> >If the CH4 is produced in a biomass digester would I still have to use >the reformer with Pt-cat? > >George
There are 2 different approaches getting mixed up here. One makes methanol from "synthesis gas", also called "producer gas", which is a mixture of mostly CO, CO2, and H2, with a little N2 and CH4 in there. This mixture is made by pyrolysis (heating without air) of biomass. The other approach makes methanol from methane and steam. This is the typical methanol synthesis method used today, with the methane coming from natural gas. It could also use methane from biomass digestion. Both approaches need catalysts, but not the same catalysts. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4. No Minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/BgmYkB/VovDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
