[Gasification] Hot charcoal for exhaust cleaning

[Ken Boak]

Gents,

I am running a 1950 Lister CS 6hp stationary diesel engine on filtered waste vegetable oil and need some advice about the possibility of using a hot charcoal bed for cleaning up the exhaust gases.

Will hot charcoal reduce the unburnt hydrocarbon compounds?

If sufficient air was entrained with the exhaust gas flow with a simple mixer, could the exhaust fumes be further consumed by reduction and combustion within the hot charcoal, and provide useful heat output.

Any insight into the use of charcoal in this manner would be appreciated.

It is likely that I will have a supply of carbonised woodchip charcoal as a result of running a woodchip gasifier.


Thanks in advance,


Ken Boak


London