Hello Mr Wayne, Yes, an exta gasket can be necessary. Strange that the VW runs well. It's a prechamber, high compression engine. Regards, DJ ... did ... tries...
Ok, Amount of cold gas in liters per second: (10.4 x 1,750 x 0.5 x 0.48 x 0.72)/60 = 52 [l/s] = 187 [m3/h] Start chopping wood..... It will be the biggest...
... Thanks, Greg, I was thinking maybe the two guys from the myth busters T.V. series. My sons watch that here in Germany at times, I've seen a couple episodes...
You can't compress woodgas; the hydrogen escapes and the carbonmonoxyde falls apart. I WW2 some drivers had a huge balloon on the roof. You don't want that...
Mike, I'm pretty sure I found this book at a link provided in this forum to a California University old books repository. If we just republish this link, I...
Hi all I have been focused on getting a few things done as i have a break until February. I want to get my generator and gasifier set up all running the...
Thanks John!, I could go with the F-700 with a hot water tank, but the propane tanks are thicker. There is a propane dealer here in town so maybe they have...
Hello Jake, What size chips are you using and did you have to do anything special to burn them successfuly? Is it because of the small size of your producer?...
Hi guys, Just my 2 cents on chips. I started there and have pretty much abandoned them. Here is why. If I chip a log it occupies more than 4X the original...
Hmmm... The woodgas will not ignite itself...perhaps you need to retard the injector timing? Does this mean that woodgas flame front is faster than diesel?...
List, Here is the link to the California University archive that I posted a couple of weeks ago. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Gas%22 ...
In Response to what Terry Houston wrote ... special to burn them successfully? Is it because of the small size of your producer? Or do you think if you scaled...
I appreciate your interest, Al, The turkey poo is mixed with rice hulls or sometimes wood shavings, maybe as much as 50% or more. The rice hulls are used as...
... Wayne, I thought the compression would be higher on the VW than the 6.9 since the VW is an indirect injection. Isn't the 6.9 direct injection? If so,...
Hi David, Al, Al's idea of using a digestion system has it's merits. Energy-content of methane is close to natural gas. The natural gas burners you currently...
Hey Terry, The F-700 fits better because it's in the middle of the range. And has more nozzles. I like more nozzles. When you have a lathe, then make them of 1...
Nathan, I inserted my replies. ... a ... from ... couple ... 60 Hz in the US most generators run either 1,800 or 3,600. Do you use direct drive? Or V-belt? In...
In my old, coveted copy of Mother Earth News' book "Producing Your Own Power", it claimed that the highest BTU/lb. ratio of Methane (biogas) production was...
I posed the question if waste smoke could be used for the internal combustion engine. It seems dobtfull. But I stiil want to build a Gasification system for...
Hello Andy. I appriciated your informative reply to my question about waste smoke. I am looking to build a simple gasification system, just for the experience,...
David, If you are looking to learn how to build a gasification system to operate an internal combustion engine, you are in the right place. There are many here...
But don't forget the suggestion to use the gasifier out put to run an engine and then use the waste heat of the engine for contribution to the heating project....
... I forgot to mention why I'm considering 2000 rpm. My 25kW Winco generator does, indeed, turn at 3600 rpm but it is PTO driven at 540 rpm input. My 1.6L...
Those air cooled motors can run fine on a dry gas, just make sure that the heads get a good flow of cool air and keep an eye on the valve adjustment as valve...
Broken Mold, I think you wound up with all of my old VW parts :o). I got rid of them when I moved to Wisconsin From Buffalo, NY. Pictures of that stuff is here...
well waste gas from the engine was ported back to the imbert gasifiers on german trucks and half tracks in 1945 it seem to be a sealed gas system ... From:...
