For that application, off in the woods / survival cabin, seems to me a steam engine running a generator would be more efficient and much less complicated to maintain.
For about the same amount of effort you can convert an internal combustion engine to run on steam without the complication of the wood gas generator. A wood gas generator simply heats wood to an extreme temperature in a oxygen starved atmosphere [otherwise it would burn] which produces gas instead of flame. You then run the gas into an internal combustion engine and burn it.. Why not cut the energy transfer to bare minimum and burn wood [plentiful in your situation] and heat water to steam [less complicated, more manageable perhaps] Just a thought, I know it's being done. Grant.... AZ.... who has an unlimited supply of solar for electricity and doesn't have to chop wood. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My thought was that it would be real good for a stationary generator, for > mobile applications a steam boiler seems like a more entertaining solution > :) . > > Specifically I was thinking to build one for my camp back in the woods. So > should the world ever really turn on its ear I could have occasional > electricity when I escape to there. We've got lots of trash wood I wouldn't > mind using up while encouraging the good stuff to grow. > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:43:20 -0400 > From: "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wood gas > Message-ID: <10DF8C41E7F24EC5B4C07C5848134F94@PC466116028214> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=response > > Found nothing related under nunnikoven/nunnikhoven on Google. This "is" > old technology, but this farmer seems to have made improvements. > I would think that a DIYer with a wood supply might be willing to put up > with the extra time and trouble of wood gas in order to save several > thousand > dollars per year on fuel. > Gerry > > > Dieselhead wrote: > >> Look up nunnikoven (or something like that) in the 74-79 time period. He > >> did all this (except Auburn and maybe bonneville) almost 40 years ago. > >> Of course, many did it during WWII. Ninnikoven sold kits. > >> > >> merkuns are too impatient for the system to generate gas. They have > been > >> trained to expect instant gratification. Glow for 30 seconds? No > TIME!!! > >> ok, we can glow in 10 seconds. NOPE! I want to turn the key and go. > > > > > > With wood gas, you glow for what, 1/2 hour? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
