[Gasification] water injection of producer gas fired ic engines

[Peter Wilson]

To clear things up:

What I had in mind was a small-scale equivalent of the manufactured gas
plants (previously used to make coal gas) installed on an automobile. These
consist of the gasifier, with modifications to allow water/steam injection
on a periodic cycle, plus a carburettor where a light oil is added to enrich
the gas. On a vehicle, the carburettor may not be necessary. Air is blown
into the gasifier, with all products (mostly nitrogen) exhausted out the
top. Then water is injected, cooling it down, and producing CO + H2.
According to www.wikipedia.org/town_gas, the gas obtained is around 40%-50%
H2, with very little nitrogen.

I hope that makes more sense now, but I may be wrong with my figures or
understanding of the chemistry.

Regards
Peter


On 7/6/06, Jesse Klinkhamer <j.klinkhamer at kleanindustries.com> wrote:
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> No miss understand here! You do not need that much water!
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Harmon Seaver
> Sent: July 6, 2006 5:36 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Gasification] water injection of producer gas fired ic
> engines
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> On 7/6/06, jim mason <jimmason at whatiamupto.com> wrote:
> > On 7/6/06, Peter Wilson <petergwilson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > i might be misunderstanding, but there is no need for another reactor
> > vessel.  you want it all to happen in the combustion chamber of the
> > engine, where the exothermic nature of the reactions can be mined by
> > the piston.
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>     Yeah, you are misunderstanding -- he said "why carry all that water?"
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> Harmon Seaver
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