Recycling and utilization of calcium carbide slag ScienceDirect
The other is the coalbased process that produces CaC 2 by the reaction of coal char with CaO, and then reacts with water to produce acetylene. The latter one is suitable for coalrich countries, such as China. In 2020, the CaC 2 production capacity in China was about million tons [12], and the corresponding CCS was 40 million tons.