<x-charset ISO-8859-1>methane from bio sources - waste treatment etc - often has hydrogen sulfide in it, which is corrosive. I think this is where you go tconfused. methane itself is odorless, colorless, and non-corrosive. The 'gas smell' is added for safety reasons. Same with propane.
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "look4bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff, I think you need to do some more research. > > Citing:http://www.technocarb.com/natgasproperties.htm > > "The composition of natural gas is never constant. However, Methane > is by far the largest component, its presence accounting for about 95% > of the total volume. Other components are: Ethane, Propane, Butane, > Pentane, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide, and traces of other gases. Very > small amounts of sulphur compounds are also present. " > > According to *every* thing I've seen, methane is just about the > cleanest burn there is, sans hydrogen. Engines that burn methane show > reduced wear and cleaner oil, consistently. > > The sulphur compounds are a problem, but are easily gotten rid of by > filtering the gas through iron oxide. > > Bryan > > . > > > > As for fuel, methane is very corrosive. Boilers and everything that > uses it would have to be made corrosion proof. Methane exists in > natural gas, but at low enough concentrations to not be corrosive. If > methane wasn't so corrosive, then I believe it would be a lot more > popular and the main source of it would come from landfills and waste > water treatment plants. > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ </x-charset>
