[Stoves] CO- and Oxygen-affinity to haemoglobine

[frank]

Well - we do have an anaerobic intestinal track attached to our mouth. 
Perhaps some CO2 gets reduced to CO and then all we need is a burp. : )
Frank



Bruce Stahlberg wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance but is it normal to breathe out carbon monoxide 
> out of our bodies?  Where is the CO coming from? I have never heard 
> that we naturally create a gas which we normally want to avoid.
>
> I have heard that smokers will breathe out CO but that would explain 
> how it got there.  Of course in urban settings with lots of car 
> exhaust we could also potentially have CO in our system but that 
> concept just caught me by surprise.
>
> A clarification would be helpful.   Thanks.
>
> Bruce
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" 
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> To: "'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'" 
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> Subject: Re: [Stoves] CO- and Oxygen-affinity to haemoglobine
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>
>> Hi Ron
>>
>> By using a calibrated combustion analyser.
>>
>> We breathe out far more CO than we breathe in. Actually I didn't test my
>> combustion efficiency. I will get a CO/CO2 ratio for myself sometime.
>>
>> Regards
>> Crispin
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Sorry, Crispin, but I'm confused:  how do you know what you're 
>> breathing out
>> and whether the analyzer is registering CO or something different?
>>
>> regards,
>> ron
>> w
>> h
>>
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