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Teardown of Besign 3.5mm ground loop noise eliminator, audio isolator
This was not a paid review. The transformers measure 99 ohms each, on the jack side, and 75 ohms each on the plug side. They work very nicely to magnetically couple signals and break the problematic connections that introduce sound from ground loops.
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Blue Flame Waste Oil Burner
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Have you ever tried to burn motor oil? I recently came across a fantastic design by Creative Inventions LMTN that, amazingly, burns a nice clean blue. 0:00 Intro 0:37 Burning motor oil in a campfire 1:15 Motor oil candles 2:26 Australian oil burner 3:39 Blue flame! 6:05 Air tube design 6:13 Different fuels 9:03 Wood pellets 9:44 Veggie oil 11:51 Drip system 13:18 Moisture effects 15:14 Refining...
TIG welding gears in a Bolens Husky 1256 gearbox
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This gearbox keeps shearing and / or backing out the tension pins, so I have decided to weld the gears permanently to the shafts. Then, the drive sprocket failed, so I welded up a new one of those, as well. This snowblower head is from a 1972 Bolens Husky 1256 tractor that has served me well for around 24 years now.
August 2022 Whale Boat Adventure
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Some friends and I rowed a 29-foot whale boat out to North Manitou Island in Lake Michigan, and back again! It was epic!
Charcoal Gasifier Update 2022, Part 4
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In Part Four, we get the generator cranked up! It was hard to start, but we got it running. We'll peek into the intake and see the water drip, and the orange glow from the reduction zone! I also got to compare some measurements with running on gasoline. 0:00 Intro 0:27 From Part 3 1:28 Inspecting 2:37 Ready to flare 3:08 Carburetor & mixing valve 3:34 Flaring 4:13 Connecting generator 5:16 Pull...
Charcoal Gasifier Update 2022, Part 3
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In Part 3 of this oil-cooled gasifier series, I'm getting some final bits done before I attempt to run my generator: 0:00 Intro 3:36 First clinkers 5:18 Ash residues 5:34 Refining charcoal 6:08 Water drip 8:25 Temperature analysis 9:28 Grate inspection 10:01 Thien baffle cyclone 12:08 First flare with gas cooling 13:11 Night flaring 15:46 Nice flare colour 18:17 Testing turn down ratio 19:20 Se...
Charcoal Gasifier Update 2022, Part 2
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In this part, I get all the coolant lines connected, and do a few test flares, and prove whether the cooling system can keep up with the intense heat of a charcoal fire in the hearth.
Charcoal Gasifier Update 2022, Part 1
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Earlier this year, I started building a new gasifier from two water heater tanks. These have much thicker steel than 55-gallon drums, which I used to make the 1991 Lumina gasifier. Also, the firebrick hearth wasn't a great idea, although it did work. Come along while we rebuild with thicker steel and a liquid-cooled design.
Haitian single-barrel charcoal making
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Making charcoal is simple. No need for all the double barrel retorts with plumbing sticking out of them. I've tried many methods and this is my favorite. It's not the most energy efficient you could capture the wasted heat and put it to use, such as heating water as I show in another video where I use my outdoor burner to make charcoal. But the Haitian single-barrel method is fast, easy and sim...
May 2022 Leaf Timelapse
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I've been capturing still images from the camera I use to watch the outdoor burner. Sneaking in stealthily, the leaves were caught in the act of, well, leafing out. Spring has arrived.
1963 Evinrude and Sea Star Boat Lake Test
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I was looking for a boat trailer, because I have too many homemade boats, and not enough trailers to haul them on. This trailer came with a 1963 Evinrude and what the registration says is a 1978 Sea Star, but I think the boat's probably a 1963 as well. I had to fix the water pump and a few other things, and still need to fix an exhaust leak so I can run it with the hood on.
1963 Evinrude Big Twin 40 hp idling
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This engine hasn't run in probably 14 years. I added a battery, some fresh gas, and it fired right up. The water pump wasn't working, I have to replace that.
Making charcoal in the outdoor burner
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This video is somewhat in response to the discussion on driveonwood.com of the overall efficiency of charcoal for vehicle use. Pound for pound, in the hopper it is a little more efficient, but what about production? You do lose a lot of wood energy in the production, they say. Or not...
Testing a restaurant fire extinguisher
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Does anyone know why a restaurant fire extinguisher would not put out a fire? Is my test methodology at fault? (Hot grease probably behaves different from cold gasoline, for instance).
Outdoor Burner Update October 2021
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Just cleaning the ashes and nails! It's a bit of a job because of the lava rock bottom lining. Fortunately I don't have to do it very often. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 5:19 cleaning done 6:55 breaking apart pallets 8:14 starting fire 8:59 picking up ash pile 9:55 tractor spotted! Music: 5-0-July by Dan Lebowitz Life of Riley - Kevin MacLeod The Twister - Dan Lebowitz Wishful Thinking - Dan Lebowitz
5-hp Johnson outboard boat motor startup and demo
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5-hp Johnson outboard boat motor startup and demo
Casting Oar Lock Sockets in Aluminum Bronze
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Casting Oar Lock Sockets in Aluminum Bronze
Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part Four
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Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part Four
Homemade Rocket Igniter with Rocket Candy
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Homemade Rocket Igniter with Rocket Candy
Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part Three
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Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part Three
Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part Two
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Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part Two
Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part One
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Home Built Outdoor Wood Boiler, Part One
Watching the concrete cure, like paint drying
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Watching the concrete cure, like paint drying
Thanks for this. I have a different brand with female jacks on either side but the I've side has a poor connection so im gonna hardwire.
Awesome.
Restaurants are a good source for used cooking fryer oil.
Very cool. I have considered distilling oil oil for many years… curious to see your setup. Great video.
12:10 “every so often it pops” that is water / moisture in the oil and can be very dangerous if you have anything over the heater. One rain drop will make the flame rise several feet… a few drops and it gets intense. Oh, I see you figured that out, haha.
I bought one hum noise eliminated but found that audio output of initial speech was muted.
Only "initial" speech? Secondary and tertiary speeches came through?
@@dansw0rkshop for example when there was news round up, news reporter said "good evening, this is new roundup." I can only hear" (muted).......new roundup."
Hello, I just found one of these which runs and is in great shape but I noticed it wasn't spitting much water back out so I found an impeller and ordered it. Do you think that will do it and is it hard to replace?
Sounds like you're on the right track. If the motor was only used in fresh water, it shouldn't be any difficulty at all to pop off the leg and replace the impeller. The main difficulty is if the drive shaft is stuck in the head.
These were great engines for sure
excellent detonation on the use of charcoal& water to produce hydrogen-rich gas we often call hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon gas or water gas.
where are you adding fuel? Ive built a couple burners recently just not happy with any of them yet.. This looks like it may make the BTU's I want..
It runs in a little pipe in the bottom, just like Creative Inventions LMTN (did you watch that video?). Ultimately there's just a puddle of fuel in the bottom of the tank, and a drip system to sort of keep up with the burn. Nothing precise at all.
@@dansw0rkshop Thanks... If you want wild run like 5 loops of steel oil feed line around the outside and feed through that once it gets really burning.. you start to burn the oil vapor instead of liquid.. I thought thats how the burner your using worked but the way it looks like the flame come out the hole is deceiving does the curved top to the tank your using impact the burn? Im assuming the flames from the holes is because its the only source of air for it to burn..
hello nice video.are your holes drilled straight or down
Straight.
I wonder how it would work out with one tank lying on its side and the stove pipe leaving out the back .is it still heating your house ?
I think it would work with just one tank like you suggest. Yes, the two-tank boiler is still heating for us! I keep monitoring the molybdate and PH and everything's good, water's nice and clear, no rust whatsoever.
Hello, do you have the connection diagram and the file for Arduino?
Hello. Toward the end of the video you have 2 pipes coming off the oil line. Curious as to what the top pipe is for?
This was intended to provide an overflow if the bottom line got clogged. The oil would overflow in through the top line then, instead of running out all over the ground (or floor etc).
Fantastic burner. :) I am so looking forward to your burner burning plastic, I have about 30 five gallon /25 litre containers to get rid of from using waste oil :)
Love the content! Are you planning on making more videos on refinements to the charcoal gasifier?
Yes, as I have time. One thing I plan to do is shorten the water-cooled inlet pipe, for a taller reduction zone. I may also switch to water cooled instead of oil cooled, and / or connect it to my hydronic heat system to capture the waste heat.
@@dansw0rkshop I generate tremendous amounts of waste oil from my business, which I currently run through a furnace to heat my shop. I would like to build a charcoal gasifier in order to use it to run a waste oil drip through it. Your design, is the only one I've seen with the cooling jacket, which I think would be necessary to handle the extraordinary heat generated by such a system. I like the idea of combining the charcoal and oil because just about any other system designed to crack only oil will always coke up and create a constant mess to deal with. Running the oil through the charcoal should reduce everything to ash which should be easy to safely clean up and dispose of. Should also generate a very rich gas mixture. I would likely use oil in my cooling jacket in order to have a consistent source of preheated oil to drip through the gasifier. Anyway, I appreciate your hard work, and especially like seeing how you create complex conical shapes, in metal, with simple shop equipment that I already have.
Waiting all your life for a burner like this!! one that takes electricity!?🤨😂 they have been available in hardware stores FOREVER! People used to heat there home with oil since before you existed I think you are a few shingles short of a shake block
Link? I'm well aware of beckett style burners, I have several. They burn motor oil, yes. But not with a blue flame.
@@dansw0rkshop I didn't say Beckett style burners
@@hemidart7🏆thanks for participating
You are using a fan in this case a hair dryer not very efficient If you make some modifications you can have a venturie style set up and loose the hair dryer (electricity)
Glad you enjoyed the video.
great work! following you since "MOT arc welder" project (not sure if the name is accurate, that was a while ago...). greetings from russia !
Thanks for stopping by!
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“Oh, my leg! Hank, I’m scared!”
2:46 that looks horrid and is bulky and sheds awful light. Just keep using flourescent tubes, or if you really don’t want to use flourescent use led retrofit tubes, not this junky old mess. Also that costs you more in the future because you have to replace bulbs lots when they blow, bad idea.
Thanks for stopping by! No worries man, I can address all of your concerns. 1. I don't care how bulky they look, it's me looking at them 2. The light is good enough for me, and they don't hum like a flourescent 3. I do use LED retrofit tubes, just not in this case, 4. I haven't had to replace a single bulb yet, but when they blow, it's one at a time generally, and even if I changed them all at once it would still be cheaper than the flourescent tubes in my locale.
@@dansw0rkshop oh okay. Thanks for letting me know! I know that it’s not to everyone’s taste, personally I don’t like the look of it with all the bulbs sticking out, but you don’t mind it so that’s ok because it’s your fixture. I know they only go out one at a time but still when more than 1 have gone out it might add up the costs when you have to buy new bulbs
Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen
you could feed some or all off the exhaust gases back into the reactor (CO2 + C → 2CO ) you will get more flammable gases + it would run a bit colder. Also you could add the two heat exchangers together and run water though it (water heater) that water you could put in the reactor to lose less heat when dripping down cold water in the reactor.
Yep, I did the exhaust gas return (EGR) strategy on my Lumina barrel gasifier. It was the only way to prevent melting the firebrick.
@@dansw0rkshop I am curious do you use all the exhaust gases? In the video I didn't see any pipe going back to the gasifier from the engine. And doesn't the engine create a vacuum that sucks the air into the inlet? That would make the air blower at the inlet unnecessary .
Super nice build. I like the small footprint. Keeping everything in a smaller space is the best thing. Do you have any plans for gasified installation on a motor vehicle?
No plans at this point. It isn't sized for a vehicle.
Best motor ever made. Made mine have a 36 hp long shaft for sailboat
It is great to see a generator working with your gasifier. When I added a water feed to mine, I was really impressed at the improvement I gained over raw charcoal. Your system is more complex than mine, but we are both getting good results from them :) .
Nice work. Your charcoal gasifier is appreciably more elaborate than mine, and it produces a lot more gas as a result. Even after all these years of running engines on wood and charcoal, it still amazes me just how well it works :) .
Next time can you show where your water drip is located in the hopper...wouldnt water steam inject be better in the burn chamber wher temperature are 700-1200.
Did you watch all of the videos? I show exactly where the water enters the intake at an elbow at the top. Then the droplets fall straight down into the hottest part of the fire, right where the incoming air contacts the charcoal.
I have a few thoughts... why wouldn't you make a dual function gasifier... 1. Gasifier which run on charcoal gas... 2. A gasifier that utilize the extreme hot temp ie paralysis process to create charcoal for you at the same time ie To used in the next burn. Example 1. if your hopper was larger you could have wood chunks in a fully enclosed sealable vessel with a manway lid. You would take the wood gass from the charoal vessel and inject back in to Pyrolysis chamber to be burned. You would need a vibrator mounted to the hopper to ensure charcoal feul from bridging in the main hopper to feed your reactor. Example 2. The reduction zone is extemely hot.. you could sheild the reduction zone with some diy castable refractory wall cone that can be replaced as need . To prevent the reduction from burning threw after months or years of usage cus the chamber would burn hotter. Part two... the above refractory liner would be a thin enought from prevent the chamber from melting or prevent thermal craking...the use back side of reduction zone as a secondary sealed hopper to manufacture more charcoal and again inject the wood gas back into Pyrolysis burner chamber above. You would have 2 chambers wher you could make charcoal
1. Been through it all. I've melted firebrick. 2. My dual function gasifier is my outdoor boiler. The waste heat goes to making the water hot for domestic heating (water and space heating), with charcoal the side product.
Im talking about using bricks but cast your own refactory mater look up starlight ..you need a better refactory mix...
You can improve the effiency of the system dramatic ..yes your making domestic hot water but you still not effiently using waste heat from the charcol process to dry your wood.. or use the wood gas byproduct from charcoal process back into the gassifier as secound combustion. Even using a sand battery soak up heat for your domestic hot water.
@@772777777777777 I agree, and it would be trivial to do so, all I need is to add a water-to-water heat exchanger to connect my hydronic system to the gasifier, instead of the finned exchanger and blower you see on it.
Add a comment... I have a few thoughts... why wouldn't you make a dual function gasifier... 1. Gasifier which run on charcoal gas... 2. A gasifier that utilize the extreme hot temp ie paralysis process to create charcoal for you st the same time ie To used in the next burn. Example 1. if your hopper was larger you could have wood chunks in a fully enclosed sealable vessel with a manway lid. You would take the wood gass from the charoal vessel and inject back in to Pyrolysis chamber to be burned. Example 2. The reduction zone is extemely hot.. you could sheild the reduction zone with some diy castable refractory wall cone that can be replaced as need . To prevent the reduction from burning threw after months or years of usage cus the chamberwould burn hotter. Part two... the above refractory liner would be a thin enought from prevent the chamber from melting or prevent thermal craking...the use back side of reduction zone as a secondary sealed hopper to manufacture more charcoal and again inject the wood gas back into Pyrolysis burner chamber above. You would have 2 chambers wher you could make charcoal
I had the same idea, water/coolant around the firecone but circulated otherwise it would boil fast. I'm going to just weld stainless together and use plaster-sand mix around it for a further heat sink. I'll see how that goes.
Good video. Need to trim the end blackness though.
READ THE ICONS! It not suitable for flammable fires (class B). Grease are K class and these work differently
Noted. I will look for a fire extinguisher rated for "flammable fires" then. BTW I was just playing around, this was an expired unit that needed emptied so I could use the container in a project.
water cooling the throat is bass ackwards...you want to get it white hot if you can. you are just trying to use cheap found materials and i will not work for very long...i still applaud your effort and time and experience will rule the outcome.
I know, I've gotten gasifiers hot enough to melt firebrick. Those were not cheap found materials. Also, this design is using oil for cooling, not water. Oil can get up into 400-500F before it starts breaking down. Still not white hot, I guess. Thanks for stopping by.
@@dansw0rkshop Try using stainless steel, I'm going to try welding some dog dishes and kitchenware bowls with 308L16 rod. One guy bit the bullet and just machined his entire firecone-venturi from stainless LOL!
Dale is right it is backwards. It only gets cooled after it leaves the reactor for the cleaning. This cone type is called an Imbert and is for wood. You want the whole cone to get red hot and submerged in charcoal that forms on the whole bottom end and all around the cone to make pyrolysis. On the outside of the cone as well. Just like when you put a dry spaghetti noodle on the metal of a red hot stove burner. The metal has to get red hot.
The air bubbles in the oil are from air being sucked into the pump from the drive shaft because there is no seal on that shaft which is above the oil level
That's a good point... but I don't think there is suction there. I think there is pressure, which is what made the pump leak profusely before I had it immersed. Also, would the pump suck air when installed in an engine? In that scenario, the shaft is above the oil level too.
I like the other way of cooling better ; drip in water to the air inlet , gives extra hydrogen gas too.
Gas tank still connected to the carb im not convinced
You don't need to be convinced. Nobody does. This technology has been around for over a hundred years.
@4:22 Your gas still has water vapour in it. It might not be much, but it's still taking up space that could be filled with something that burns.
I agree. I'll get better at it. :D
I really like it but surely it would be better to collect the gas rather than pass it straight into the engine? Then you could control the pressure and volume of the gas fed to the engine and it would be a bit more independent of the current output of the fire. e.g. (collect it in a bladder of some kind or submerged upturned bucket)
Good video. Is it an updraft? What are the tubes for going down to the flame for? When trying to start the generator after getting gas to the generator intake, turn the bower off and the generator should start much easier. Either your charcoal is too moist or you're dripping the water too fast. I don't think you want that much moisture after shutting down.
1. It is downdraft. 2. Not sure what tubes you're referring to. There are no visible flames in this video, and there are a number of tubes here and there. What timestamp in the video? 3. Yes, I know. I left it the blower running because I thought it would make it easier. It didn't start any easier when I turned the blower off either. Bottom line, I had to flare it a while longer before "getting gas to the intake" -- that is to say, before the gas was rich enough to run the generator.
4. The charcoal was completely dry to start with. I'm probably dripping water too fast, but it does make nice flares and the generator engine picked up noticeably when I increased the drip.
@@dansw0rkshop I drip about a drop per second for my Polaris sportsman 400. That seems to be ideal.
Very interesting to see. I have been interested in gasification for several years .. but haven't built a system yet. However, I do make charcoal .. mostly for garden use. I have a local friend who built a gasifier for his truck .. but he was using wood not charcoal .. so bc of the wood he was concerned about the buildup of tars on valves etc. So am I to understand that a charcoal burn is going to be a lot cleaner? (I assume so.) .. The other thing that's interesting to see is how you have introduced water drip into the charcoal. What do you understand this to be doing? I know that Water is Hydrogen and Oxygen .. so it would seem that by introducing it to the charcoal .. you can get more btu energy .. but I don't know. It's great to see the development of gasification .. there is better communication and problem solving! Thanks for your posts.
When introducing a water drip to a charcoal gasifier, the charcoal steals an oxygen molecule and turns it into hydrogen for more power. One should realize about 75% of the power compared to gasoline.
@@drainkinginc2011 Interesting and it makes sense!
@@drainkinginc2011 That is exactly correct. Charcoal burns very hot, you get more heat than necessary so you can actually split the water into H2 and O (and the O combines with more carbon to make CO)
@@dansw0rkshop actually I believe the hot charcoal steals an oxygen molecule from the CO2 to make CO which is a combustible gas.
you create hydrogen AND cool the charcoal. (to keep everything from melting)
Dan, i don't understand the design, are you cooling the air / woodgas before it enters the carberetter ? is there a need for a carberetter ?
1. Yes, the woodgas needs some cooling before entering the engine. 2. You still need a throttle butterfly for throttle control, so I tend to leave the original carburetor in place for that purpose. On generators, this is necessary for frequency control at 60Hz. On a car, this connects to the accelerator pedal. 3. Then, the woodgas "carburetor" is simply a plumbing tee with another valve to control the air-fuel ratio (which can be quite finicky). I'll soon have another video up showing the generator setup.
If you are asking about the oil cooling part, this is something completely different. In this gasifier design, the oil cooling is to keep the hearth and air intake from melting. You can melt steel with charcoal. Easily. The oil cooler prevents that.
@@dansw0rkshop thank you.
Run your flare heat through an old gas shop heater/ exchanger to collect that surplus heat. Most are 3" outlet.
Flaring isn't a permanent solution. Watch part 1 and 2 to realize that this gasifier is under development. It started out as nothing but shells of old water heaters. Another plan to collect surplus heat is to make a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger to replace the liquid-to-air HX and fan. Then the oil cooling can help heat my domestic hot water.
Waiting for next one 👍 Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱 🖐
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Thanks for your video, Sir.
Hey, I'm not a wood gas expect here but I can tell you about clinkers from my experience with a pellet stove in Ontario Canada. Your fuel might be a bit dirtier than advertised? I've found no difference in softwood or hardwood but actually that the more expensive premium pellets are better for making fewer clinkers that glue themselves into the air grates.
I'm burning home made charcoal. It wasn't advertised as clean. Yes it is dirty, as is all wood that drew nutrients from the ground.
The clinkers are likely a result of minerals picked up by the trees from which the charcoal is made. It's basically unavoidable at the temps he's working with. The ash melts to slag and forms clinkers.
Adding steam or water vapors to the air intake can help break up the slag formation somewhat. WW2 charcoal downdraft gasifiers used steam from a water jacket piped to the air intake to keep the nozzle cooler, add hydrogen, and keep slag to a size small enough for the grate to sift out.
I recommend the Fram Ultra Synthetic. It is of the highest quality for a bang for your buck. You may be able to put a longer one than what it calls for the same price, like what I do for my 2001 Chevrolet Impala with 271,000 miles of hard driven miles on the engine. It is not driven hard during warming up process though.
Very interesting!