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 <[email protected]> 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 > > 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 <[email protected]> >> 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) >> >> In an efficient heat integrated scheme , the heat of the reaction can be >> recovered as superheated high pressure steam. >> >> H. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Apr 11, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Anand Karve <[email protected]> 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) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gasification mailing list >>> >>> to Send a Message to the list, use the email address >>> [email protected] >>> >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page >>> http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org >>> >>> for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: >>> http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gasification mailing list >> >> to Send a Message to the list, use the email address >> [email protected] >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page >> http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org >> >> for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: >> http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
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