Catalytic coal gasification for methane production: A review
Exxon process. In the 1970 s, Exxon company [6], [7], [8] developed a continuous and stable 1 t/d process development unit (PDU) (inner diameter m and height 25 m), as shown in Fig. 1, in which the coal is gasified at 973 K and MPa with 8 wt% KOH and K 2 CO 3 as the catalysts and superheated steam (1073 K) as the gasification agent, respectively.