Morning All
This BensGift book built plans gasifier system is a DO-IT-YOURSELF plans-set intended to be ran on WOOD fuel unit. DYI intneded is why the “wet” hay-straw filter versus a “hot” exotic material filter.
Says these things right in the title. WOOD. BUILDERS.
Just like GEK really does mean Gasifier (all bio-fuels) EXPERIMENTERS Kit.
Both of these really do have honesty in presentations.
Now IF YOU try and read more into their presentations that is on you impressing/misrepresenting your own hopes and desires.
In his current site book system support on the very first FAQ answer he says “wood” (fuel) three times:
I say this PeteS because Ben Peteson did make make up many research “blue gas” intended units. That was the first University Model, derivatives; some of the custom early OffGriders; and some of the Victory custom Developers units. Mine was the first of Victory Developers hearths. Note on my picture the extra added-in optional viewing, thermalcouple and ignition liting ports. Very tricky and hard to do gastight peircing multiple layers of shells and insulations. You actually do NOT want these in to be hard used, wood fueled units. As a minimum they will wick/bleed-out internal heat energy. See the two out of three heat “browned” plugs on mine? And unless you are a very capable HOT enveviroment fabricator/welder you WILL have gas leak juncture failures develope. WHY they make the Nuke welders special train, certify and STILL xray weld inspect!
Life on this blower he is offering? Here is disassembled pictures of one of these exact units that I own with several hundred hours on it.
Still works fine. Note the internal aluminin housing corrosions from alkaline produced woodgas. This takes place in cooled down, left sit shutdown periods. So best to dissasemble before use and high chromate paint the internal housings. Note also that this variable speed offshore made unit DOES have a plastic resin cast impeller wheel. Does gas heat OK - but with any plastic (or metal) there are limits.
The really excellent VGShop used blowers were Amtex Windjammers. MikeL recommneds these boned out of whole house vacuum systems and inverter powered. These 115 vac units can be E-Bay found for cheap. Amtex themselves do list a 12 vdc production model. Expensive as a low volume production model at a retail of $250-500. Excellent, excellent with a 6" all metal impeller. I measured 178 watts loaded electrical consumption on these. These ALSO really needs internal high chromate painted for woodgas corrosion protection. And chromate paint the raw aluminum impeller wheel too!
Regards
Steve Unruh
