Safety of Wood Gas [Gasification] storing wood gas.

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Hello all,

KC> So...  If  someone  wanted  to design and build a safe system that
KC> used Wood Gas, where would they go to get guidance on how to do it
KC> properly?  The  Gasification List should be a good place to start.
KC> Possibly  the Safety Section of the Bioenergy List Site could be a
KC> Repository for such guidelines?

Some  of  the  below are things I've wanted to know about wood gas but
have not found answers to yet.

1.  At  room  temp  70C  or around 85F what pressure would you need to
liquefy wood gas?

2. At around 100 PSI what is the minimum temp we could expect a liquid
wood  gas  to  evaporate  or  boil.  Propane  is  something like -30F.
Gasoline is barely boiling at room temp.

3. Wood gas is made of several different gasses I believe some of them
are   CO,   Methane,   Butane,  propane,  and  others  in  much  lower
concentrations  as the carbon chains get longer. I believe most if not
all  of  the  gasses are made of larger molecules and should be fairly
easy  to  contain  with  a valve and cylinder. Is this correct? Or are
there molecules that are small and hard to contain like hydrogen?

Best regards.

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