[Gasification] Running a vehicle on wood gas

[thomas reed]

Tony Batchelor

The gasifier size it typically comparable in size to the engine it runs.
Typically the WW II gasifiers were the size. Of a hot water heater, but
that included the fuel magazine.  The gasifier mechanism was only about a
cubic foot.

Today, unisons wood pellets, the magazine could be much smaller, since they
are two to three times as dense as wood.

Tom Reed

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Tony.Batchelor <Tony.Batchelor at tekura.school.nz>
wrote:

>  Hi All, I spent a year living in a caravan as I drove around Australia,
> soon after I read of someone who had done the same using a gasifier mounted
> on a trailer to run his vehicle, using wood gathered along the road side.
> If there were a compact gasifer design which could be mounted on a tow bar
> or a bracket on a caravan, it could be real money spinner if the transport
> authorities allowed its use.  But how small can a gasifer be made that
> while being able to supply enough gas to run a 3 litre engine?
>
> Tony. Wellington NZ.
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> *From:* Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org');>]
> *On Behalf Of *Mark Ludlow
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 19 March 2014 11:18 a.m.
> *To:* 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'
> *Subject:* Re: [Gasification] Pellet fuel
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> Very good point!
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> *From:* Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org');>]
> *On Behalf Of *George Fletcher
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:28 PM
> *To:* Gasification at bioenergylists.org<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Gasification at bioenergylists.org');>
> *Subject:* [Gasification] Pellet fuel
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> Gents,
>
> Another point of interest is that pellets offer around four times more
> energy than chips for a given volume.
> Kind regards
>
> George Fletcher
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