Dear all,
Some instruments provide "derived measurements" based on from
calculations from other truer, actual measurements. Could this be the
case of H2 amounts being derived from the CO measurements? If so (or
only mostly so), that would explain the nearly perfect (>97%)
correlation between the two lines on the graph.
What do we know about the instrument? And specifically how is H2
detected and quantified?
This is NOT my forte, so I am just raising the questions and am open to
factual responses.
Paul
Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
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On 9/11/2013 7:17 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
Dear Andrew
Hydrogen is highly reactive in gaseous form and influences many
electrochemical cells. It is detected electrically, usually in the CO
cell. I agree with Harold that we should rule out some sort of
instrument error, but then the CO level is compensated for the H2
meaning they both should be working if the H2 is.
It remains an interesting problem.
Re the town gas, a major step in the production was to spray the hot
coal with water to fracture it creating CO and H2 in the process
(water gas) and when I first heard that I was amazed.
What crazy guy thought of that??
J
Crispin
>Charcoal stove, was operating, but "everything was cooled"??? Meaning
>that there was no "serious" (as in glowing red) char in the stove, but
>emissions were still coming off, correct?
If this was the case then I would expect the char would still be
undergoing pyrolysis and the higher tar molecules splitting. As you
all know town gas was originally made by heating coal to drive off CO
and H2.
That these molecules would survive the combustion is interesting but
could simply be the dilution by other combustion products putting the
air:fuel ratio out of range.
How does a hydrogen cell sense the presence of hydrogen i.e. what
mechanism is involved in the measuring instrument?
AJH
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