# Looking for feedback on a theoretical monorator gasifier

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/looking-for-feedback-on-a-theoretical-monorator-gasifier/8454
**Category:** Woodgas Science
**Created:** [February 7, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/looking-for-feedback-on-a-theoretical-monorator-gasifier/8454 "2026-02-07T18:12:21Z")
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### Author: ![tcholton717](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/looking-for-feedback-on-a-theoretical-monorator-gasifier/8454/18 "2026-02-12T16:24:31Z")

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When I was still using raw wood I made this dryer. It worked pretty well at producing enough very dry fuel for a generator. I think it would have never produced enough for DOW. Anyway it used very little fuel to keep the temps in the barrel up. Seems easier than trying to produce a lot of use able gas from fresh cut wood.

> [@Wood dryer build](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/wood-dryer-build/5361):
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> This is the wood dryer I just built. Pretty simple. Helps if you have an old Weber Grill. Started out building a rocket stove out of 3 inch pipe and channel iron. My experience with Rocket Mass Heaters says that the cross sectional area needs to be pretty much the same throughout. I don’t think that applies to rocket stoves but I built it that way anyway. The fuel feed and heat riser are 3 inch ID pipe. The burn tunnel is a piece of 5 inch channel on the bottom capped with a …

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