[Stoves] 1934 TLUD wood, charcoal and coal gasifier - in a Citroen!

[Tom Miles]

“Coal” often refers to charcoal as well as coal, especially in the older reports. Figuring out which is being used requires a little context. 

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> On Nov 8, 2018, at 2:41 PM, Andrew Heggie <aj.heggie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 at 22:28, Anderson, Paul <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Crispin,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Such cars are NOT operated as a TLUD  device with a MPF.   These are coal gasifiers that can be updraft or downdraft, with the hot zone near the bottom right from the beginning.
>> 
>> 
> I agree and there are also a couple of ambiguities in the various
> links that refer to this car:
> 
> While the model was first  produced in 1934 this example appears to
> have been converted circa 1940
> 
> Some say it had two reactors whereas the you tube clip suggests one
> and a filtering system in the opposite fender
> 
> Reference is made to lighting coal and methane being produced 30
> minutes later, the reality is that  it would be carbon monoxide that
> was produced.  Even in town gas plants the temperatures were such that
> methane was split and the carbon partially oxidised thus giving
> hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This town gas would have run the engine
> better and there are several archives showing cars with a gas bladder
> on the roof, filled with town gas in UK.
> 
> It does actually look like charcoal rather than coal in the link to
> youtube that Crispin sent and there may well have been a preference
> for this or coke as it would mean the gas stream, though lacking in
> hydrogen, would have been cleaner and thus contaminated inlet valves,
> rings and oil less.
> 
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