Wood gas & Gasifiers
A word of caution - Gasifiers generate large amounts of carbon monoxide (CO)
which is very dangerous to breathe. CO binds rather fiercely to hemoglobin in the
blood and does not allow oxygen to be absorbed. Use extreme care.
A word of caution - Gasifiers generate large amounts of carbon monoxide (CO)
which is very dangerous to breathe. CO binds rather fiercely to hemoglobin in the
blood and does not allow oxygen to be absorbed. Use extreme care.
This is the link (below) for the FEMA plans mentioned in the above video. It is in .pdf format.
FEMA Wood Gasifier Plans (.pdf) You might consider the Imbert design, though, due to its hotter burn chamber and ablility to crack the tars into usable wood gas better than the FEMA unit. Some notes on wood gas generators: If you use a wood gas stove with which to cook then you can use the left over charcoal to fuel a wood gas generator. Actually, any charcoal will work. The good part of using charcoal instead of wood chips is that the wood gas does not have to be scrubbed to get rid of soot or tar and burns much cleaner. So save your charcoal from your fires in the event you end up needing to build one of these in the future, or you can use the charcoal for your next cookout.
The web site referenced by Wayne Kieth in the above video can be reached by clicking below:
driveonwood.com |
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