[Gasification] eliminating carbon monoxide from coal gas

[Henri Naths]

This chemical reaction is exothermic. Recover the heat and use it in the reaction as super heated steam to gasify the charcoal. C+h2o reacts at 200c. Apparently sustainable. 



> On Apr 12, 2015, at 7:36 PM, Viswanathan KS <viswanathanks at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dr Karve wrote
> Quote
> --------. When hot charcoal is treated with steam, it produces coal
> gas, consisting of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. We have
> used this reaction in an experimental stove, in which the coal gas is
> used as fuel.   Can anybody suggest a simple method of removing carbon
> monoxide from coal gas?
> Unquote
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> Is this reaction sustainable or will the charcoal fire get extinguished due to prolonged passage of steam?
> 
> The answer to this question should determine the continuation of the discussion.
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 6:54 AM, Henri Naths <c_hnaths at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>> Hello Anand
>> 
>> Some of  the CO can be removed using the water gas reaction. This well known stoichiometry of the water the water-gas shift reaction is : co+h20 <=>h2+co2+heat ( exothermic)
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>> In an efficient heat integrated scheme , the heat of the reaction can be recovered as superheated high pressure steam.
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>>> On Apr 11, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Anand Karve <adkarve at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Coal gas as automotive fuel
>>> Agriculture, forests and urban centres  in India produce annually
>>> about 1000 million tons of combustible waste biomass. Its energy
>>> content is almost 3 times as much as the petroleum that we currently
>>> use in our country.  Samuchit Enviro Tech developed a simple and
>>> nonpolluting technology for converting combustible biomass into
>>> charcoal. When hot charcoal is treated with steam, it produces coal
>>> gas, consisting of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. We have
>>> used this reaction in an experimental stove, in which the coal gas is
>>> used as fuel.   Can anybody suggest a simple method of removing carbon
>>> monoxide from coal gas?
>>> Yours
>>> A.D.Karve
>>> 
>>> ***
>>> Dr. A.D. Karve
>>> 
>>> Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (www.samuchit.com)
>>> 
>>> Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)
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