Thread: Wood Gas for stationary engines.

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.

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

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?

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