[Gasification] Conserve -- Run an Arc reformer now!!

[rkurt at tadaust.org.au]

Could we look at this energy in/energy out situation from a slightly 
different perspective, and could someone do the maths please, as I'm no 
qualified engineer/chemist and would like to understand a bit more than 
I do at the moment.

Take 1 kg of biomass, assume a suitable moisture content. Ie CxHyOz.nH2O

Reform it with arc generated heat. the result will be H2 and CO and H2O.

How much electrical energy will be required. How much syngas will be 
needed to produce that amount of electrical energy, using a reasonably 
efficient generator setup.
How much syngas will be left over and how much energy will it contain.

How much energy would be in producer gas made with a representative 
gasifier from that same amount of biomass.

Ignore questions of scale and losses. Also the influence of potassium, 
phosphorus and other nutrients in the biomass. This should give an idea 
of a theoretical maximum output from such a system.

please :)
Kurt