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

The use of producer gas no doubt pays on a large scale; and things on a large scale, so far as gas is concerned, are not matters with which I have time to concern myself.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 by Various

It is true that ordinary producer gas always contains more or less CO2, but this may be formed higher up by air entering through leakages in the apparatus.

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

The furnaces can be heated with producer gas in most cases, but when space is of value illuminating gas from a separate source of supply has some compensations.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

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.