Wood Gas for stationary engines.

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Originally Posted by wagoo

Yes Ben but how many chooks am I going to need to run both my generator and my Landy? Besides, Chooks bring rats, and we don't want that kind of wildlife round here.
wagoo.

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If you catch enough rats you can build a "hamster" wheel instead :D

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Don't you have to turn the wood into charcoal first, before you can use it in a gas producer?

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nah brian theres two types one that burns wood and the other system charcoal

ive been toying with putting a wood gas system on a series engine as a project,i remenber the grandparents talking of using them before,during and after the war{2}...be an interesting project i think especialy with the amount of wood around here..
some links
The Gengas Page

Fluidyne Gasification - Archive - Since 1976

http://www.hotel.ymex.net/~s-20222/gengas/kg_eng.html
these cover deasel ,coal and wood converters

regards mark