Consider the following substances:EthanolNitroglycerineUreaCoal gasification technology can be used

Question

Consider the following substances:EthanolNitroglycerineUreaCoal gasification technology can be used in the production of how many of them?

Accepted Answer

Coal gasification is a process that converts coal into a gaseous fuel called syngas (synthesis gas), primarily composed of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2). This syngas can then be used as a fuel for various applications, including electricity generation, and as a feedstock for chemical production. Option 1 is correct: Syn Gas produced from Coal gasification can is usable in producing Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG), energy fuel (methanol & ethanol), ammonia for fertilizers and petro-chemicals. Synata Bio has designed an advanced syngas to ethanol technology to ferment syngas. The plant design includes utilization of unique and proprietary anaerobic microorganisms which provides higher hydrogen uptake and increases overall yield to ethanol. The production reactors produce a liquid product stream, “broth”, containing the dilute ethanol product (about 2.5%-3% w/v) in water that is distilled and dehydrated to produce the desired high purity thanol, prior to being sent to the finished product tanks. Option 3 is correct: Coal gasification based fertilizer plant at Talcher (Odisha): Talcher Fertilizer Ltd. (a joint venture of CIL, GAIL, RCF and FCIL) is engaged in setting up of an integrated coal gasification based urea plant wherein high ash coal from nearby Talcher coalfields blended with Pet-coke shall be utilized to produce 1.27 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) neem- coated Urea. Currently, construction activities are underway. Option 2 is not correct: Nitroglycerin, which was originally synthesized by Ascanio Sobrero, was used by Alfred Nobel to manufacture dynamite. It was in Nobel's dynamite factories in the late 1860s that the antianginal effect of nitroglycerin was discovered. Nitroglycerine, therefore, is a vasodilatory drug used primarily to provide relief from anginal chest pain. It is not produced using coal gasification. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.