CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Joshi was addressing a webinar on Monday in New Delhi on coal gasification and liquefaction, organised by the Ministry of Coal (MoC) for discussing the road map for achieving the target.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ministry of Coal, Government of India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Direct liquefaction converts solid coal directly into liquid form with no intermediate step, which results in only the partial dismantling of the coal structure. Indirect liquefaction requires an intermediate gasification of the solid coal to form a synthesis gas, which is then converted to the liquid product.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ludwig Mond invented Mond gas in the 1850s, which was a producer gas created from coal rather than coke. It was treated to obtain useful components such as ammonia and coal tar.

Detailed explanation-5: -As per the release, the 2, 25, 000 Nm3/h CGP in JSP’s Angul Plant is the world’s first and largest coal gasification plant for steel-making based on ‘swadeshi’ raw material.