Re: GAS-L: The "Hydrogen Economy": Bleak or Bright?

[Peter Singfield <snkm@btl.net>]

Dear John and list;

At 01:53 PM 11/21/2002 EST, JBenemann@aol.com wrote:
>Dear Tom:

*********Snipped*********

>Re. H2, I think we have a similar situation - biomass gasification may not
be 
>a good approach to produce H2, due to the clean-up, etc., required.  
>Fermentations maybe a tad better, maybe.  (I should state I work on H2 
>fermentations, so I may be biased).  

I believe Tom Taylor is also well versed in this field of endeavor --
wonder if we can get him to "repeat" what he has been telling us all along??

>
>But then the question becomes what to do with the H2.  

Combine it with CO and make synthesis gas??

"The objective of the reforming reactor is to produce as much synthesis gas
(a 
mixture of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide) as possible"

The hard part is getting H2 from biomass. It is relatively simple to make
CO from biomass charcoal.

Blending these two is not any kind of a problem.

Purifying both is tricky.

Tom -- I know you solved most of this already -- further -- in a "size"
well adapted to "small" gas plant models -- perfect for even 3rd world.

Tom's system could utilize the bagasse left over from cane pressing to make
synthetic liquid fuels. Kind of a double whammy -- ferment cane juice to
"strong-rum" and synthetic liquid fuel from the bagasse as well.

Peter / Belize

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

>