hydrogasification

hydrogasification

[‚hī·drə‚gas·ə·fə′kā·shən] (chemical engineering) A technique to manufacture synthetic pipeline gas from coal; pulverized coal is reacted with hot, raw, hydrogen-rich gas containing a substantial amount of steam at 1000 pounds per square inch gage (6.9 × 106 pascals, gage) to form methane.