You don't HAVE to use the gas in a ICE, you can simply burn the gas for process heat and you and you can get a few stoves that use gasification principles they are vastly more efficient than conventional combustion stoves.
Todd -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of G Mann Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:03 To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wood gas For that application, off in the woods / survival cabin, seems to me a steam engine running a generator would be more efficient and much less complicated to maintain. For about the same amount of effort you can convert an internal combustion engine to run on steam without the complication of the wood gas generator. A wood gas generator simply heats wood to an extreme temperature in a oxygen starved atmosphere [otherwise it would burn] which produces gas instead of flame. You then run the gas into an internal combustion engine and burn it.. Why not cut the energy transfer to bare minimum and burn wood [plentiful in your situation] and heat water to steam [less complicated, more manageable perhaps] Just a thought, I know it's being done. Grant.... AZ.... who has an unlimited supply of solar for electricity and doesn't have to chop wood. 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
