venerdì, giugno 20, 2008

Bingo!


Our 104 meter deep hole is closed.

The well driller closed again the hole after being sure we would have no change to find water.

We had a lot of rain the other week, and that’s why we thought it would be normal to see some water bubbling above the ex-hole.

Maybe a reaction between air, water, and ground.

The funny thing was that these day’s it didn’t stop bubbling.
Yesterday, together with the plumber and g
eological assistance ,
we measured with a small tool, wundering if there was maybe some gas?

BINGO!

The tool signed maximum!

So what to do???

Instead of finding water we found Methane.

We have to do some research hoping the gas will exspire….but I’m afraid it will not so….

If one of you has an Idea how to handel next...…please......
you are welcome…..




Some information about Methane.


Wikipedia

Methane is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4. It is the simplest alkane, and the principal component of natural gas. Methane's bond angles are 109.5 degrees. Burning methane in the presence of oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water. The relative abundance of methane and its clean burning process makes it a very attractive fuel. However, because it is a gas at normal temperature and pressure, methane is difficult to transport from its source. In its natural gas form, it is generally transported in bulk by pipeline or LNG carriers; few countries still transport it by truck.

Methane is a relatively potent greenhouse gas with a high global warming potential of 72 (averaged over 20 years) or 25 (averaged over 100 years).[1] Methane in the atmosphere is eventually oxidized, producing carbon dioxide and water. As a result, methane in the atmosphere has a half life of seven years (if no methane was added, then every seven years, the amount of methane would halve).

The abundance of methane in the Earth's atmosphere in 1998 was 1745 parts per billion, up from 700 ppb in 1750. In the same time period, CO2 increased from 278 to 365 parts per million. The radiative forcing effect due to this increase in methane abundance is about one-third of that of the CO2 increase.[2] In addition, there is a large, but unknown, amount of methane in methane clathrates in the ocean floors. Global warming could release this methane, which could cause a further sharp rise in global temperatures. Such releases of methane may have been a major factor in previous major extinction events. The Earth's crust also contains huge amounts of methane. Large amounts of methane are produced anaerobically by methanogenesis. Other sources include mud volcanoes which are connected with deep geological faults.