Manufactured gas history and processes

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-64

  Hamper, Martin J ^a  

^a ARCADIS G and M Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

By product coke oven; Carbonization; Carburetted water gas; City gas plant; Coal gas; Fuel gases; Gas holder; Gas light; Gasification; Manufactured gas plant; MGP; MGP residuals; Natural gas; Oil gas; Producer gas; Retort; Town gas plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644969174     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920500506790     Document Type: Review

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