Great job, looks well built. I would try using lighter color paint and a water jacket for your oil collection. That green may absorb too much heat from the sun but it does look cool. Also, look into using cobalt chloride crystal as a catalyst. It's simple to use and will remove CO2 leaving a much cleaner CO and pure ish hydrogen. I'd put the cobalt catalyst in that first cyclone stage. The heat may help activate the reaction better (don't know if that's accurate but it makes sense). Cheers
In theory, could I basically attach my pellet stove I use to heat my house already (from the exhaust pipe coming from the inside of my home), to the filter and use the rest of this design to make wood-gas? I'm wondering if I can use this gas then to operate an LP/NG wall heater? I would effectively be using a byproduct to produce more heat for my home and theoretically use less pellets, or produce extra heat, either way I'd be winning... Do you think this would possible?
Too dangerous to put in house due to possible blow back if a leak occurs. There are vids of people putting it into propane tanks by pressurizing the gas into them. I have not done that yet but will study up more on it.
Gas builds where the fire is burning but if the burner has a leak, and has air ie oxygen then it will blow . It will send the fuel ie pellets up and rain down on you.
I think better to connect gas to top of old oil heater. Because when you connect it to the bottom you create gas flow resistance. Naturally wen gas cools it goes down. That is why cyclone filter has intake at the top.
Very nicely done, does anyone out there know how to store gas after you make it I don't think I have seen anyone do that yet ,I'm sure they folk out there doing it.
Awesome! Are people powering cabins with these? I need to generate about 6 KWH/day. If my initial research is close, @ 2.5 lbs of biomass/KWH, an efficient gasifier would need about 15 lbs of feedstock to produce 6 KWH/day. That's 450 lbs/mo. That's a lot of sticks lol. :) How much time/electricity do you use to collect & cut feedstock? Is it really practical to produce 6 KWH/day using a gasifier or is this more suited for emergency power? Thanks!
Use pellets as fuel rather than sticks, better more consistent and cheaper fuel if you count the time not spent foraging and processing the fuel or getting bitten by insects or animals.
Great build, my dad is working on one also, from josh burks video... Almost ready to fire up ... Thanks for sharing...
Make a video of it.
Shalom ❣️ very nice one
Great job, looks well built. I would try using lighter color paint and a water jacket for your oil collection. That green may absorb too much heat from the sun but it does look cool. Also, look into using cobalt chloride crystal as a catalyst. It's simple to use and will remove CO2 leaving a much cleaner CO and pure ish hydrogen. I'd put the cobalt catalyst in that first cyclone stage. The heat may help activate the reaction better (don't know if that's accurate but it makes sense). Cheers
What state are you located in?
Im in the process of building me one to run a small engine.
Nice! least you took the time to paint it and make it look nice.
some others I seen look like some of my grandfathers moonshine steals
by in the 70's
Every time someone see's it, they ask if it is a still. That made me smile!
amazing homemade gasifier uses wood pellets to run generator -- renewable alternative energy video
Do you have another model?
In theory, could I basically attach my pellet stove I use to heat my house already (from the exhaust pipe coming from the inside of my home), to the filter and use the rest of this design to make wood-gas? I'm wondering if I can use this gas then to operate an LP/NG wall heater? I would effectively be using a byproduct to produce more heat for my home and theoretically use less pellets, or produce extra heat, either way I'd be winning... Do you think this would possible?
Too dangerous to put in house due to possible blow back if a leak occurs. There are vids of people putting it into propane tanks by pressurizing the gas into them. I have not done that yet but will study up more on it.
How would you define "blow back" like the fire going back down the line?
Gas builds where the fire is burning but if the burner has a leak, and has air ie oxygen then it will blow . It will send the fuel ie pellets up and rain down on you.
Oh, that's a good point! Could I put a one way valve in the system somewhere that could prevent such thing?
You have to make sure i'ts sealed right.
And if not, figure out a way to do that.
I think better to connect gas to top of old oil heater. Because when you connect it to the bottom you create gas flow resistance. Naturally wen gas cools it goes down. That is why cyclone filter has intake at the top.
What's inside the cyclone filter?
Very nicely done, does anyone out there know how to store gas after you make it I don't think I have seen anyone do that yet ,I'm sure they folk out there doing it.
ruclips.net/video/5hfznunVzKY/видео.html
Amazing, cant wait to watch the remainder .
Cheers
Thanks, my wife died and am having a hard time right now but may do another video come spring or sooner.
Bill Holstein I will keep you and yours in my prayers. Truly sorry to read that.
+Bill Holstein Condolences, terrible time for you
In my prayers as well
Awesome! Are people powering cabins with these? I need to generate about 6 KWH/day. If my initial research is close, @ 2.5 lbs of biomass/KWH, an efficient gasifier would need about 15 lbs of feedstock to produce 6 KWH/day. That's 450 lbs/mo. That's a lot of sticks lol. :) How much time/electricity do you use to collect & cut feedstock? Is it really practical to produce 6 KWH/day using a gasifier or is this more suited for emergency power? Thanks!
+Paul Ladendorf Battery bank and an inverter. Very do-able!
+Bill Holstein ruclips.net/video/vToiLz9In78/видео.html
I make this gasifier. What do you thing??
nice build
yee haw you got yerself a moonshine still !!
Use pellets as fuel rather than sticks, better more consistent and cheaper fuel if you count the time not spent foraging and processing the fuel or getting bitten by insects or animals.
it's a household radiator
Put some wmo in there
Go Bills!
Yep jumped to the end expecting no burn test. Expectation met. That's a fancy build that wasted everyone's time.
Hmmm, i wonder if there is any other videos of burn tests on my page?