[AT] OT Gasifiers

[charliehill]

Don I don't really agree with you.  If you goal (in terms of efficiency) is 
to move the car from point A to point B then the efficiency is measured by 
the total amount of wood used on the trip.  The wood burned and the wood 
gasified are all the same wood.  They are all loaded into the gasifier 
chamber and the burn takes place in the bottom of the chamber.  At the same 
time it is cooking the gasses off for the engine to burn.  The wood burned 
to cook off the gas is no different than the waste heat lost when gasoline 
or diesel is burned in any engine.  It's all part of pushing the car down 
the road.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Gasifiers


>> Don what I was doing was roughly comparing the amount of wood in lbs to
>> the
>> amount of gasoline or diesel in pounds required for the trip.  You are
>> right, that doesn't tell the complete story but it's the only simple
>> conversion I can come up with and it does give you a general idea of
>> efficiency of the gasifier.
>
> But to be a meaningful measure of efficiency you have to take into account
> the wood required to run the gasifier and that is not a small amount.
>
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
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