Syngas

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Syngas, or synthesis gas, refers to a gas mixture that contains different amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen, produced from the gasification of biomass or fossil fuels.^[1]

Uses

• Syngas can be burned directly to produce heat or power.
• It can be converted through a chemical process to synthetic natural gas (SNG).
• Syngas can be converted into a wide range of liquid biofuels including synthetic diesel, methanol, DME, and others. Citation needed
  • Processes that convert biomass into liquid fuels, using syngas as an intermediate step are often called biomass-to-liquids or BTL.

Notes

1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syngas

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