Replies to post #77837 on Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

[flptrnkng]

please explain where that 14.6% Oxygen in the stack test data came from?

The heat source (butane like fuel) is combusted in air, nominally about 21% oxygen.

Some of that oxygen (about a third of it) combines with carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, creating CO, CO2, NO2, NO3, H2O.

The rest of the oxygen in the air is re-emitted out the stack.

[PaperProphet]

Re:<"While you are explaining why everything is wrong with the JBII process, please explain where that 14.6% Oxygen in the stack test data came from?">

You mean I should explain that without knowing the feedstock or what the products were from that test? Sure, what kind of useless explanation would you like to hear?

Like Flptrnkng said, it may be excess oxygen from the air when it was being burned.

[BigGreen101]

I have been wondering about the oxygen issue myself. If oxygen is in the system, this could be a potential explosion hazard. However, the company has ran the machine without incident.

Thus, it remains a little puzzling to me because oxygen and combustible material do not go well together for safety.