synthesis gas
noun
: a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used especially in chemical synthesis
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Each system takes waste gas such as from a landfill or livestock operation, converts it to synthesis gas, then turns the syngas into liquid methanol fuel.
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
About 40 miles from the site, engineers from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation (MCO-I) are working to deliver the GCA project’s API617 multi-stage centrifugal synthesis gas and ammonia refrigeration compressor trains.
—Johnny Wood, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
Catalysts, along with heat and pressure, could then transform synthesis gas into gasoline and other liquid hydrocarbons.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 July 2019
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
About 40 miles from the site, engineers from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation (MCO-I) are working to deliver the GCA project’s API617 multi-stage centrifugal synthesis gas and ammonia refrigeration compressor trains.
—Johnny Wood, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
Catalysts, along with heat and pressure, could then transform synthesis gas into gasoline and other liquid hydrocarbons.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 July 2019
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“Synthesis gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synthesis%20gas. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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