[Gasification] small scale gasifiers for those that need them

[Michael Redler]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the link.

I don't disagree. Aside from the pot and stand, there isn't much there. 
But since I haven't done enough research to make any solid choices, I 
think I'll have to just post my result (whatever they may be) when I 
have them, and make sure that any speculation on my part is clearly 
labeled as such.

Mike

Kevin Chisholm wrote:
> Dear Michael
>
> Doug Williams has published a sketch on his Site, showing the essence of 
> a gasifier system that works to produce an "engine grade fuel gas." See: 
>   http://www.fluidynenz.250x.com/anniversary.htm
>
> If you start with that as a "working reference", it would seem to be a 
> big leap from the Turkey Broiler intended to heat cooking oil to about 
> 350F, to a basic gasifier as shown in Doug's presentation.
>
> It would appear to me that not very many turkey cooker parts or 
> materials could be used in a gasifier producing engine grade fuel, ie, 
> low tar gas. It is hard to see how one could impose a gasifier design 
> onto the turkey cooker.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Kevin
>
> Michael Redler wrote:
>   
>> Kevin, list,
>>
>> As someone who hasn't built anything more sophisticated than what one 
>> can do with coffee cans and five gallon buckets, I'd like a test unit as 
>> an educational tool so I can test different fuels, and become accustomed 
>> to startup and running conditions. After that, I'd like to run an 
>> internal combustion engine one one - primarily an electric generator. My 
>> ultimate goal is to build a trailer mounted electric generator. I see a 
>> plug-in hybrid car in my future and the possibility of using a gasifier 
>> as a way to charge batteries and augment power in my home seem appealing 
>> to me.
>>
>> The reason the turkey fryer caught my eye was the idea that one could 
>> take advantage of someone else's mass production efforts if the 
>> combination of parts in a consumer product bares any similarity to what 
>> an experimenter would usually build from scratch. If this idea holds 
>> true, one could save time and money during their experimentation. As a 
>> side effect, it changes one's perspective of places like The Home Depot, 
>> as one sees the usefulness of the technology rather than the usefulness 
>> of the product within the scope of it's intended design.
>>
>> Mike
>>
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