I am considering a project of building a wood gasifier. Is anyone familiar with this science? I would prefer buying one but I haven't seen any for sale that are large enough to run a sizable generator. Having one of these will make my waste wood very valuable. Here is one of many websites on the suject if you are interested. http://www.windmeadow.com/node/46
Wood Gasifier
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01/28/2008 - 16:17
old but unheard of
This technogly was used in the 40s during WWII and 70s during fuel crisis. It's funny how these types of energy sources just don't catch on. We are so stuck on oil. Again it looks pretty easy to build so I'm gonna give it a shot, but I'd rather buy it now! Maybe some of you entrepreneurial ought to give it a wirl.
03/18/2008 - 21:48
Wood Gasifier
I've sent for the downdraft gasifier plans put together by F.E.M.A. to run a 35HP tractor. I want to have one made to run a generator which will recharge a battery bank every few days, not run 24/7. I'll run the washer and dryer on battery charging days. So I'll want a generator that puts out 120 and 240volts. But how many kw? I think the batteries need to charge slowly so will a 4kw generator be good? I will have it all mounted on a small trailer so I will have power while building. I found a welder who will put together the gasifier, it just need to scale down the F.E.M.A. plans after I figure out what generator I need to run.
03/18/2008 - 23:53
Website for the wood gasifier plans?
Does a website exisit for obtaining those plans?
Wood gasification seems to be catching (back) on. It has many great uses. I've been looking into a gasification boiler as a source for hydronic heat.
Mother Earth News has an article in it's archive about wood gasification, though it's burried a bit. It's there article about a wood fired car/truck. Hmm... if you can convert a small car/truck engine, shouldn't be that hard to rig a generator (or heck, even off the car's alternator) to charge a battery bank). It would even be portable.
03/19/2008 - 01:09
Wood Gasifier Plans
I sent for mine through Biomass Energy Foundation, $23.00 with shipping. At one time the plans were free from F.E.M.A. but are out of print. Can you really charge a battery bank off a cars alternater? Would you connect a 3 prong plug to it and plug your car into the battery bank?
03/19/2008 - 09:28
Gaseous F.E.M.A
Here are the plans for the FEMA wood gas generator. Its near the bottom of the page.
( Construction of a simplified wood gas generator )
It comes in two flavors, HTML and PDF. The PDF is about 9MB download. They also
have a video of one in action.
03/20/2008 - 00:58
Wood Gasifier runs Generator
I found a video on you tube that illustrates the wood gasifier to electricity idea. I'll have it run a generator that you just plug into rather than that old (whatever it is) so I'll have power from wood while building then hook up a battery bank for it to charge when the house is done. On you tube look up "wood gassifier line synchronous generator pt1"
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