gasification

[gas-uhf-i-kay-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or process of transforming or converting a material, especially coal, into gas.

Example Sentences

The company says its gasification process uses high enough temperatures to break down the troublesome tar, but researchers say tar is an inevitable byproduct of this process.

From Los Angeles Times

Gas Works Park appeared on the radar screen when random air and soil samples from the park revealed elevated levels of contaminants related to the park’s past as a coal gasification facility.

From Seattle Times

Gas Works represents a breathtaking example of urban renewal: the decaying industrial hulks at the park’s center once served as a coal and oil gasification plant that helped power Seattle from 1906 to 1956.

From Seattle Times

Gas Works Park is the site of a former gasification plant owned by Seattle Gas Light Company that turned coal, and later oil, into flammable gas beginning in 1906.

From Seattle Times

Over the next 50 years, belching out smoke, flames and fumes while contaminating soil, groundwater and sediment, the plant was an unwelcome neighbor, even after converting to marginally cleaner oil gasification in 1937.

From Seattle Times