经过合适的触媒，合成煤气可以转化为燃料。

With suitable catalysts, syngas can be turned into fuel.

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这叫做高温分解，之后可以得到一氧化碳和氢气，也就是合成煤气(好像初中时候说过的水煤气——by译者)。

This is called pyrolysis and, if done correctly, results in a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen called "syngas" (short for synthesis gas).

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煤焦油是伦敦煤气道路照明几乎无限的副产物，利用便宜量大的煤焦油，染厂于1857年开始生产世界上第一种合成染色材料。

Utilising the cheap and plentiful coal tar that was an almost unlimited byproduct of London's gas street lighting, the dye works began producing the world's first synthetically dyed material in 1857.

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