so this can run diesel and woodgas?
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About 5 years ago i worked with the research team of a big oil company…
They wanted or did inject pure CNG / Methane as a dual fuel into a diesel engine…
They asked my opinion and calculation for efficiency…
At the end their conclusion ( also mine ) ; can be done, but nowhere efficient or able to meet emission standards…
Possible yes, feasible ? nope… to dang expensive…
apply math on any kind of idea, energy balance likewise, then try to build it…
Easiest idea: Dual fuel with just gasifier, runs great and clean…
Need power ? ad more diesel to it…
If you are able to adjust a older/ normal diesel to run dual fuel with gasifier, share your findings, i will ad some extra knowledge.
Tip: use a standard turbo charged diesel engine, but without the turbo…
Converting to sparkplug ? piece of cake
Convert to ECU ignition ? extra fuel/gasoline injection ? piece of cake…
Just understand the dynamics from any fuel to real shaft power and you’r able to build anything…
Another free fuel tip ?
Find your local car wreck scrap yard, they have tonnes of fuel mix from scrapped cars
( diesel/gasoline mix) perfect fuel for running on mixed fuel with woodgas…
Anything they can hand you for free, will reduce their "to dispose of costs"just spent a few beers and keep your lips together…
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ok write some best example
thank you .
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Haapio, why do you insist on converting a diesel when there are tons of virtualy free gasoline engines all around? Yes a diesel can be made to work on woodgas but l wuld not recomend something like that to a beginer.
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Maybe too new or too nice to experiment with? Diesel?, or Benzine / Petrol /Gasoline engine?
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i can understand you reaction, i have a friend here from Russian, he can not englisch
he is interesting in that, so i like know what is possibel.
and so far i understand, i can not learn me friend .
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you can show him this, then he can read most of what is here
https://translate.google.se/?hl=sv&sl=ru&tl=en&op=translate
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( diesel/gasoline mix) perfect fuel for running on mixed fuel with woodgas…
nice
мир think bigger . all the old tires
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Doing bigger already… 
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Diesel and wood gas, this is the best combination for me, some time ago I converted an older Ford to which I added LPG, in direct proportion to the lever on the diesel pump I controlled the valve for LPG, which mixed with air in the venturi constriction in the intake duct, power there was a significant increase in smoke on the exhaust, but there was practically no smoke.
I intend to supply my diesel generator with wood gas, plan in brief:
-on a vacuum gas mixer on the intake manifold, similar to the one I have made for LPG, only a stronger spring and a different ratio Gas "carbourator"
-diesel pump limited, so that the fuel is sufficient only for idling
-The speed regulator will open the air damper (air / wood gas mixture), I hope I will be able to install the connection between the diesel pump regulator and the air damper
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The high compression ratio greatly compresses the gas-air mixture, which is also heated due to compression to 400-500 ° C, a small amount of oil is injected here, which further raises the pressure and temperature during combustion, the combustible substances of the mixture ignite and burn in an instant and completely, even if the mixture is poor. Combustion is actually a controlled detonation.
Ford 1.8 diesel with the addition of LPG
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a little more loading and advertising of the diesel engine
, with newer diesel engines, experts lower the compression ratio, especially with Mazda, and the fuel injection is changed, ie only one injection at the top, so the fuel is distributed and mixed over the entire volume of the combustion chamber and burns in an instant. An even better effect is achieved if we pre-prepare a mixture of air and combustible gas with a slightly depleted mixture and when we inject oil into it, it burns instantly and without smoke and harmful NOx. I believe that the engine also develops more power than with oil alone, as gas contains more H atoms, which need fewer O atoms to burn than carbon oxidation. Even when adding wood gas, the engine should maintain its rated power, … I have to do a test as soon as possible and I will report the measurements.
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My opinion: in the future most people will use dimethyl ether fuel in this kind of engine. And a few of us will add woodgas as Tone says here.
Rindert
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The diesel engine is by its design compared to the Otto engine, as one friend of mine said, a completely different beast in the woods, but each has its drawbacks. With the Otto motor control, the efficiency drops drastically when operating at low loads and is not good even at full load, it works optimally at around 70% of charge, which people have found out a long time ago and try to emulate modern engines.
Disesel, however, has a problem with incomplete gasification and mixing of fuel and air in the combustion chamber, where there is no complete combustion, and at partial load, when operating with excess air, the formation of toxic NOx gases. Due to its relatively high compression ratio, it has a much better efficiency, large two-stroke marine engines even over 60%.
The world is not black and white, so both operating principles have their good properties, which can be easily combined in the construction of a diesel engine with high compression and thermal efficiency, Otto cycle with a slightly poor mixture of gas and air and intense detonation ignition with diesel fuel.
I’m loading a little, …
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I had a diesel and I turned my nose up to the technology because of lies VW told. This was upsetting to say the least when you think are suffering in a freezing car in the winter for the benefit of the environment . I never looked at a VW again untill they made noises about going electric.
TO THAT END…
I think NASA was onto something with the 80s stirling technology. With today’s electronics and hybrid drives I think its reasonable to assume you can have a warm car that’s clean and can DOW without significant modifications.
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The Stirling Engine that would make IC Engines obsolete and put a big cut in the greedy oil lords pocket books. No oil changes every 3000 miles that alone would cost them billions of dollars in oil profits. Higher gas mileage more monies at the pump they can’t make. One spark plug, no muffler, no catilic converters, and all the other things to pass emission standards many more billions of dollars.
All the oil lords just had to do was greased the right people in goverment to stop it.
NASA can use it, but not the public. That is if the Stirling Engine was really what NASA said it was in this video. They would never lie to use would they?
Bob
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Bob:
I think its just a simpler case of the engine is too expensive to manufacture compared to a traditional IC engine… Could you imagine the pleasure in driving a hybrid electric Stirling and the peace of mind of a gasification system that did not have to perfectly produce tar free contaminate free gas all the time?
Just pure magic, and if the power goes out you just fire up the truck and the stirling and battery pack could do double duty and power your home…
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I think with today technologies and the way we build things it would not be that expensive, look at the automation and robotics in manufacturing now.
Did you notice the different types of fuel that could be used. Could it run on wood gas easily? If the answer is yes then that would be a big problem for the oil lords.
Bob
Here’s a couple more videos on the subject Bob…
Yes it can use any external heat source even solar energy if the heat is collected and concentrated. NASA’s interest has been to use Stirling technology with a nuclear source to power probes.
This would never have been built had it not been for a GOV tender for a generator to power a military radio in the 40s with any kind of fuel…
People still working on it.
I went off topic a little sorry…
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