GAS-L: Peter Einstein Singfield was Re: Gasification terminology

["Bruno M." <brunom1@yucom.be>]

 > In a message dated 1/28/02 4:24:13 AM, Harry.Parker@ttu.edu writes:
 > Hello all,
 > We have to get our terms clarified. To me gasification is the reaction 
of carbon with steam,
 > but some of you may call it the water gas shift reaction too.
 >          C + H2O <---> CO + H2
 > This reaction is highly endothermic since you are "unburning" water.
 > The combustible hydrocarbons you get from organic matter pyrolysis are a 
bonus.
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>At 07:31 30/01/2002 -0600, Peter Singfield wrote:
>Dear Harry, Tom and All:
>
>Regarding your statement:
> >The above endothermic reaction results in real processes
> >being rather inefficient, usually about 50%.
>--snip--
>
>You can't simply make energy disappear -- or get lost.
>
>One last hint -- the CO in the mentioned H2 reaction products is utilized
>to operate the catalytic converter -- to fuel to reaction.
>
>Also -- you can straight convert excess CO from the above to H2
>using the tin liquid metal bath -- with extremely high efficiencies.
>If they can do all this in a car -- certainly they can do it in a coal
>fueled power plant??
>Peter Singfield / Belize

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Dear Peter,

Please tel us about your last hint, how exactly do you turn excess CO into H2 ?
If you realy can do that, you can make from every (sustainable ) hydrocarbon
source the cleanest Hydrogen wich will stop the greenhouse gas emissions
of CO2 worldwide; and you'll be the next Bill Gate§ if you pattent it :-))  LOL

Now serious, I realy like to know, how coal and biomasse can be used in a car
to power a fuelcell, since you know a lot more about fuelcells than about 
chemistry :-)

sorry about the yoke, couldnt help it,
just a chemist,
Bruno Meersman

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