At 11:21 AM 6/2/99 -0700, Eugene Leitl wrote:
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>Ethanol, yes. Hydrocarbons, no, at least not at room temperature.
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>Burning ethanol in a fuel cell is less desirable because it is more
>difficult to synthesize than methanol (the latter being readily
>available from synthesis gas).
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>Try http://www1.mhv.net/~hfcletter/ , or
>http://www.methanol.org/fuelcell/
Thank you. Although the links still seem to be talking 'reforming' rather than using the methane directly. I guess reforming methane loses much less energy than, say, reforming gasoline. We are getting there, little by little.
Chuck Kuecker