[Stoves] units of measure question

Jeff Davis jeff0124 at velocity.net
Fri Jun 8 20:39:48 CDT 2007


Frank wrote:
> If a book reports units of "30g/Nm3" tar produced - what does that mean?
> I think it means there are 30 grams of tar per cubic meter of gas.  But
> what does the 'N' mean?

I think it means "normalized". They measure the gas volume at a standard
temp and maybe atmopheric pressure. Don't recall the value but I'm sure it
is on the web. If I was at home I could look it up in a book.

Please correct me if I'm wrong!!!



Best regards,


Jeff



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Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA



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