[Gasification] CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

[Thomas Reed]

Dear QFWHELL

I had had vague thoughts along this line a few years ago, using sodium hydroxide (lye, available at grocery stores) to generate H2 according to (?)

2Al + 2NaOH ==> 2 NaAlO + H2

This reaction will generate H2 from aluminum cans.

 It is similar to the carbide reaction,

CaC2 + 2 H2O ==> Ca(OH)2 +  C2H2 (Acetylene)

The carbide lamps give a brilliant light for spelunkers.  

I used to work for Union Carbide which had it's roots in making calcium carbide in huge electric furnaces in Niagra Falls.

Tom Reed



Dr Thomas B Reed
President, The Biomass Energy Foundation
www.Woodgas.com

On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:51 PM, GF <gfwhell at aol.com> wrote:

> 
>     
> The other day I posted an article on this site concerning:
>  Cornish Hydrogen Generator. Keelynet,  which describes a method of converting
> Aluminum into its oxide and in the process cracks water, freeing up hydrogen for use as fuel for a light car.
> By all accounts, using this gas in the place of any other fuel.
> Distances and the amount of metal used in this attainment were mentioned.
> I was hoping for a reaction from one of the many “Energy Economists”
> Who lurk on this site, to respond with negative information regarding the impracticality and waste fullness of such a process?
> I believe there is a large following on this site who are interested in obtaining electrical power using renewable energy, derived from carbon neutral sources.
> They might question the economics and ethics of using a refined ore as fuel.
> Instead of chopping down oxygen producing vegetation.  
> In this respect I am a nonconformist. I believe most Aluminum is produced by Hydro electric power and, so the CO2 is not in the equation.
> My second comment is harnessing a “free” supply of high temperature heat which is emitted from most Ice’s in the form of “Hot Exhaust”.
> This is the place to install a reactor capable of converting beer cans into hydrogen as not too much energy would be needed to complete the reaction. Bubbling super heated steam through a molten bath of AL would give pure hydrogen.
> No tar, and the ash is a hot commodity
>  
> The real question is: how much energy is locked up in a pound of AL
>  
> gfwhell
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