[Gasification] Producer Gas Driven Engine w/ Liquid Fuel Assist

[Ken Calvert]

Mike when we did it, I won't say how many years ago or you will think me an 
old codger,
we did not put the producer gas through the carburettor at all. you put a 
tee fitting in behind the carburetter
and take of a  separate pipeline to the gas producer and where ever is 
convenient, you put in another tee fitting with two  butterfly valves from 
old carburettors, one on the lead to the gasifier which is connected to a 
separate accelorator pedal,  and the other to the open air which is on the 
gasifier side of the the gas pedal throttle butterfly which is connected to 
a hand control by bowden cable takem off the brakes of a bicycle.  To get 
really sophisticated, you have a sparkplug in the gasifier, a copper tube 
into the firebox  through which you can put a squirt of ethanol from a small 
hand pump and a turn off tap on the fuel line to the carburettor. .
To get an instant start on your vehicle you do need some charcoal rather 
than wood in the base of the gasifier before you top up with your usual 
fuel.
If you close everything up tight when you come home after your last run 
there should be enough left as the fire dies out.
You start the car as normal,  in your case with ethanol and  back out of the 
garage.  When you get on the open road, you pull out the choke on the carby, 
at the same time as you open the butterfly to the gasifier and close the 
open air one.  Then you squirt some alcohol or whatever into the gasifier 
and push the button on the sparkplug to ignite the gasifier.  As you drive 
down the road you soon get to learn the signs when there is some flamable 
gas coming through and you start juggling the two accelorator pedals with 
both your feet, and  the carby choke and the air mixer butterfly with one 
hand.   Sounds rather complex but its like learning to ride a bike, and its 
not long before you pull the choke full on and turn off the tap on the fuel 
line to the carburrettor and you are driving down the road on 100% producer 
gas and not using any alcohol at all.
Cheers, Ken C.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Redler" <redlerm at yahoo.com>
To: <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 3:41 AM
Subject: [Gasification] Producer Gas Driven Engine w/ Liquid Fuel Assist


> Hey everyone,
>
> I've been reading Cash, "Producer Gas for Motor Vehicles". In chapter 9,
> it discusses modified carburetors for mixing fuels - especially for
> assisting with hill climbing and engine starts.
>
> Does anyone have experience with running a gasoline engine on a
> combination of producer gas and ethanol? I think it would be a bonus to
> work on a vehicle which ultimately never sees a gas station again.
>
> I would imagine that a standard carburetor would require re-porting.
>
> Mike
>
>
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