Two today different ways two fellows here have shown for gasification MORE direct - like ice directly into water vapor:
Plasma energy induced. He talked. He stopped. Why?
Larry Dosbons extremely low velocity, extremely long long duration exposed; extremely all high temperature units. He went for a long time with cast silicon carbide castings custom made in Poland to endure the whole system heats needed to perform. Expensive to make. Subject to thermal shock cracking on batch refueling. System joints gas leaking in duty cycling. He is trying now to achieve the same conversion results in stainless steels.
Some times the practical necessities of energy-in, and material limits tanks good concepts.
S.U.
I liked his made fan cage a lot.
He’s right, aluminum unless chromate coated will eat up and disappear in woodgas.
GregM is distinctly not an automater for automations sake.
He is about using what most would consider low grade local wood to full farm heating.
In a damn cold, cold climate.
Much Respect.
Steve Unruh
This is a diagram of the gas generator chamber of the m-1 automobile, which was produced in the USSR at the end of the 30s of the last century. Do you like this kind of design?
These types of reactors are also called “Berlie”
Haha! So, there are piles of wood chips laying around everywhere? That’s perfect
Why do people make an effort chipping and just throw them in the ditch?
Having motor fuel all along the road must put big smile on your face
Make sure you have some lemons nearby
( let me explain the lemon just in case you haven’t figured it out yet . Here on the DOW the people that are driving mile after mile on wood will have big smile on their face . Day after day this smile will begin to hurt face . We discovered biting in to a lemon will give some temporary relief of face )
No. Not a liked design by most here Joni.
Direct contact of hot char to the metals. Ouch!
No fuel moisture reducing features.
An APL/GEK precursor. What zardozHenry showed you.
We all like yours, and Sergei’s much much better. Modern features and capabilities . . . with individual surprises. It had been gasfier Christmas for us.
Regards
Steve unruh
Excellent.
Short and squat so obviously for front-of-vehicle; rear-of-vehicle.
I am stationary so we can use the same features but go form-factor taller.
For my personal use I would want the most modern known features of a Joni Hopper Vapor Extractor.
A Ben Peterson drop-in inner flow shaper/insulation retainer sleeve.
And an up from the bottom rotatable post mounted grate. My Doulas Fir wood makes very fragile char easily crushed by the chain hanging, upward swing grates. Grate move gently . . . to not at all. An under 1% ash fuel wood.
I am looking for a drop-in sleeve picture. Unique. New. No historical reference. Ben Peterson's new Gasifier Plans? - #30 by JayMcB74
Then scroll up to post #15 on this topic for pictures of my own personal system with ~600 hours usage in its internals.
S.U.
I like it! similar to my Ford Ranger build, short. I would take the left side air in, and move it to right, through the gas out, to preheat incoming air.
Eugene, it’s good that you’re selflessly posting sketches, plans, to build carburetors, I also plan to build an efficient carburetor on wood chips, but I’m still thinking about the details.
