What is the chemical formula of producer gas?

Answer 1

It depends on what you mean:

In the US, this could be:

• Wood Gas - has no specific formula, but a general chemical make-up: Nitrogen N2, 50.9%; Carbon monoxide CO, 27.0%; Hydrogen H2, 14.0%; Carbon dioxide CO2, 4.5%; Methane CH4, 3.0%; Oxygen O2, 0.6%.
• Town Gas- has no standard formula, but is made by the gasification of coal and other constituent elements.
• Syngas - again, no specific formula, and less specific source than wood gas or town gas. Syngas can be distilled from natural gas, or coal or biomass gasification.

In the UK, this could be:

• Suction gas - 2C + O2 + 3.73 N2 → 2CO+ 3.73 N2