[Stoves] Damp fuel in TLUDs

[Paul Anderson]

Crispin,

Please do ask your friend Raiz Ahmad to conduct the experiment if it is 
not too taxing.

> We could easily investigate this by taking gas samples from within the 
> bed as the front goes by and later, under different air flow 
> conditions to see if there is a detectable level of water gas 
> production. I will ask Riaz Ahmad at CAU if he is interested in look 
> at that. It is in his area of research.

Paul

Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
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On 3/23/2016 11:19 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
>
> Dear Paul
>
> “It cannot occur at the relatively low temperatures of pyrolysis, and 
> certainly not occur in the zone where the char is not glowing red-hot.”
>
> Prof Lloyd (a chemistry professor) disagrees and I have numerous lab 
> tests to support his position. When wet fuel is in close contact with 
> hot fuel (I am not sure about the requirement for ‘glowing’)
>
> The water gas shift reaction takes places almost continuously. There 
> are multiple chemical pathways for the combustion to take place. I was 
> surprised to find that so much carbon goes straight to CO2 on the 
> surface of char that is only 400°C.
>
> We could easily investigate this by taking gas samples from within the 
> bed as the front goes by and later, under different air flow 
> conditions to see if there is a detectable level of water gas 
> production. I will ask Riaz Ahmad at CAU if he is interested in look 
> at that. It is in his area of research.
>
> Regards
>
> Crispin
>
>
>
>
>
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