Re: Wood Gas - The Future Biomass-Derived Fuel

Tegger <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sorry, but I'm a bit confused here. CO contains only carbon and oxygen. I
thought the usable energy from a hydrocarbon came from its hydrogen being
mixed with oxygen. How would you use CO to make power without hydrogen?

You squeeze it and spark it, and it burns, producing CO2. It doesn't burn
with a vast amount of energy and it pings like mad, but you can run an
engine off it because it will oxidize.

Hydrocarbons are much better fuels, because you have both the carbon AND
the hydrogen reacting with oxygen... you get more oxidation per unit volume.

Water gas and producer gases are kind of the fuels of last resort that people
use when they don't have anything else. They make you really appreciate
what a miracle petroleum is.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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