Mondgas

Fossil fuel from gasification of

• Coal in coke ovens
• Bituminous shale

Typical Composition

About 5 MJ / Nm ³

Moon gas is a hydrogen - carbon gas which has been used in the past for the production of ammonia and as fuel gas.

This mixed gas is named after its discoverer, Ludwig Mond, a British chemist and industrialist of German origin.

In the 19th and 20th centuries it was a commonly used and well known coking product. Use was made of the gas in coke ovens and blast furnaces in the steel industry. Through gasification gas-rich coal with air in the presence of excess, superheated refrigerant vapor at low temperature, a gas, at any time the temperature could be maintained in the oven with the created. When burned was explosions.

Alternatively, it can be recovered from bituminous shale using water vapor and ammonia.

Moon gas has a high content of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, ammonia, and volatile tar, and a calorific value from 3.3 to 6.3 MJ / Nm ³.