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...
15384
Dutch John
dutchjohn1st
Dec 1, 2008 8:35 am
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...
15385
Ronald Hongsermeier
ronald.hongs...
Dec 1, 2008 9:05 am
... THANKS! thought maybe MythBusters or something like that... regards, Ron H...
15386
Ronald Hongsermeier
ronald.hongs...
Dec 1, 2008 9:08 am
... 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...
15387
Dutch John
dutchjohn1st
Dec 1, 2008 9:10 am
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...
15388
Ronald Hongsermeier
ronald.hongs...
Dec 1, 2008 10:27 am
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...
15389
jakester_the
Dec 1, 2008 11:44 am
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...
15390
Terry Houston
enoch4444
Dec 1, 2008 11:55 am
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...
15391
Terry Houston
enoch4444
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 pm
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?...
15392
sabbadess@...
sabbadess
Dec 1, 2008 12:34 pm
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...
15393
Stuart Perkins
stuartperkins
Dec 1, 2008 12:34 pm
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?...
15394
Ken Boak
ken_boak
Dec 1, 2008 12:41 pm
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 ...
15395
jakester_the
Dec 1, 2008 12:54 pm
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...
15396
xvxgrapevinexvx
Dec 1, 2008 2:30 pm
Hello Garret I,m 1 1/2 hrs north of you, 40 mins west of Newcastle Ian...
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David Burkes
burkes_david
Dec 1, 2008 2:31 pm
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...
15398
Broken_Mold
Dec 1, 2008 2:39 pm
... 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,...
15399
glrf30
Dec 1, 2008 2:53 pm
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...
15400
Broken_Mold
Dec 1, 2008 3:39 pm
I'm currently working on the calculations for a reactor to power a 1.6L gasoline engine with hardwood blocks or chunks. It appears from preliminary...
15401
Dutch John
dutchjohn1st
Dec 1, 2008 3:57 pm
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...
15402
Dutch John
dutchjohn1st
Dec 1, 2008 4:32 pm
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...
15403
McIntosh, Doug
dmcintosh256
Dec 1, 2008 6:52 pm
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...
15404
djbrown80x4
Dec 1, 2008 9:05 pm
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...
15405
djbrown80x4
Dec 1, 2008 9:10 pm
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,...
15406
Stuart Perkins
stuartperkins
Dec 1, 2008 10:20 pm
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...
15407
Al Shinn
alshinn
Dec 1, 2008 10:22 pm
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....
15408
Neil Dennis
wombat_eagle
Dec 1, 2008 10:29 pm
Hey, look at a "midge", 3 tin cans and you get an idea of the principles. (;-') wombat...
15409
Broken_Mold
Dec 1, 2008 10:59 pm
... 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...
15410
Rob Windt
rob_windt
Dec 1, 2008 11:10 pm
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...
15411
Mike LaRosa
ook187
Dec 2, 2008 12:15 am
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...
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mic l
badmonkey1066
Dec 2, 2008 12:18 am
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:...
