Hi, Here's some interesting info on methanol from wood
regards tallex Liquid fuels from wood - ethanol, methanol, diesel http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1991/zerbe91a.pdf Methanol From Wood Waste: A Technical and Economic Study http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr12.pdf Technical Aspects of Using Forest Biomass Wood has been transformed to produce methanol or wood alcohol for over 350 years http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.Forest_Energy/fact_sheets/pdf/FactSheetbiomass_Final.pdf These factories converted logs into charcoal, methanol (wood alcohol), and acetate of lime or acetic acid http://www.smethporthistory.org/crosby/wood.htm Get your daily alternative energy news Alternate Energy Resource Network 1000+ news sources-resources updated daily http://www.alternate-energy.net Next Generation Grid http://groups.yahoo.com/group/next_generation_grid/ Alternative Energy Politics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Alternative_Energy_Politics/ Earth_Rescue_International http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Earth_Rescue_International/ Tomorrow-energy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tomorrow-energy/ > -------Original Message------- > From: Kurt Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Making Methanol > Sent: 24 Nov '06 02:38 > > It's possible, using the same process as rendering methanol from natural > gas, but as I recall some of their catalysts are pretty nasty. Takes a > good bit of steam, too, at least during certain portions of the process. > > -Kurt > > Thomas Kelly wrote: > > It appears to be difficult to make methanol from wood. > > > > Is it possible/reasonable to make methanol from methane gas? > > Methane gas generated from manure would make the methanol > > produced from it renewable and carbon neutral. > > Tom > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
