GASIFICATION
April 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
AN AMERICAN agency has proposed the addition of certain hazardous waste materials to its country's fledgling gasification programme. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that up to seven to 10 million tons of hazardous byproducts from the petroleum refining industry could be put under high temperatures and converted into gas. Proponents of gasification maintain that refineries would more likely recycle solid waste if gasification systems became a part of the fuel manufacturing process. The by-products include acetic acid, acetic ...
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