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Dear friend ; congratulations for your page. I am member of woodgas@yahoogroups.com. and gasificationlist of Tom Miles . My gasifier is made for charcoal use and is in Wood gas photos. Now I´m working in column to distill ethanol for drive in hybrid mode; using also ethanol to drag or in Toyota Prius generating electricity with stationary source and with waste heat distill ethanol to fuel E85. Congratulations again; Benjamin
Jonathan, Glad you added a front shot of the deer killer. Mike
Nice job Jonathan! I am watching. If I ever get my projects caught up woodgas sounds like a possibility. I just filled up my turbo Mustang tonight with premium, OUCH! If the prices keep going up I may have to re-order my projects! Keep plugging away. Dan Nicoson
Morning from Malagash, Nova Scotia. I have been getting my head around this stuff for many years and have built units for heating use but nothing for engine use. I felt making the proper fuel in the volumes I needed out of the question. Last year I sold my shop to a fellow who builds trusses. The ends are supposed to come to me as part of the deal. That happens as long as no one comes to buy the pile. I am a pretty good bodger and if you could recommend a plan that would work for a 366 IH diesel, and a 5 liter F150 ( 90 version in good shape ) I would start scrounging and welding. Thanks for all your work on the site. Hearing that a fulel injected car engine can be converted really cheered me up! Regards, Charles Bay Enterprises Limited Malagash, NS, Ca. B0K1E0 019022572690 fax 019022572098 email bayent@ns.sympatico.ca or malagashoyster1@yahoo.ca
Hi Jonathan, I am writing from Namibia in Africa. Have been getting lots info over the last 6 weeks, Collected about 30 propane tanks, 2 x 5HP Robin Petrol Engines, oh sorry gas engines. 1 Robin 5 HP diesel, one 6 cyl Perkins (no turbo) and a 514 4 cyl Deutz for initial experiments. Have background in electronics and mech engineering, huge workshop w 10 t overhead crane, all welding equipment, 3 lathes and a milling machine. I like what you guys are doing and if it is OK I am going to contact you again and let you know when the first engine is running. Expect to have problem with "clean gas", but time will show. Regards Winfried
Jonathan, I got out of this 'wood gas' idea because every time I used my gasifier to run an engine, I had all sorts of problems. Back then(2005) I could not get clean gas. I just got some plans to make my own charcoal and am beginning to read the lists again in hopes this may be what I need. Bob Foley, West of Honey Creek, Iowa, on the Missouri River.
The FEMA style of gassifer has a lot of problems. I use a variation of the imbert style of gassifer with a fixed oxidization zone and a full reduction zone. This way I know all the gas being produced is drawn through a hot bed of charcoal, effectively cracking all the tars. I am assuming by clean gas you are referring to tars in your gas not soot. Removing soot is just a mater of filtration. Tar on the other hand is a sticky goo in the gas.
I am very interested in wood gas and live in Alabama. Could you have Wayne Keith contact me? Thanks, Nick
Good stuff, keep up the good work.
I realy like your web.. I have started to collect parts for a FEMA type gasifire to run my lawn tractor to gain some experince , and it should be easy to plumb ,, and after I learn more ,start on a truck,, I was very happy to see that fuel injection engines can work.. Im excited and want to learn more ,,, is there any one in NE iowa or SE MN out there.... thank you,,,,, Jeff
Nice web page!!
Thank you so much for your help. I am experimenting with modified Pogue carb. built with copper tubing instead of sheet metal. I am also researching hydrogen at the moment, as well as wood power. A friend of mine used wood power after WW2. Wayne at jimfleet@eoni.com
Dear Jonathan, Thank you for your interesting article, nice work and keep going. Wishing you success to keep people around with wood gas, good luck. Dodo achadiatasiandi@yahoo.com
Hey J, Guess you got all that spambot stuff under control. Lots of interesting comments here. I won't have time to keep up with it. Hope the newspaper thing pans out. We could have a meet in mid Iowa somewhere ?? Woodgas convention and camp out ?? I have a little camping (1960 Serro Scotty) trailer to pull behind the truck and can probably keep 500 pounds of wood dry in it :o) and sleep of course .. Does your truck have rear seats ?? .. Please add some more pictures of your truck to this and the other venues. TNX, Mike LaRosa
J, Duh, I see standard cab. Forget the back seat question. I was just thinking kids in cab and trailer behind .. My truck has the extended cab but I don't have to think about the kids now. Just more room to keep fuel, spare parts, and tools dry .. Mike
I wish I had a crew cab like a 1994 F-250 4x4, with a 460 motor. Now that I got a handle on this ford efi computer, it would be a sweet conversion. I bet I could even mak it look stealthy like one of waynes woodgas rigs. Wayne easly tows anything with his ford 460 on straight woodgas. But you got to make do with what we got. Someday.....
Hi There, Great Website! I've been reading everything I can about woodgas the past few months. We need more sites like yours. Please include more information of your gas producing system. Too Cool :-) Pete R. Pan www.boatbuilding.piczo.com
Jonathan, Thanks for adding the link regarding the Nebraska laws .. I really don't have a clue what they could do in Wisconsin. I tried to find out but it went in circles. I'd just close my valves up and have it run on starter fluid until the encounter was over .. Maybe tell them it's all for show ?? .. I am almost always at least 10 to 20 years older than the cops that are on patrol and our local law enforcement all know me and just wave or stop by for a beer or to hunt .. Guess that's one of the reasons I live here and not in a G.D. city .. Mike
Well the local newspaper came out and did a story on my truck, they asked the obvious question. Is it legal? Luckily I had already done some preliminary research before I started my project. I searched all of the motor vehicle laws in my state and found that it was all about taxes, of course. Not that I am opposed to paying my share of taxes, but I am not going to pay them if they are not required. Especially considering that I do use some gasoline in my truck, that I do pay taxes on. Indecently the news paper contacted the department of revenue to get their take on my vehicle. They need to offer both sides, of course. My understanding at this time is that the department of revenue may have a possible disagreement with my understanding of the law. The article has not been published yet but I was given a heads up. I put the page up so everyone can clearly see what the law actually states. I am legal as far as I am concerned. I would not be opposed to giving input on what my thoughts are on a fair taxation system for alternative fuels that are not covered by existing laws.
Great job and keep up the good work! Big-G in NC
http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/05/29/news/local/doc483de2c0af079325623826.txt
You sure are an inspiration to others.
Good going, Jon. I am pleased to see your continuing engine-uity. You do us proud! If you get back out to the Pacific North-West, look us up. April & Clyde, North Puget Sound area April1440@AOL.com
More tweaks to the guest book, dang spam bots anyway.
Excellent Alternative Fuel Website Nice and simple antibot interface beets the garbled text graphic method. nice webwork. Maybe a FI EEC software mod so we can get a bit of ga$o-lie-n or wood alcohol, only if the driver goes wide open throttle. ie: the wife mats it so she gets all the power possible... I believe the blower should keep a flare going at the producers sweet spot and the engine draws gas from below the flame. An O2 censor on the producer will shutdown the blower and system as soon as the gas quality changes ie:wood hopper low on fuel or a bridge. The flare on a stationary units heat can be useful somewhere else.... Lets move the tech from the 17th to the 21st ! ! ! with magnetic O2 separation for primary air and electronic non-thermal Plasma gas polishing reactor before the police filter. Dave
John--I'm a high school science teacher in Trenton, NE---been using a lab that we heat wood or coal and drive off the gas which will then burn--quite a smelly lab--your work sounds like a greaat idea for a student project in high school---first learned about you in today's World Hearld (7 June 2008) Cliff Johnson cjohnson@hcfalcons.org
Jonathan, Look for the rogue barn roof painters in your area. I just obtained several nice drums from an old friend. Only downside is they have aluminum powder in them but this can be hosed out. They have the clamp rings on top as well. Mike
Great job, keep it up! jetboatjohnny (running on CNG in California)
Hi Jon, you have a great website and it is full of usefull information...I have been working with alternative feuls for many years...I've decided to abandon alcohol as a feul since I live in town...my grass alcohol sorta smelled bad...REAL BAD... So I'm building a sorta hybrid...cross between a Imbert and a Stratified gasifier...I'll be running a 10 horse Briggs pulling a generator...after I get my feet wet I plan on building a unit for my jeep and garden tractor...I am so glad I found this site.....A MILLION THANKS renegadespec@mywdo.com
Many thanks for your fine work. Where can I find a good drawing of an efficient wood chip gasifier that I can build for use on my small farm in Southern Ohio. Any thoughts would me most appreciated. Respectfully: Walter J. Robb www.anicama.freedomroad.us
The FOA 72 document is a good resourse for wood chip gassifers
I am tired of being manipulated by who knows.Gas should never have reached this insane level. I own 5 acres of woods and came across the article about a man in Sweden using woodgas. I certainly am interested in additional information. Thanks John
Thank You for the info. The issue with tax nuts makes my blood boil. Can't they see the labor you put out to burn woodgas and that it's helping everyone when your not in competition with them at the paying gas pump.
FirstI have everheard about wood gas....very interesting projects......I just purchased a Gem electric car but it is for local use only.
i am an indian farmer and i need about 100 hp of electricity. i am looking for technology that can power old diesel engines with woodgas Amit N Sinha, Gramanchal, Dev Vihar Entrance, Civil Lines Pt Shankar Dutt sharma Road Moradabad UP 244001 India
The FOA72 document in the download section does have some good information on woodgas used in diesel motors. However you need to understand that you will still be using some diesel to ignite the woodgas, unless you spend some serious money on a spark ignition coversion.
I am working on a generator, I may try and contact you. It's a great potential for some of us..Zeb
I am working on a generator, I may try and contact you. It's a great potential for some of us..Zeb
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Jonathan, great site,nice work. Have been running wvo, 2 tank system for 3 yrs, want to go to wood on a truck as grease is getting harder to come by with all the interest in biodiesel. Can you run a fuel inj. motor on wood gas without the ECC changes etc? Keep up the great work. Regards, Larry spyk838@msn.com 1985 peugeot, 1997 MB 300sdl.WVO
Hi My name is Rob Knotts. I'm a lecturer in mechanical engineering at a university in Manchester UK. What a marvellous site with lots of fantastic information. Well done. I'm currently designing and building a steam powered bicycle. My follow up project will be a bicycle powered by an engine using wood gas as a fuel.I would house the wood gas generator in a sidecar. I have known about wood gas as a fuel for some time but am only just getting to grips with it. My background is aeronautical engineering. While I can't see Boeing being interested in my ideas I can see value in designing land and water based vehicle powered by woodgas. My home email is robert.knotts@btinternet.com If anyone wants to exchange ideas etc please feel free to email me.
Nice site! I actually am using woodgas for an entirely different application, metalcasting. I have built a version of the "Dassifier" off of woodgas.com's site, and have sucessfully used it. I live in Maine, so access to "biomass" (wood) is pretty easy. The foundry burner gassifier is a very simplified version, and tar production isn't a real big concern. It all burns in the foundry. It does show the potential of woodgas, though. I will eventually build a woodgas burner that is capable of cast-iron temps. I eventually would like to experiment with a vehicle, but that is about three or four dozen projects down the road. Thanks!
Whoops! Forgot to add my name, I'm the guy with the foundry burner. Peter Grant, oddduckfoundry(at)msn-dot-com.
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hi, greg kendall,kendalls tree service here, and i am new to your site---it is my hopes to convert many of the branches and trunks of trees my service ends up with, into wood gas to fire a boiler and run a genset.--i am starting from scratch,but think i have most of the tanks and pipes and fittings to do the job---refinery welder i once was, so i have a lot of fab experience too.. how can i figure out how big a gasifier to tackle to make this cleaver-brooks boiler i have(it ran on natural gas) work?? any help you can give me would be great. thanks gregk360@aol'com
Jonathon, Done any more work with the Ford EFI/woodgas? You'll remember I just shut off the fuel pump when the gasser was up to temperature, but then I get a code that says "WTF...fuel pump circut is off, and were doin' 60?" Still: Heya mules! Andy
Hi, I'm terry@terryking.us www.terryking.us I'm just starting on a long-term project to build an efficient (probably electronically controlled) charcoal gasifier for IC engines.
Andy you must be running a "newer" OBDII rig. My truck is OBDI and doesn't throw a error when the fuel pump kill switch is trown. You may want to contact MIke LaRosa, he might be able to give you some insite into wiring up some dummy injectors.
Terry using charcoal has a few upsides but far more downsides. It is relatively easy to get consistent fuel quality with charcoal, but you lose like 80% of the useable fuel converting wood to charcoal. So unless you have a ready supply of charcoal, I might rethink doing a charcoal system.
I've read the World Bank files really interesting!Have started gathering some watertanks to build a small Gasifier,looking for a Detroit 3-71 diesel to produce electricity running dual fuel. It looks like this is easier to maintain constant RPMs. I saw the pics of your current project looks great!Will the MEN design work well on diesel? Thanks for the help. Ron Lemler
Ron, Send me an email, I would love to discuss your project. My addy is under contact info. Jonathan
Hi riley f******* from wisconsin I have been wondering how to build a woodgas foundry as i do not like the idea of buying propane and charcoal was a a pain. I was wondering if there was any design out there thanks!
Jonathan, Great site! Where there's a Wood There's a Way! Keep on truckin' Mark
You can look up plans for the Dansifer for a woodgas foundery. Jonathan
I find the Yahoo Woodgas group very interesting... Would the local St Charles Mo County Library have much on the FEMA Gasifier ??? Don Miller in Western St Charles County,,,in the State of MO...
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