Keith, I too found information on the process of creating methanol from syn-gas (CO, CO2, H2): http://www.methanex.com/emergingenergy/syngasfactory.htm
Although I could not find out how the natural gas is transformed into the syngas, I did find some information on destructive distillation: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA5/MAIN/1ORGANIC/ORG18/DDWOOD/MOVIE.HTM This is an "alcohol fuels glossary" - I recommend everyone look at this if you are interested in alcohol fuels: http://www.dnr.state.la.us/SEC/EXECDIV/TECHASMT/lep/fal87/020.htm Methanol toxicity: http://csf.colorado.edu/envtecsoc/2000/msg00541.html Oh, I found this too: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_sawdust.html I may do an experiment this summer on the feasibility of home destructive distillation. -- --- Martin Klingensmith http://nnytech.net/ http://infoarchive.net/ Keith Addison wrote: >Seems it doesn't make very much. Ken Provost previously said he'd >found a lot of info on small-scale methanol production, maybe he can >help - but I tried similar searches and didn't find much at all. I >also asked the good folks at the GAS list (gasification) at CREST, >and got a response from Dr Tom Reed, who did a great deal of work on >methanol fuelk production in the 70s and after. His view was that >there's nothing there for backyarders, or not yet anyway. You're more >or less left with destructive distillation from cellulose products >(wood) or steam reformation of syngas (I think). Also, do an archive >search for "Hynol". > >Best > >Keith > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/pDi3hB/OC5FAA/AG3JAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
