I was thinking of doing it in a closed container, were no air could get in and
provide an O2 source ( maybe even under a low vacuum ), that would limit the
flammability issue.
As for making ethanol and then methanol, I was thinking that the steps for
making ethanol from cellulose is a known process, and for those that want
methanol for making BioDiesel, could use that step, while the experiments with
wood slurry continue.
A thought just occurred to me, what about treating the wood, as you would to
make ethanol, to break down the cellulose. If I remember correctly, it is done
in solution with an acid or with bacteria. The bacteria, I am thinking, might
be better for your purposes, because they would add to the carbon solution.
Greg H.
----- Original Message -----
From: Walt Patrick
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 19:11
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Methanol
No. I expect it would work, but I'd rather use something which wasn't a
flammable.
>What I was wondering, would it be easier to convert biomass to
>Ethanol, then with electricity, convert the Ethanol to syngas?
I can't see how. Our reason for making methanol is to be able to
generate
a liquid automotive fuel from renewable resources already available on our
land. If one has ethanol, then why not just run one's car on that?
Walt
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