Good. I was hoping someone else would bring up commercial wood pellet characteristics.
I did not want to come off as too critical.
DarrenB. be sure and run out all loaded in wood pellets to the point of only leaving those that have been heat browned then surface torrified sealed.
Any out of the bag wood pellets left inside at shut down sealed; and the gasifer will turn them into sawdust mush from the trapped internal combustion moisture.
On wood chips as BobMac says; it can be done alright with chips sizing and form classifying. @spaco Pete Stanaitis has some very good topics and experiences to be able to use wood chips in his Chineses JXQ-10 gasifer system.
Another small system that was instead specifically designed from the get-go to use wood chips to fuel operate electrical generators were @sabbadessa Stephen Abbadessa’s.
A starting relevant topic of his on the DOW was his “Victoria’s Corner” set up in the Small Engines Category back in Oct 2014.
I’ll try to direct link to that:
A relevance test of a gasifier systems design is if others can build and operate them.
Arvid Olsen @tritowns consulted with StephenA. and made up many different sized and applications-use gasifiers used wood chips.
You system Darron Booth may be useable with wood chips directly. Or could be internally modified for them.
The chip sourcing/making clues any of these fellows and others would say is make the wood chips from hardwood stocks when the trees and bushes are in winter sap down.
Making your chips if you stip back to not putting into the chipper twiggy stems; whisker branches; leaves &needles; and thick barks you will be far ahead for direct using of the chips made.
Regards
Steve Unruh