Re: Hydrogen / coal gas conversions

[Clive P Sherriff]

Attachments : Conversion to run on gases was common in Europe during both world wars, the gas being either supplied from depots in Gas bags on the roof, via compressed gas in cylinders, or generated by wood burners fitted to the rear of cars / lorries / busses etc.   Here are a few examples, so yes, the XPAG would run fine on coal gas, propane etc   Clive   [img]cid:506E0DFC03AD441EA12302386F24C49F@computer1[/img]   [img]cid:D4DEAB65F24A46B99E68E9BEB9307CDD@computer1[/img]  

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] mingle54@btinternet.com [mg-tabc] [b]To:[/b] graham.knight5@gmail.com ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, August 30, 2017 9:48 AM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] Hydrogen   Hi  Whilst there is much talk of phasing out petrol and diesel cars by 2030, it is NEW petrol and diesel cars that are to be phased out, I think there will be plenty of both petrol and diesel cars around for well after 2030 otherwise the oil industry would not be very happy! I believe prior to and possibly just after ww2, MG used to run the engines on coal gas in the factory before sale. Regards Mike  [b]From:[/b] "Graham Knight graham.knight5@gmail.com [mg-tabc]" mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 10:24 [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] Hydrogen   Dear All, Warning! Speculative discussion you may prefer to ignore. The word in Europe is that petrol and diesel cars will be phased out by 2030. Although there may well be exemptions for "historic" vehicles, I imagine petrol and diesel fuels will become difficult and expensive to buy. I read in a recent copy of "New Scientist" (UK popular science magazine) of research at a US Army Research Lab in Maryland that had discovered an aluminium compound that catalysed the break-down of water into hydrogen and oxygen. If this scales up and is economic it could provide a viable and portable way of generating hydrogen fuel. So, what would it need to convert an XPAG to run on hydrogen? Would it be feasible to use a hydrogen/oxygen mix to avoid generating toxic Nitrogen compounds? It can't be that hard. I recall that some London buses were converted to run on coal gas during WW2! Graham

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