Time to go from updraft to downdraft charcoal gasifier?

[BrianAltEnergy (Brian Madera)]

Thanks Marty.

This is where I got the idea to “not grind” the charcoal.

First gasifier project

The decision I made was to NOT grind charcoal. Much too dusty. I don’t want to breathe it. I cut my wood chunks to produce appropriate sized charcoal. I’m in process to make a wood chunker that will produce small chunks to be turned into charcoal and eventually larger ones to go in my wood gasifier for my pickup truck. Rindert

I don’t want to cut all the pieces and end up with 3/4 of it just burning away. Might not be a big deal if I had a chunker but I might be willing to cut a bucket of small pieces and use other wood to fire the retort.

Another use I could see with the retort would be if making BBQ charcoal using special woods and fire it with other woods. I suppose even making the charcoal from hardwood and firing it with softwood could get better quality engine fuel.

Your charcoal did look a lot nicer than mine does.