Talk:Syngas

Does that mean to say CO(H2)3?

It says that syngas is CO + 3H2. Does that mean to say CO(H2)3? ---The Penguin---

No, it means that it consists of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas in a 1:3 molar ratio HappyCamper 02:23, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Gasified coal is one source of syngas

Gasified coal is one source of syngas and so you could merge this topic into the syngas page, but to treat syngas fully, it is necessary to also mention that syngas can be produced by reformation of NG and by gasification of biomass. NG production of syngas is infact quite important since several large auto and energy companies are now using or considering using this technology.

What under Gasified coal isn't covered in coal's Liquefaction section? Simesa 04:28, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is also an article on town gas

There is also an article on town gas, could these all be merged together?

No, one involves gassification, one involves liquefaction. Lokiloki 07:22, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Syngas" should be a disambiguation page

Don't forget wood gas, which is an extensive article. I think putting all of these under the heading of "gasified coal" gives the impression that coal is the only (or best) source of hydrocarbon gases. In my opinion "syngas" should be a disambiguation page that points to the various methods. --Benjamindees 04:05, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a good idea. Creat an article for "Synthetic Gas" with the current contents of Syngas and make it a disamiguation page. Who all is in favor of this solution? Reflux 17:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Benjamindees, I strongly disagree with this idea. Anyone who carefully reads the opening paragraphs in this article with a neutral point of view (NPOV), as required by Wikipedia's NPOV policy, will see that it does not stress coal gasification as the only or best way of producing syngas. The term "syngas" has been widely used in the engineering community for about 40 to 45 years of my 55+ years as a chemical engineer ... and I don't think it should be relegated to a disambiguation page.

Reflux, I welcome you to Wikipedia. We badly need more engineers. But please don't be in such a rush to ask for some sort of straw vote on this. Wait until there has been at least 4 or 5 other responses. After all, Benjamindees made this suggestion 8-9 months ago and had no response until now ... which indicates to me that it had little support. - mbeychok 18:38, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Looking at how the page is setup, especially with "See Also" links at the bottom, I think it's good the way it is currently. I didn't mean to have my, "Who all is in favor of this solution?" as being a vote but simply a calling for other people to voice their opinion on the idea. I figured all this time without a response was simply because this topic doesn't get as much traffic as others. Reflux 05:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Water gas article that should merged here

There is also a water gas article that should merged here, I think.

water gas is a different gas and chemical than Syngas Reflux 10:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They'r all different fuels they need different pages

I recommend that Syngas and Towngas remain separated

Since the name ˈˈˈsyngasˈˈˈ has a specific background and ˈˈˈtown gasˈˈˈ is very generic I recommend that they remain separated. Benkeboy 16:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree they should be kept the on their own pages. The reading I've done about research with syngas uses that term, Synthetic Gas, and not "town gas" or "wood gas" Reflux 10:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the suggested merging of the Town gas article into this one

On March 27, 2006, User:Petri Krohn tagged this article with a suggestion of merging the Town Gas article into this article and the tag asks for discussion. I do wish that when someone tags an article like that, he/she would state the reasons for doing so here on the Discussion page to start the ball rolling. It would only be courteous to do so.

I oppose the suggestion most strongly. Anyone reading the Town gas article in detail will see that:

It is badly in need of some good organization.
A lot of it is very badly written. Some of it reads like some notes written on a piece of scrap paper. Other parts read as if they are just lists of what else is needed.
It needs some thorough Wikifying.

In my opinion, before the Town gas article is merged with any other article, it needs a complete rework and rewrite by an expert in the field. - mbeychok 07:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]