Water Gas Definition and Uses ThoughtCo
In 1828, water gas was produced in England by blowing steam across whitehot coke. In 1873, Thaddeus Lowe patented a process that used the watergas shift reaction to enrich the gas with hydrogen. In Lowe's process, pressurized steam was shot over hot coal, with heat maintained using chimneys. The resulting gas was cooled and scrubbed ...