Dear Mr. Bland: Thank you for your very useful, concise and instructive primer on hydrocarbon gases. In particular you laid to rest the old saw about making biogas or gasifier gas into methanol - the compressor costs become horribly expensive at small scales and make such process only suitable for large-scale systems. Of course you still have to clean up the gas to remove tars, etc.... I hope this will lay to rest this whole business. One question though: what about making H2? I would be interested in your answer. Sincerely, John R. Benemann, Ph.D. 3434 Tice Creek Dr. No.1 Walnut Creek, CA 94595 (925) 939 5864 Fax (925) 944 1205 Cell (925) 352 3352 jbenemann@aol.com Gasification List Moderator: Tom Reed, Biomass Energy Foundation, tombreed@attbi.com Biomass = Energy Foundation, www.woodgas.com List-Post: <mailto:gasification@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:gasification-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gasification-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gasification-subscribe@crest.org> - Gasification List Archives http://www.crest.org/discussion/gasification/200202/ Bioenergy 2002 http://www.bioenergy2002.org/ 200 kWe CHP Discussion http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/gasification/200kWCHP.html Gasification Reference http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975339_7.html >
