One pound of fuel plus two pounds of oxygen from the air = 3 lbs of exhaust
On 9/23/05, Ray J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how in the hell can you put 1 pound of something in and get 3 pounds of > something out....... everything i have ever been taught says thats not > possible.... > > never mind... I dont even want to know... this is obviously waaaayyyyy > over my head... thanks a lot, now my brain hurts..... :-( :-( > > > Ray J.... > > > Zeke Yewdall wrote: > > >For heavy fuels of indeterminate chemical composition, I usually use > >2.5 to 3 for a rule of thumb for lbs of CO2 produced for each lb of > >fuel consumed. I was actually suprised that this example was about > >the same weight of CO2 as fuel. > > > > > > > > > >>>But very roughly put and depending on the efficiency of combustion, it's > >>>not too difficult to see that one pound of a specific type of fuel going > >>>into a turbine or engine (a long carbon chain) can turn into two or > >>>three plus pounds of CO2 coming out. > >>> > >>>Todd Swearingen > >>> > >>> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Biofuel mailing list > >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
