One of my many interests is Wood Gas also known as producer gas and Wayne Keith who is featured in the article is one of the more impressive advocates for Wood Gas. A couple of pretty good lists for WoodGas is the WoodGas forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodGas and a similar list for gasifiers using charcoal as fuel instead of raw wood at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/charcoalgasifiers
If you are interested in stationary CHP, then All Power Labs has 10KW, 20KW and a new 100KW gasifiers at http://gekgasifier.com/ and Jim Mason who is the head of the company has contributed enormously to the progress of open-source gasification with free plans and advice and help for builders. The technology has come a long way from the WWII levels and even in the last decade, many problems have been worked through. The biggest obstacle for many people is the fuel source, since you need a dependable and reliable supply of wood chips of a certain size or blocks or you have to cut it yourself. Todd Smith -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dieselhead Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 21:18 To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wood gas Look up nunnikoven (or something like that) in the 74-79 time period. He did all this (except Auburn and maybe bonneville) almost 40 years ago. Of course, many did it during WWII. Ninnikoven sold kits. merkuns are too impatient for the system to generate gas. They have been trained to expect instant gratification. Glow for 30 seconds? No TIME!!! ok, we can glow in 10 seconds. NOPE! I want to turn the key and go. Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential. If this e-mail contains protected health information, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited,except as permitted by law. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
