[AT] OT Gasifiers

[Mattias Kessén]

Well I've seen a few of those gas generators around here since there are
still a few left from WWII and also a few enthusiasts toying with new ones,
there was a guy a few years ago travelling from Ystad t Haparanda some 2000
km or so,
Mattias

2009/10/12 charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>

> Thanks Ken,  I've done a lot of Internet searching on the subject and found
> a good bit of information.  I just wondered if anyone on the list had ever
> played around with it.  I'll check out the links you sent too.  Some of
> these guys are building some pretty efficient rigs.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Gasifiers
>
>
> > Charlie,
> >     I caught Planet Mechanic's bit on making a wood powered vehicle (a
> > little pet project I've wanted to work on). Since this was done in Europe
> > a
> > lot during WWII there are a number of references. Check out:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwR18kILPWQ   This shows the gasifier
> (made
> > from what looks like a stainless steel water heater) and some other bits.
> >
> > And:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas_generator
> >
> > They have some links from there. It might give you something to search
> on.
> > A
> > lot of motive power in Europe during the war was done with gasified wood
> > and
> > a lot of the available information comes out of there these days. They
> had
> > a
> > Swedish lad on Planet Mechanic that showed the guys how to optimize the
> > system and get the engine fired up for the show that seemed to be quite
> > adept at this. Probably a little time searching and reading would yield a
> > rough sketch?
> >
> > You can buy a kit from these folks:
> >
> > http://www.gekgasifier.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > Ken in AZ
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:53 AM, charliehill
> > <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> I was having a conversation off list with Ralph about gasifiers.  Does
> >> anyone on the list have any experience with them?  FEMA put out a paper
> >> in
> >> the 90's telling how to make small scale units for home or farm use.
> >> They
> >> seem simple enough to build and the result is free energy if you have
> >> some
> >> bio-mass for fuel.  It seems to me like corn stalks or Ralphs flax straw
> >> would work just fine.  You might have to run it through a chopper or
> >>  hammer
> >> mill first.  Anyone ever tried to build one?
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
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