Testing A Better Wood Gassifier (Bio Gas Fuel)

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[Nighthawkinlight]

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[Freizeitflugsphaere]

You are such a honest and correct youtuber who creates amazing educational content! No need for clickbait or overexited camera acting!
Great channel and great role model for mine!

[whuzzzup]

You are the only channel where I watch the ads - to see your bird.

[DolphinDestroyer]

When you want to show the inside of something without risking your lens, try using a mirror :^)

[MrFmiller]

The arrangement is ingenious, perhaps the simplest most elegant feed and clearing design I have ever seen. Most designs require disassembly or a door to remove the char. Heat distortion in designs using a door and resulting inefficient sealing is problematic. Feeding the char directly into the burn chamber while operating reduces the heating cycle to a minimal duration, immediately igniting the char to contribute to the cycle, and wastes very little fuel in the process. In addition the tar drains into the burn chamber providing additional fuel and potentially reducing undesirable waste byproducts.
The rocket stove design is perhaps the most efficient and lends itself well for the application.
There are a couple of improvements that could be made. One improvement might be a grate or screen for the ash to fall through to a lower chamber for easy removal. Most designs use a shaker to facilitate ash removal.
If the combustion is hot enough and the grate designed with sufficient space white ash passes without the need for mechanical assistance.
I suspect the flame is being retarded by the envelope of fumes and smoke from the lower chamber depriving the tube of oxygen. Bending the tube to position the burn away from the top of the burn chamber would solve the problem.
Another improvement would be a carbeurator similar to ones found on propane stoves to suck additional air into the stream.
I've built a couple of gassifiers that were relatively successful but your design provides significant improvements that overcome inherent detrimental characteristics. I think I'll borrow your basic design and build another one with the above improvements .
Thanks.

[rianmach]

You could put a bubbler on the end of the gas outlet so it’d clean it more effectively, and a valve so you could monitor its output

[Macdaddi]

Take the wood gas and filter it and store it for later use. Find a way to separate out its liquid components by having a drain tube at the bottom for the wood oil to condense into. Now distill it with the same heat coming from the charcoal. If you are using pine wood you will wind up with rosin which has many uses for paints and finishes and the liquid distilled from the wood oil is turpentine which runs perfectly fine in diesel engines a 100% straight substitute. The liquid from the wood gas that can settled out is a low grade gasoline or a white gasoline similar to orange oil from orange peels. The process is very green but isn't cost effective for today's market but is a great experiment and a great option for those with lots of land with pines who love to play and tinker in self sustainability a small scale. Keep up the great work.

[doctorzoidberg]

I believe in ww2 Germany (due to lack of oil) began to experiment with alternative fuel sources. Wood gas was one of them (you might have mentioned this already)

[notirishrider]

I wonder. Has anyone ever tried doing this using heat from something like a big magnifiying glass? i seen them light pieces of wood on fire so i bet its more than hot enough. Than way you get charcoal and wood gass without burning any wood in the process :) Obviously sun is not something we have 24/7 but even if you can use it 35% of the days in a year that is still a 35% increase in efficency which is huge.

[ECM]

You should bubble the gas through a longish column of water (maybe like .5-1m tall). That should condsense all or most of the tar youre getting from the wood.

[neildmd]

Love this project! You can even use the charcoal to make a carbon filter to clean up the gas before storage.

[pyr]

flair the end of the exit pipe if you want a sustainable flame. fire has a set speed it can move, so you need to slow the gasses.

[dagoonite]

I've been working on my own design that addresses these same issues ever since the last video... and of course you not only beat me to it but come up with a much more elegant and simple method.

[KKun]

I loved to see the evolution of your project and how you redesigned the whole thing so efficiently!! Learned so many things. Great video as always!
Cheers from Italy

[samuelcooley]

Hey Ben, thanks for the continuing to put out the amazing videos. I love the way you take older technologies and show people how they still can be used. I don't have any deep insight into how to improve the design but instead just a word of encouragement. I'll always tune in for your videos. Thanks

[Kbrusky]

Your videos are inspiring and SOLID. Thank you for being a great teacher!

[Denver_Risley]

I've really enjoyed watching your series on this subject. This is really going to come in handy when commercial fuel becomes to expensive to be practical.

[sassageflair]

I love the attention to your carbon footprint, people like you are going to lead us to a better future for our children, thank you.

[d.j.]

Keep in mind that I just found wood gasifier tech very recently! (lastnight) Along with other youtuber's, I see much bigger gasifier's being built with bigger steel tubes, cylinder's, & barrels & burning in say a "upper container" while passing forced air into the mix along with vent tubes just to allow some oxygen in when needed & capped when not needed, then directed out & threw tubing which seems to benefit from a radiator style cooling period to achieve a cooler smoke & I've seen water filtration devices to collect all the tar/ oil. Many people/(a handful) of people have some awesome gasifier video's online & your channel is one of them! Keep up the great work & keep on spreading the news & HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM UTILITY COMPANIES & FORIEGN OIL ASAP!!! Also, Maybe WE CAN BREAK FREE OF FALSE FLAG ATTACKS IF PEOPLE STOP ALLOWING POLITICIANS TO PASS LAW'S BASED ON FEAR/RESTRICTING OUR LIBERTY & ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS LIKE THE 2ND AMMENDMENT, OUR RIGHT TO TRAVEL UNIMPEDED, & LAW ENFORCEMENT HARRASSING CITIZEN'S WHEN NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED WITH "CODE ENFORCEMENT" &  SILENT SUBVERSION WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRED LOBBYIST TO PETITION LAWMAKER'S TO AMMEND DRIVING LAW'S ALLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CHANGE THE ORIGINAL LAW'S UNTIL THEY NO LONGER MENTIONED "TRAVEL & TRAVELLER'S WHICH ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED! (A) DEVELOPE THE DMV, dmv in an act of commerce sells people a "priviledge to drive" becoming a "for commerce driver" similar to a taxi-driver, semi-driver, INSTEAD OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN SIMPLY TRAVELLING IN THEIR PRIVATE CONVEYANCE which is constitutionally protected!(B) AUTOMAKERS SILENTLY SEND EVERYONE'S (MSO) "MANUFACTURER'S STATEMENT OF ORIGIN" to the dmv & people are left to assume that they need permission to travel unimpeded! Keep in mind that the 1st act of fraud is, signing people up as "AMERICAN CITIZEN'S" WHEN YOU HAVE MANY MORE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AS A "STATE CITEZEN'S" BECAUSE ONLY STATE CITIZEN'S HAVE SPECIFIC RIGHT'S!  The 2nd fraud is when parents sign their kids up as "AMERICAN CITIZEN'S" INSTED OF "STATE CITIZEN'S"  OF WHICHEVER STATE YOU WERE BORN & THEN THE 3rd fraud is assuming that one needs permission/permit to travel, & goes to a dmv to get signed up as a "for commerce driver" NOTICE IN ALL OLD RECORDINGS FROM THE EARLY 1900'S AUTOMOBILE'S DID NOT HAVE PLATES ON THEM! Law enforcement offered free plates to more easily spot a stolen automobile & soon, Many people assumed they needed to have plates & so many people requested a plate so, Law enforcement started the dmv & thus, the fraud began! That is why today, it is common to see an officer stop & charge a citizen with a code enfraction when there is NO VICTIM SO, THERE IS NO CRIME YET, THEY GET A CODE ENFRACTION THAT IS MEANT FOR A FOR COMMERCE/ COMMERCIAL DRIVER ONLY, NOT A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED TRAVELLER! That was the reason for the fraud! I do hope people wake up to the biggest scam on society & look how many lives have been lost due to it & how much property has been taken! If you want to look it up, check out-U.S.Supreme court states no license required to drive-wearechange...driving vs travelling... also, & most importantly, on youtube, - High Frequency Radio! The man is a genius when it comes to law & both Constitution's, YES THERE ARE TWO! 2 SETS OF

[noahpierce]

I’d like to see you make a filtration system, and a production system large enough to run a small engine.