So, what they called pine root gasoline was actually turpentine? Not surprising.
Rindert
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Yes. Absolutely. Limited supply due to the many tree stumps they needed to have women and children dug up. The trees themselves first used up making their cooking charcoal.
But an easy making simple distillation process. None of the F.T. pressures and catalysts:
https://www.survival-manual.com/substances/turpentine.php
many youtubes up on this too.
S.U.
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Hah. I found that link as well but didn’t want to mention it because it had Survival in the site name and I didn’t want to look like the weirdo.
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Me weirdo . . . who follows the Geological Sciences saying Cascadia events plate readjustments are Real; and Repetitive every 400-600 years. And out here we’re now overdue.
Be a Katrina/Sandy Hook combo for us here. Wife and I have already lived thru our lifetime 60-90 days No-Power, No-phones, No-fuels event back in the early 60’s. I will have 3-4 ways to make personal power no matter what. I will become the local see-me; you-do-too.
Plus the wikipedia; excellent article that it is; did not give the detailed instructions how to cook out the turpentine.
Or if you prefer . . . .
one of the two little girls favorite movies is Night At The Museum.
I play with them as the Dum-Dum character: always demanding for their gum-gum.
Turpentine residue gum-gum; get it.
S.U.
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Yevgen, I may be wrong about this, but it is my understanding that a wood gas fueled vehicle performs very poorly above 2500 rpm due to the slow flame speed of wood gas. This document “Wood Gas as Engine Fuel” printed by the UN even states that. I do not think I can upload it but I might could email it.
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I just checked the library and that document is there as “FAO 72”.
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Glenn,
І think that those documents are our history of the development of motor engineering stuck in myths. My motor can easily gain 5 thousand rpm under load and 6500 at idle
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We believe you, Joni. It is just that your power at high RPM results are not average or typical, and can not be expected as normal. That is the entire reason larger displacement, lower RPM, high torque engine designs are recommended: for producer gas must by its nature contain the inert gas Nitrogen which dilutes the burnable gas mixture.
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Yes, Wayne laid to rest this myth in HWWT. Several others also.
Rindert
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I agree with Joni, woodgas with the proper spark advancement is the secret. I have with no problem under load acceleration hit 5000 rpms in my truck. Higher octane fuel is not limited to rpms. How the IC Engine is set up causes the limitations.
Bob
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