producer gas

/producer gas/

Thân thiện

A worker monitors the flow of producer gas from a large industrial generator.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A combustible gas mixture: "producer gas" is a fuel gas consisting primarily of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and nitrogen, produced by passing air (and sometimes steam) over hot coke or coal in a gas producer.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The factory used producer gas to power its furnaces before natural gas became available.
  • Producer gas is less efficient than natural gas but was crucial for industrial processes.

Advanced Usage

• "to generate producer gas": to manufacture this specific gas mixture through the gasification process.
  • The plant was designed to generate producer gas from local coal reserves.

Variants and Related Words

• Water gas (n): A related fuel gas made by passing steam over hot coke, yielding a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with little nitrogen.
  • Water gas has a higher calorific value than producer gas.
• Coal gas (n): A broader term for gas manufactured from coal, which can include producer gas, water gas, and other types.
• Gasification (n): The general process of converting carbonaceous materials into gas.

Synonyms

• Air gas: A less common synonym emphasizing its production method using air.
• Generator gas: Another term highlighting its production in a gas generator or producer.

Related Phrases

• Producer gas plant: A facility or apparatus for making producer gas.
  • The old producer gas plant was decommissioned in the 1960s.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke

Từ đồng nghĩa

• air gas