Carbon Monoxide Generating Carbon Monoxide using a Charcoal Burner
This method of generation is commonly used as it is simple to set up and all necessary items are readily obtained. A charcoal burner can made from a steel container or by using a brazier or making use of prepackaged charcoal BBQ grill.
If you make your own burner, obtain good quality charcoal to reduce the level of unwanted smoke produced. A car, or a small room that can be sealed, is the only other requirement.
In the series of experiments carried out by Exit, a small prepackaged charcoal burner was set alight and placed on the floor of a small car. The level of carbon monoxide inside the car was continuously monitored.
Other tests were carried out using a sealed 20ft shipping container as the closed environment with a brazier loaded with 1.5 Kgm of good quality charcoal was set alight and placed in the centre of the floor and the container doors shut (See Fig 6.7). Again the carbon monoxide concentration within the container was continuously sampled from outside using a sampling probe.