[Stoves] Producer gas without nitrogen

[Marc Pare]

Dear. A.D. Karve,

Careful about compressing producer gas:

>From Bear at All Power Labs
http://gekgasifier.com/forums/index.php/topic/193-gas-storage/

Energy - If you want to minimize the volume, you'd think of compressing it.
The energy density becomes an issue again. The energy used by the
compressor seriously starts to use the potential energy in the gas you're
compressing.

Reversion - I don't have the specific numbers, but *CO is not stable will
revert to solid carbon and O2 over time. The rate will increase with
compression.*

Most importantly:
Safety - *The produced gas has very high levels of CO. Storing, and
especially compressing, the gas leads to risks of rapid release of the gas.
THIS IS NOT SAFE.** *


Marc Paré
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology | Université de Technologie de Compiègne

my cv, etc. | http://notwandering.com


On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Anand Karve <adkarve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> thanks for enlightening me about molecular sieves. From the information
> received from members of the gasification and pyrolysis group, it appears
> to be within the realm of possibility to produce pyrolysis gas without
> nitrogen. This opens up the possibility of bottling nitrogen free producer
> gas and using it as automotive fuel. Even a TLUD stove would burn much
> better if supplied with primary air without nitrogen.
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
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