal gasification process holds good potential in the future, with coal being the most abundantly available fossil fuel across the world, and that even low-grade coal can be used in the process.
· The usage of locally available coal for making fertilisers would help reduce the import of LNG.
· The Talcher project’s environment-friendliness would help India in meeting its commitments under the CoP-21 Paris Agreement.
Cleaner Energy
· One of the major environmental advantages of coal gasification is the opportunity to remove impurities such as sulfur and mercury and soot before burning the fuel, using readily available chemical engineering processes.
· In addition the ash produced is in a vitreous or glasslike state which can be recycled as concrete aggregate.
· The increased efficiency of the 'combined cycle' for electrical power generation results in a 50% decrease in CO2 emissions compared to conventional coal plants.
· As the technology required to develop economical methods of carbon sequestration, the removal of CO2 from combustion by-products to prevent its release to the atmosphere, coal gasification units could be modified to further reduce their climate change impact because a large part of the CO2 generated can be separated from the syngas before combustion.
Hari 5 years
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Chandresh Pathak 5 years
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musabbir 5 years
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Alok Dwivedi 5 years
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