JO sayd it wery well. But has it realy been 10 years? Seems like yesterday when l first started following your thread…
“Which method requires the least amount of work? Cutting wood into small pieces or blasting it in a kiln and then crumbling it after processing?”
You asked a valid question here. And, like in many woodgas related things, the answer is “depends”.
I produce and sell BBQ charcoal. The finer stuff (we call Engine grade) is a unsellable byproduct. I use this.
JO has a lot of young growth and limbs wich his Rebak chunker transforms in to ideal round chunks.
Mr Wayne has sawmill waste that he chunks in a specific way that shatters the peaces but they hold together still.
Giorgio uses the twigs, wich he burns in bathtubs to make charcoal. A pain to transform raw twigs in good, string and dust free woodchips!
Steve’s wood supply are conifers. Good luck making good charcoal out of that! Wood gasification is his only real option.
Its up to you to figure out what works best for you, but for refference, you need about 1kg fuel for each kw of electricity. You do the math of how much furl prepp you got and how you are going to aproach it.
There are also gasifiers that can run on both charcoal and wood, or the best fuel in my opinion; mix of them both. If l were to build something like you are, l wuld aim for that kind of a sistem.