Water to Fuel -- Charcoal Gasification: Part 5
Channel: Off Grid Pro
Date: 09/11/2014

Now this is more like it!!! In the previous video, we all saw the brilliant blue flame indicative of carbon monoxide. As beautiful as it is to watch, this flame is a mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Hydrogen is the lightest gas in the universe, and also burns nearly 10 x faster than any other known gas. It's an ideal fuel when combusted.

When combusted (oxidized), the byproduct is water. Yeah... that's right. The exhaust pipe just drips water.

H2 + ½O2 → H2O

This producer gas will work just fine in an engine. When you consider that nearly 100% of the hydrogen you see in this video comes from water, a virtually free resource, the ramifications become clear as to the potential of this alternative energy source.

Gasification, when managed holistically, is a sustainable solution. It's merely one of many other technologies that will be needed to reduce our societal dependency on fossil fuels.

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