Good ideas but having experimented with varying forms of power generation over the last 25 years I have found that solar panels (although high initial cost) and electronics have been the most reliable. Gas has become more expensive, fuel also, engines tend to breakdown and need spares which in a collapsed society would not be available, nore would solar I hear you say but solar is good for 25 years plus and the batteries to store the energy are good for 7 to 10 if built with decent thick plates and are recyclable. Wind generators are also good although the bearings need replacing every so often. Perhaps you could experiment with a steam powered generator running of a wood burning stove. Keep up the good work.
Good luck! I look forward to learning from you how to produce and use my own city gas. My first thought was that it is a shame that all that heat goes to waste out of that radiator, then I remembered the significant amount of CO coursing through it and thought better of plumbing it via an indoor space. Do you have any plans to store and perhaps even compress your wood gas? Decoupling a larger and more efficient reactor from your transport might save a whole lot of tinkering and improve reliability. I would need to take such a stealthy route even if less efficient, due to prying aurhtoities being more interested in exhaust gasses than rampant crime and unraveling social structure.
You mentioned storage which caught me off guard. I had (wrongly) learned you can't store the gas. Now I instead realise it can be. This also means it could be made self lighting using a gas flame. You have sparked my interest for this after 20 a year hiatus. Thank you!
@@gordonthomson2183 Yes Gordon, Ive researched this and my www.driveonwood.com gurus tell me that there are 3 ways to compress the gas - 1 go on line and buy a commercial lpg gas compressor. 2 use a small DIY/Tradie aircompressor modified.- works but limited to 150psi 3 use an electric waterblaster- fast and efficient but hard on the waterblaster heat wise. Ill be covering all this in subsequent episodes
@@t.h.o.r. Thank you for the reply. I didn't even think about just buying a commercial compressor. I was thinking along the lines of method 2 that you mentioned, but I could not quite wrap my head around how I would go about manufacturing it. I am glad there are other minds thinking about this. I had a different idea based off of something I saw someone do to store and pressurize Biogas for use with a stove. They use a container with water to store an open container placed upside down with the gas in and outlet in. The gas in then pumped into the container and a weight is placed on top to build the pressure. While this should work in theory, I was not sure if it would build enough pressure in order to fill the gas bottle. (I don't know if I explained this well enough, but you have probably seen something like this on the internet during your energy autonomy quest.) - Cheers Mate
You never stop giving me ideas about stuff! To be fair there is not much I did not know something about, but that poke of interest can be a powerful thing. Coming from England I feel I must make a small point. Those Gas instilations in the photos were called Gasometers and basically stored the Town Gas (as it was back then) at ambient pressure (I always thought it was compressed, but no!) .... you are dead right about how it was produced. They called those plants Coking Works and you would buy eather Coal or Coke to burn on your open fire to keep the house warm. They are disappearing now as the idea is to liquidise the gas we now have and store it in liquid form in the plastic piping on the supply network (can't think what could go wrong with that idea). My understanding of wood gasifiers is that you need a substantial area of wooded land for it to be viable. Could you keep an eye on how much wood you use in the process as you are experimenting? Some of us lost most of our woodland when the Spanish tried their Armada trick on us! While I am on ...... how did your experiment with the ariels to electrify your plants go? I am hearing mixed messages on that front.
we had two horrible summers and hardly grew a bean- so I put up the big 7 metre mast and dozens of magnets and copper wire and the slugs and snails have moved out, we just finisged an epic summer of produce- with extra to sell at the weekly market- Im happy with electroculture. I have just 4 mature trees that I trim each winter for my firewood. Its kept me warm each winter in my small cabins for 22 years. I may have to get wood in to produce enough char to power engines. Ill let you know as time goes by. right now, Im watching leaves drop. when the trees are bare Ill drop a branch off each tree and that will get me through next winter. (or not) lol if Im charring it. The reason I charr it is so that the volitile tars are consumed and wont damage the engines. the gasses released during charring in the retort actually power the retort after a small fire starts it working so its very economical.
Good day, thank you for the video. Perhaps a bellows (Plumbed in Parallel to the plumbing at the back) can work for the situation where someone does not have a battery or the battery has reached the end of its life. Thanks again for all your experimenting - Edward from South Africa.
How about letting me get it going reliably first? This way you see what works and what doesnt. there's lots of variables that can be a bonus or a hinderence. for example- using the domestic radiator is easy- but has more flow resistance than 6 metres of large diameter pipe. Im using junk to save money and resources and it may not be the perfect way. There are many 'plans' available but they all have their issues. I would recommend looking at several systems and make up your own mind as to what will work best for you. eg. do you want lots of dirty tarry gas? or a smaller amount of perfectly clean gas? - you wont know till you look at all aspects of this. Ill help all I can by telling you what I learn as I go. It may take several videos
Good ideas but having experimented with varying forms of power generation over the last 25 years I have found that solar panels (although high initial cost) and electronics have been the most reliable. Gas has become more expensive, fuel also, engines tend to breakdown and need spares which in a collapsed society would not be available, nore would solar I hear you say but solar is good for 25 years plus and the batteries to store the energy are good for 7 to 10 if built with decent thick plates and are recyclable. Wind generators are also good although the bearings need replacing every so often. Perhaps you could experiment with a steam powered generator running of a wood burning stove. Keep up the good work.
Love wood gasification. Thanks for the educational material.
Good luck! I look forward to learning from you how to produce and use my own city gas. My first thought was that it is a shame that all that heat goes to waste out of that radiator, then I remembered the significant amount of CO coursing through it and thought better of plumbing it via an indoor space. Do you have any plans to store and perhaps even compress your wood gas? Decoupling a larger and more efficient reactor from your transport might save a whole lot of tinkering and improve reliability. I would need to take such a stealthy route even if less efficient, due to prying aurhtoities being more interested in exhaust gasses than rampant crime and unraveling social structure.
absolutely! - but men with ties are all full uf MRNA now and wont be here for much longer. this is my prepping strategy
You mentioned storage which caught me off guard. I had (wrongly) learned you can't store the gas. Now I instead realise it can be. This also means it could be made self lighting using a gas flame.
You have sparked my interest for this after 20 a year hiatus.
Thank you!
Wonderful- I really believe that now is the time.
@@t.h.o.r. Do you know of a way we can store this in a standard gas LP gas bottle?
@@gordonthomson2183 Yes Gordon, Ive researched this and my www.driveonwood.com gurus tell me that there are 3 ways to compress the gas - 1 go on line and buy a commercial lpg gas compressor. 2 use a small DIY/Tradie aircompressor modified.- works but limited to 150psi 3 use an electric waterblaster- fast and efficient but hard on the waterblaster heat wise. Ill be covering all this in subsequent episodes
@@t.h.o.r. Thank you for the reply. I didn't even think about just buying a commercial compressor. I was thinking along the lines of method 2 that you mentioned, but I could not quite wrap my head around how I would go about manufacturing it. I am glad there are other minds thinking about this. I had a different idea based off of something I saw someone do to store and pressurize Biogas for use with a stove. They use a container with water to store an open container placed upside down with the gas in and outlet in. The gas in then pumped into the container and a weight is placed on top to build the pressure. While this should work in theory, I was not sure if it would build enough pressure in order to fill the gas bottle. (I don't know if I explained this well enough, but you have probably seen something like this on the internet during your energy autonomy quest.) - Cheers Mate
You never stop giving me ideas about stuff!
To be fair there is not much I did not know something about, but that poke of interest can be a powerful thing.
Coming from England I feel I must make a small point. Those Gas instilations in the photos were called Gasometers and basically stored the Town Gas (as it was back then) at ambient pressure (I always thought it was compressed, but no!) .... you are dead right about how it was produced. They called those plants Coking Works and you would buy eather Coal or Coke to burn on your open fire to keep the house warm. They are disappearing now as the idea is to liquidise the gas we now have and store it in liquid form in the plastic piping on the supply network (can't think what could go wrong with that idea).
My understanding of wood gasifiers is that you need a substantial area of wooded land for it to be viable. Could you keep an eye on how much wood you use in the process as you are experimenting? Some of us lost most of our woodland when the Spanish tried their Armada trick on us!
While I am on ...... how did your experiment with the ariels to electrify your plants go? I am hearing mixed messages on that front.
we had two horrible summers and hardly grew a bean- so I put up the big 7 metre mast and dozens of magnets and copper wire and the slugs and snails have moved out, we just finisged an epic summer of produce- with extra to sell at the weekly market- Im happy with electroculture.
I have just 4 mature trees that I trim each winter for my firewood. Its kept me warm each winter in my small cabins for 22 years. I may have to get wood in to produce enough char to power engines. Ill let you know as time goes by. right now, Im watching leaves drop. when the trees are bare Ill drop a branch off each tree and that will get me through next winter. (or not) lol if Im charring it. The reason I charr it is so that the volitile tars are consumed and wont damage the engines. the gasses released during charring in the retort actually power the retort after a small fire starts it working so its very economical.
Good day, thank you for the video. Perhaps a bellows (Plumbed in Parallel to the plumbing at the back) can work for the situation where someone does not have a battery or the battery has reached the end of its life. Thanks again for all your experimenting - Edward from South Africa.
Yes early systems used a hand crank forge blower. 2-3 mins should see i reach gas production, then the vacuum of the engine does the work
Where are the plans so that it can be built
How about letting me get it going reliably first? This way you see what works and what doesnt. there's lots of variables that can be a bonus or a hinderence. for example- using the domestic radiator is easy- but has more flow resistance than 6 metres of large diameter pipe. Im using junk to save money and resources and it may not be the perfect way. There are many 'plans' available but they all have their issues. I would recommend looking at several systems and make up your own mind as to what will work best for you. eg. do you want lots of dirty tarry gas? or a smaller amount of perfectly clean gas? - you wont know till you look at all aspects of this. Ill help all I can by telling you what I learn as I go. It may take several videos
Keep posting my friend
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Thank you for your channel and your great posts!! God Bless.
Same to you!
Very exciting, looking forward to the next videos 🙏
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