syngas

[ sin-gas ]

noun

1. synthetic natural gas. synthetic fuel

Word History and Origins

Origin of syngas¹

First recorded in 1970–75; syn(thetic) + gas

Example Sentences

Over nine days of operation, the researchers found that the tower converted about 4 percent of the used solar energy into roughly 5,191 liters of syngas, which was used to synthesize both kerosene and diesel.

From Science News

When heated with solar radiation, the ceria reacts with carbon dioxide and water vapor in the reactor to produce syngas — a mixture of hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide.

From Science News

The syngas is pumped down the tower to a gas-to-liquid converter, where it is processed into liquid fuel that contains 16 percent kerosene and 40 percent diesel.

From Singularity Hub 

Only four percent of the captured solar energy was converted into chemical energy in the syngas, although they see a route to increasing that to above 15 percent.

From Singularity Hub 

That may sound like science fiction, but the process of turning syngas into fuel is actually nearly a century old.

From Popular-Science