gas·i·fi·er
ˈgasəˌfī(ə)r 
plural -s
: an apparatus for manufacturing gas (as synthesis gas from coal)
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Emily Hopkins, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
Instead, Kemper has decided to burn relatively cleaner natural gas instead of gasifying coal and capturing the CO2 from it.
—Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2018
The heating process caused salts and other elements to gasify and leave behind carbon.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2014
And, already, companies like Sundrop Fuels are using the sun's heat to gasify the plant stalks and other biomass built by photosynthesis to make a better fuel.
—David Biello, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2010
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After about a year of gasifying coal, the plant was ordered to switch to natural gas because the electricity it coal gasification produced was too expensive.
—Emily Hopkins, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
Instead, Kemper has decided to burn relatively cleaner natural gas instead of gasifying coal and capturing the CO2 from it.
—Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2018
The heating process caused salts and other elements to gasify and leave behind carbon.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2014
And, already, companies like Sundrop Fuels are using the sun's heat to gasify the plant stalks and other biomass built by photosynthesis to make a better fuel.
—David Biello, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2010
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