# Gilmore style?
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899
**Category:** Charcoal Gasification
**Created:** [August 8, 2013, 11:37am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899 "2013-08-08T11:37:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 23
### Author:  [@don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/don_mannes)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 12:44am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/441 "2014-09-26T00:44:28Z")
What size engine does that thing have? I would think it takes a fair amount of power to move a tank of water that large.
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 12:50am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/442 "2014-09-26T00:50:32Z")
not sure yet, between 1000 and 1400 cc
looks like a 2 cylinder watercooled, has gearbox and cardan to the rear axle…
its a Tri-cycle 🙂 called Tuktuk in Thailand
the other one, they call it a Skylab
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 3:20am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/443 "2014-09-26T03:20:45Z")
Gasifier been tested… ( without Co2 input )
79% efficiency
Output gas 11,43Mj/Kg
in rounded numbers per weight:
Co. 60%
H2. 3%
HC. 2%
Co2. 0,7%
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 4:53am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/444 "2014-09-26T04:53:22Z")
the smallest set ever ?
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 4:58am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/445 "2014-09-26T04:58:36Z")
between generator and the Honda GX37
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### Author:  [@don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/don_mannes)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/446 "2014-09-26T12:54:45Z")
Are those H2 3% test numbers with or without water/steam injection?
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/447 "2014-09-26T14:31:36Z")
With moderate water drip into the coil.
The data is calculated per weight of the gas, not per volume.
( was to compare the input-output ratio )
engine was running at 2400 rpm, gas output +/- 80 L/min
could not go full throttle coz gas was to rich and air intake of the mixer to small ( disconnecting the hose and giving it some extra air did rev up the engine a lot.
Now working on testing equipment and automation.
The cost for proffesional equipment is high and the budgets are still small 😉
But we applied for the budgets and are waiting …
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2014, 10:46am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/448 "2014-09-27T10:46:58Z")
Above the numbers where per weight
60% Co, 3% H2, 2% HC
Per volume that is:
22% Co, 60% H2 and 1,7% HC
Have to find a balloon for the H2…
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2014, 11:16am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/449 "2014-09-27T11:16:31Z")
the others try to build it…
opted to change the size from the “little one” for the Honda. i keep writing and reading GX37, but it is an GX35, need glasses i guess…
Video starting the GX35 with the little one
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2014, 11:58am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/450 "2014-09-28T11:58:55Z")
i hope to start this one soon…
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/451 "2014-10-05T14:27:14Z")
I installed this gas flow meter to give me an exact read out of the gas flow i am pulling ot the gasifier.
Works great and gives me a good insight
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### Author:  [@kmrland](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/kmrland)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/452 "2014-10-05T15:22:00Z")
What is the range travel distanc goal on that baby / looks like quality work .
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### Author:  [@kmrland](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/kmrland)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/453 "2014-10-05T15:30:00Z")
What is the range travel distanc goal on that baby / looks like quality work / how much wood does the 2.5 k generator use in 5 hours / THANKS ,COEN.
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2014, 7:51am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/454 "2014-10-06T07:51:35Z")
My sets are running on Charcoal
It takes about 0,5 kg per KwH ( less with full water drip)
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2014, 10:21am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/455 "2014-10-07T10:21:00Z")
Working on cam shaft timing and valve lift improvement. ( adding 2mm valve lift, 9 ° advanced )
Ported the intake from 9 mm to 13 mm
Fitting 1/2" ball valves
Making a pick up sensor for Rpm and digital ignition home made CDI unit
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/456 "2014-10-12T15:26:17Z")
Hereby a drawing with the main dimensions from the RET Gasifier.
For those who want to start building one…
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### Author:  [@Carl](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Carl)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2014, 2:16am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/457 "2014-10-13T02:16:43Z")
That looks very doable. Is the cross section area of the nozzle a critical factor to hp. I plan on using the 8hp 5kw gen set I currently have.
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### Author:  [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2014, 5:30am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/458 "2014-10-13T05:30:58Z")
Koen,
Al D. had a simple fire set up in Arkansas at the meet up. We sprayed water in the ignition port with a spray bottle with a fine mist and a direct stream. We were unable to notice any increase in gas. Do you have any idea as to what we were missing?
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2014, 5:38am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/459 "2014-10-13T05:38:13Z")
Yes, the size of the nozzle is a critical factor.
If you can give me some detail about your engine displacement and RPM, i can give you a pre- calculated size for starters.
Are you running it with standard carb or something modified ?
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### Author:  [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2014, 5:48am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gilmore-style/899/460 "2014-10-13T05:48:04Z")
There are a few possibility’s:
-Running already on the “rich side” and at a “choked” level from carburator restriction
( once my gas was so rich it needed the gas tube disconnected to give it more air )
-Your air intake valve might be on the small size, so not enough air to increase the RPM
- The engine was already running at high rpm ?
- The temperature in the reactor was to low to convert it into H2 ?
i will work on a explanatory how i see things and why i do them the way i do… ( knowledge for the advanced ? )
It might be helpful for those who want to know…
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