How to Use syngas in a Sentence

syngas

noun
  • But it can also be used for the decomposition of biomass, releasing a syngas in the process.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Burning the stream of hydrogen and syngas releases a lot of energy and is more or less clean-burning.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The result is syngas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which is then processed into kerosene.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The resulting syngas is then refined into carbon neutral jet fuel.
    — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • To make them, coal feed is usually converted to something called syngas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas).
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The process of converting syngas into liquid hydrocarbon fuels is not new.
    — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Gasifiers are essentially tanks that produce synthetic gas mixtures known as syngas.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Gasifiers are essentially tanks that produce synthetic gas mixtures known as syngas.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Adding more water to the syngas sets off a final reaction that produces CO2 and more hydrogen.
    — Eric Hand, Science | AAAS, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The third step is a gas-to-liquid synthesis unit, which converts the syngas into liquid hydrocarbons, usable as kerosene in jet fuel.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2022
  • This is funneled into a second reactor, where the syngas is converted into kerosene molecules.
    — Frank Swain, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2020
  • The Ouro Reactor converts biogas from dairy farm waste into syngas, a precursor to jet fuel.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Synthetic liquid fuels are typically a mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen known as syngas.
    — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Researchers have succeeded in making artificial leaf devices that soak sunlight and carbon dioxide from air to produce hydrogen or syngas fuels.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The oxygen in this coal gasifier reacts with fuel to create a syngas made up of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, water, and CO2.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Second, the syngas is blasted with steam, converting the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and creating a higher concentration of hydrogen gas.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Meanwhile 8 Rivers, and its partners are working on a variation of the Allam cycle that would run on syngas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen) derived from coal.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
  • Budris said the company is simply splitting up the process – heating the waste to 1,400 degrees in the absence of oxygen to avoid combustion, but byproducts such as syngas, tar and oils end up being burned.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Other challenges include the risk of syngas contamination and chemical modification of the catalysts.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Finally, this gas is processed in a proprietary plasma reforming reactor that breaks down molecules to produce synthesis gas (syngas) — a high-energy mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
  • From there, researchers created different catalysts for the light absorber, which changed the final recycled product depending on which one was used, including CO, syngas, and glycolic acid.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Given the existing fuel infrastructure, most maritime fuel cell demonstration projects today have to store liquid hydrogen or use onboard systems that convert natural gas or other fuel to hydrogen-rich syngas.
    — Jing Sun, The Conversation, 11 June 2021
  • Solid residues are versatile and allow for the extraction of syngas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen); biocrude (a precursor to liquid biofuels); or simply high-temperature heat for use in heavy industry and power generation.
    — Wood MacKenzie, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In the conversion phase, KRICT uses the Fischer–Tropsch process to transform gaseous syngas into liquid aviation fuel.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In reality, this process is significantly more complicated, and requires an intermediate step, where the carbon dioxide and water are converted into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, commonly referred to as syngas.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Synhelion is using solar concentrators to drive the thermochemical conversion of CO2 into syngas as a precursor to hydrocarbon fuels.
    — Javier Garcia Martinez, Scientific American, 26 June 2017

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