Safety of Wood Gas [Gasification] storing wood gas.

[Arnt Karlsen]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:30:42 -0300, Daniel wrote in message 
<1150464642.3467.243.camel at strangejava.wort.ca>:

> On Fri, 2006-16-06 at 08:15 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> 
> > > 1.  At  room  temp  70C  or around 85F what pressure would you
> > > need to liquefy wood gas?
> > 
> >      I'm not sure if it is even possible to liquefy woodgas, but it
> > certainly isn't economically feasible. Seems like, IIRC, it just
> > can't be done.
> 
> Not at non-cryogenic temperatures (i.e. liquefaction is therefore
> infeasible for most use cases).
> 
> The N2 portion would require that you cool it to liquid nitrogen
> temperature (77K, roughly -200C or -330F).  This would liquefy (or
> would it freeze?) the CO and CH4 portions.  The CO2 portion would
> freeze, and would have to be separated.
> 
> But the H2 portion would still be gaseous - it would be even more
> impractical to liquefy it.

..aye, "just chill it a wee bit more", to ~5K, ~-270C, ~-460F.

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