producer gas

American  

noun

1. a gas composed of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and nitrogen, obtained by passing air and steam through incandescent coke: used as an industrial fuel, in certain gas engines, and in the manufacture of ammonia.

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producer gas British  

noun

1. Also called: air gas.  a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel See also water gas

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Etymology

Origin of producer gas

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The composition of producer gas differs considerably, principally according to the material from which it is made.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

We had thus to find a cheap method of eliminating these two gases from the producer gas, and converting them at the same time into their equivalent of hydrogen.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 by Various

If we ignore the hydrogen contained in the fuel, the theoretical composition of producer gas would be 33.3% CO and 66.7% N, both by volume and weight.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

He simply fills a twenty-foot tube with briquets made out of soda ash, iron and coke and passes producer gas through the heated tube.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

If steam boilers be used, they will be fired with producer gas, and the holders will become simply pressure regulators.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various