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Run Your Car on Wood, Charcoal, Producer Gas I am offering not one but THREE detailed reports about producing gas for operating internal combustion engines from coal, from wood and wood chips, and from charcoal. The first is a reprint of the chapter on producer gas in The Internal Combustion Engine by H.E. Wimperis. Originally published in 1909 it shows the "state of the art" at the beginning of the 20th century (and it has really not been improved upon.) The second report contains information on one of the best charcoal gas-producers to emerge during WW II, a Swedish unit, that powered many cars, busses, and trucks. After the first energy crisis of the 1970's FEMA, that's right, the Federal Emergency Management Agency commissioned the design and construction of a gasifier unit that could be made at home...or really "on the farm" because the goal was to keep tractors operating in case gasoline was unavailable in an emergency! This is a GREAT report with complete materials list and step by step construction photos. You can build this out of a steel bucket, a drum, and a trash can and it WILL WORK. It's designed to burn wood chips, the kind used for stable bedding and it's actually an improvement on the WW II designs because the fuel hopper doesn't have to be air-tight. In the 1980's your government also funded research at the University of Florida and produced among other things, a demonstration motorcycle fueled by producer gas. (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
F.ellison@machine--tools.com (Fay Ellison) for additional information. This email is used for forwarding to newsgroup user.
