[Gasification] Those who don't know history will painfully rediscover it...

[koopmans at loxinfo.co.th]

Hi Tom,

Quite a few years back I visited Bjorn Kjellstrom in Sweden and had the
opportunit to see his Volkswagen minibus being driven with a gasifier on the
back. Together we travelled to the north of Sweden to an agricultural research
station where they were using a lorry with a gasifier as well as some tractors
all fitted with gasifiers plowing the fields.

A few years later I was in Vietnam and we were driving towards HoChiMinh city
(Saigon) when we saw a lorry transporting charcoal to town. The lorry was using
a charcoal gasifier and it was quite spectacular driving behind the lorry to see
from time to time pieces of glowing charcoal falling out while driving. I should
have some pictures of a similar truck at a chacoal depot and see if I can find them.

Auke


Quoting Thomas Reed <tombreed at comcast.net>:

> Dear Andy:
> 
> I visited Mel Strand in Colorado Springs several times to ride in his 
> reconstructed WWII gasifier truck.  He drove one in Norway thru WWII, 
> delivering groceries during daylight and arms to the underground at 
> night.  You can see pictures of his truck on our website at 
> http://www.woodgas.com/history.htm.  I'd like to buy it when I get flush 
> with cash.  He drives it in parades and once up Pike's Peak.  VERY SIMPLE.
> 
> It has always amazed me that over a million gasifiers powered the 
> civilian economies of much of Europe and Asia during WWII
> 
>     * When the world was at war and materials scarce
>     * When no one really understood the reactions
> 
> How come we aren't making gasifiers that are ten times as good today?  
> (We're working on it at BEF
> 
> TOM REED             BEF
> 
> andy schofield wrote:
> > Today, while testing some modifications, I met a fellow that  knew what
> that 
> > thing was on the back of my truck. he had just returned from Sweeden, 
> > visiting family. He said his cousin has a Volvo there that runs on 
> > birch-hackwood. He saw it run! The only other guy I know who has ever seen
> a 
> > gasifier run had duties in Germany in 1945.  He used to ride back and forth
> 
> > to town to visit his girlfriend in her dad's car. He does'nt remember much,
> 
> > except she was pretty, and it always exploded when her dad added fuel. I 
> > suspect he knew how to make it go boom just to add to the festivities.
> >
> >   How come so few have seen a real gasifier? The truth is they are not easy
> 
> > to operate, and liquid fuel is still quite cheap (for what it does).
> Schools 
> > don't teach about how people once upon a time, overcame not having liquid 
> > fuels they once had.
> >
> > Andy Schofield
> >
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