[Gasification] Re: [Stoves] improving charcoal stoves

[psanders at ilstu.edu]

Phil,

Thanks for the reply.  I see that you are correct.

12 + 1 x 1.4 + 16 x 0.6 = 23.     About 40 years since my last 
chemistry class,
but I should have seen that.

Paul

Quoting Phil Marsh <marshbros at mcbridebc.com>:

> Paul:
>
> Only the Hydrogen is multiplied by 1.4
>
> Phil Marsh
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> -----Original Message-----
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> psanders at ilstu.edu
> Sent: May 30, 2006 7:46 AM
> To: Thomas Reed
> Cc: gasificatioN; Dean Still; 'Stoves-List'
> Subject: [Gasification] Re: [Stoves] improving charcoal stoves
>
> Tom,
>
> I always appreciate your scientific completeness, but I still have a
> question or
> two, especially about how much of the air is primary and how much is
> secondary. To All:  Tom is very concise, and my comments below are my
> efforts to understand
> and restate those chemical events.  Please correct my errors.
>
> 1.  You say that wood is    CH1.4 + O .6  with molecular weight of 23.
> Where do
> you get the 23 out of values of 12, 1, 16?   1.4 x 13 = 18.2   and 0.6
> of 16 is
> 9.6.    I am happy with it being 23 if you say it is, but I do not know
> where
> you got that value.       (more questions after this repeat of what you
> wrote:
>

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