All combustion for fuel is obsolete. Electric cars outperform internal combustion cars. WE ALL NEED TO STOP USING FOSSIL FUELS NOW! The rest of the world knows this, even China, Iran, Germany & the Saudi's. They are all building wind & solar plants as fast as they can.
Massive public works programs got us out of the depression. America needs a massive green energy program now. Upgrade the grid, re-employ fossil fuel workers in OUR green sector.
@BadGasGoodWind funny electric cars ??? now where dose 90% of the hydro come from? not wind or solar but wate for it coal and nuclear and who gains from that??? thats right our beloved oil companys and goverment so they are still making money on the fuel even if we are not putting in our tanks so what is the next best renewable which are trees water so use that to its fullest hydrogen syngas methain ect at least then we are not danceing chickens for the goverment ps a nuke reactor is not green
@GeorgeVeld - Dear George, I never said nukes are green, they are not. RIP Chernobyl. I advocate we don't burn anything for fuel, not coal gas oil wood, corn or other bio mass. It all pollutes when burned and when extracted from the ground. Other reasons not to use biomass to burn, because with 7 Billion people on the planet all crops should be dedicated to food and not wasted as fuel. Most hydro & transmission grids are owned/operated by publically owned utilities. EV farm eqiup= top priority
@BadGasGoodWind I hear what you are saying but that is some thing that BIG OIL AND OUR GOVERMENT will not allow to happen Take water there has been at least 4 times that someone has proven that we can run a combustion engine on water or h 2o Which when burned emits water A 0 carbon foot print Not to mention that your engine will last 1000000 miles pluse because of the way it burns But instead the goverment promotes costly and unpractical fuel cells that run on hh o
@GeorgeVeld i see what you mean now. do you have any good links to find out more about the tech? i have only seen a few clips here and there about a car or two.
@BadGasGoodWind Check out stan meyer He is not the only one who has done it but i beleve that he is the only one who actuly aproched the military with his fule cell Or even burning wood gas For hydro or in your car
@BadGasGoodWind Wood also isa good form of fuel If harnessed properly the upside is that we dont eat it the downside is there is a carbon foot print Solar is great but the down sides Costly to install and mantain the utility/hydro companys are only paying10% of what they charge and the township takes a good peice of that in taxes wind has the same problems and unless the Goverment starts helping with this we are going nowhere I do hear now in some country's there are som subsidy's which helps
@GeorgeVeld I take a hard stand on combustion because others will compromise as change occurs. I am all for tree planting, tree farming, live christmas trees (the latter prevents acreage from being turned into condo's by keeping farmers solvent) I believe that public utilities and the people they serve would prefer a clean source w/out other relevence to the corporate structure. Hydro 4 all is faults also makes waterways navigable where a single barge replaces 10 trains ot 100 trucks.
on the net there is quite a bit of info about gasification....they talk about a charcoal gasifier in the trunk of a car..to run the car...they have centrifical filtration of the gas to purify it before it goes to the engine..its really interesting....you can use a sawdust filter to purify the gas also....i'm going to build a gasifier...compress the gas in a tank...and use it to run an engine...maybe a small motorcycle.....
What you can do is channel the exhaust gasses from the turbine around or under the tank holding the wood. The hot gases would heat the wood and then you wouldnt need any fire under that tank once it got up to a high enough temperature. Then you would only need a flame for heating the wood at the start. Then wood would be the only fuel you need. This would be great for people in remote areas that need something for heating and generating electricity.
I think you are misunderstand how this is working, there is not any fire under the chamber. The torch is just used to get the wood inside the tank burning, after that the only thing burning is the wood inside the chamber. The wood inside the chamber is the only fuel.
I think I have something to say to this experiment: runing turbine on woodgas is good idea, I asked engeneer(aircraft man) and nowdays types of high speeds turbines(aproximatly over 80.000-120.000 RPM) are sensitive and needs higly clean fuel. Small parts in woodgas(ash,minerals and tars) would caused fast degradation of internal surface turbine wings. Woodgas turbine should be longlife robust(RusianTypeConstruction)with lower RPM, bladeless type(TeslaTurbine) could work.
Nowdays is already posible run woodgas GasEngine (4stroke type), in WW2 it was only real alternative to oil for ordinary peoples. You should aks why is propagated ethanol, biooil, (it is easy to central control from government), woodgas can run directly on any(realy anything flamable wastes, woodchips,pelets,dry straw(from wheat,corn),odl tires,PET botles). Why we dont have simple cheap gasificators and engines arenot easy convertible to different types of fuels? That right question :-)
IT is one fairly simple way to convert wood to heat and power in remote areas where wood is the only fuel easily available... and yea I think it is fun too. To learn more about it, go to the inventors own web site.
I've just see nthe forst ever test burner, and it has springs on the top plate under the bolts? Was this because you were not sure of how much pressure the cylinder could take?
It's not my turbine, but I do know the springs act as a pressure relief valve in case the combustible wood gas and air mixed just right and created a explosion of sorts, then the lid would just lift a little and no harm done. Hope that helps.
Man that thing is so hot
ProphetOfDoom137 11 months ago
there are 7billion people on the planet. we all can't burn stuff. neat ideas but not green enough to make a difference.
BadGasGoodWind 11 months ago
All combustion for fuel is obsolete. Electric cars outperform internal combustion cars. WE ALL NEED TO STOP USING FOSSIL FUELS NOW! The rest of the world knows this, even China, Iran, Germany & the Saudi's. They are all building wind & solar plants as fast as they can.
Massive public works programs got us out of the depression. America needs a massive green energy program now. Upgrade the grid, re-employ fossil fuel workers in OUR green sector.
BadGasGoodWind 1 year ago
@BadGasGoodWind funny electric cars ??? now where dose 90% of the hydro come from? not wind or solar but wate for it coal and nuclear and who gains from that??? thats right our beloved oil companys and goverment so they are still making money on the fuel even if we are not putting in our tanks so what is the next best renewable which are trees water so use that to its fullest hydrogen syngas methain ect at least then we are not danceing chickens for the goverment ps a nuke reactor is not green
GeorgeVeld 1 year ago
@GeorgeVeld - Dear George, I never said nukes are green, they are not. RIP Chernobyl. I advocate we don't burn anything for fuel, not coal gas oil wood, corn or other bio mass. It all pollutes when burned and when extracted from the ground. Other reasons not to use biomass to burn, because with 7 Billion people on the planet all crops should be dedicated to food and not wasted as fuel. Most hydro & transmission grids are owned/operated by publically owned utilities. EV farm eqiup= top priority
BadGasGoodWind 1 year ago
@BadGasGoodWind I hear what you are saying but that is some thing that BIG OIL AND OUR GOVERMENT will not allow to happen Take water there has been at least 4 times that someone has proven that we can run a combustion engine on water or h 2o Which when burned emits water A 0 carbon foot print Not to mention that your engine will last 1000000 miles pluse because of the way it burns But instead the goverment promotes costly and unpractical fuel cells that run on hh o
GeorgeVeld 1 year ago
@GeorgeVeld i see what you mean now. do you have any good links to find out more about the tech? i have only seen a few clips here and there about a car or two.
BadGasGoodWind 1 year ago
@BadGasGoodWind Check out stan meyer He is not the only one who has done it but i beleve that he is the only one who actuly aproched the military with his fule cell Or even burning wood gas For hydro or in your car
GeorgeVeld 11 months ago
@BadGasGoodWind Wood also isa good form of fuel If harnessed properly the upside is that we dont eat it the downside is there is a carbon foot print Solar is great but the down sides Costly to install and mantain the utility/hydro companys are only paying10% of what they charge and the township takes a good peice of that in taxes wind has the same problems and unless the Goverment starts helping with this we are going nowhere I do hear now in some country's there are som subsidy's which helps
GeorgeVeld 1 year ago
@GeorgeVeld I take a hard stand on combustion because others will compromise as change occurs. I am all for tree planting, tree farming, live christmas trees (the latter prevents acreage from being turned into condo's by keeping farmers solvent) I believe that public utilities and the people they serve would prefer a clean source w/out other relevence to the corporate structure. Hydro 4 all is faults also makes waterways navigable where a single barge replaces 10 trains ot 100 trucks.
BadGasGoodWind 1 year ago
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BadGasGoodWind 1 year ago
Very clever!, was something i have been thinking about myself.
Love to see a high tech version with full heat utilisation.
1BustedMyth 1 year ago
Dunage! true recycling. Well done, making a small firetube steel boiler now for my mini turbines. Thanks for posting! 5*
TheTeslaJet 2 years ago
In Germany are produced gas turbines like this, they produces 120 kw/ 24h, an they cost 1000000 USA$ !
mcz1987 2 years ago
That is really cool. How long did it run on one loading of tank?
eddiefreddie39 3 years ago 5
on the net there is quite a bit of info about gasification....they talk about a charcoal gasifier in the trunk of a car..to run the car...they have centrifical filtration of the gas to purify it before it goes to the engine..its really interesting....you can use a sawdust filter to purify the gas also....i'm going to build a gasifier...compress the gas in a tank...and use it to run an engine...maybe a small motorcycle.....
dirtydogvideo 3 years ago
What a hoot! Now I've seen everything. I'd heard that you can run a turbine on almost anything, but wood? :D :D
wires99 3 years ago
What you can do is channel the exhaust gasses from the turbine around or under the tank holding the wood. The hot gases would heat the wood and then you wouldnt need any fire under that tank once it got up to a high enough temperature. Then you would only need a flame for heating the wood at the start. Then wood would be the only fuel you need. This would be great for people in remote areas that need something for heating and generating electricity.
COOLGUYBENTLEY 3 years ago
I think you are misunderstand how this is working, there is not any fire under the chamber. The torch is just used to get the wood inside the tank burning, after that the only thing burning is the wood inside the chamber. The wood inside the chamber is the only fuel.
CaptainYohan 3 years ago
Ok thanks. :)
COOLGUYBENTLEY 3 years ago
I think I have something to say to this experiment: runing turbine on woodgas is good idea, I asked engeneer(aircraft man) and nowdays types of high speeds turbines(aproximatly over 80.000-120.000 RPM) are sensitive and needs higly clean fuel. Small parts in woodgas(ash,minerals and tars) would caused fast degradation of internal surface turbine wings. Woodgas turbine should be longlife robust(RusianTypeConstruction)with lower RPM, bladeless type(TeslaTurbine) could work.
xmicina 3 years ago
Nowdays is already posible run woodgas GasEngine (4stroke type), in WW2 it was only real alternative to oil for ordinary peoples. You should aks why is propagated ethanol, biooil, (it is easy to central control from government), woodgas can run directly on any(realy anything flamable wastes, woodchips,pelets,dry straw(from wheat,corn),odl tires,PET botles). Why we dont have simple cheap gasificators and engines arenot easy convertible to different types of fuels? That right question :-)
xmicina 3 years ago
ARE particulates from the wood hard on the turbine?
tomterahedrob 3 years ago
idiots!! use that thing to make steam! and you could go for WORLD DOMINATION!
robbedoes1985 3 years ago
i would think particulates from the wood combustion would destroy a 120,000rpm turbine in short order
tomterahedrob 4 years ago
You have only used the expansion from combustion, It appears the heat is lost.
angelica14709 4 years ago
You are correct about the heat being lost...but that is just a prototype to show that a turbine can run on wood.
The guy that built it seems to have plans to run a generator to make electricity and heat could be recovered for space heating or water heating.
CaptainYohan 4 years ago
What is the break through here or is it just fun?
angelica14709 4 years ago
IT is one fairly simple way to convert wood to heat and power in remote areas where wood is the only fuel easily available... and yea I think it is fun too. To learn more about it, go to the inventors own web site.
at nye . ca
CaptainYohan 4 years ago
some kinda "steampunk" device ;)
samoht1977 4 years ago
I've just see nthe forst ever test burner, and it has springs on the top plate under the bolts? Was this because you were not sure of how much pressure the cylinder could take?
SnowyAstra 5 years ago
It's not my turbine, but I do know the springs act as a pressure relief valve in case the combustible wood gas and air mixed just right and created a explosion of sorts, then the lid would just lift a little and no harm done. Hope that helps.
CaptainYohan 5 years ago
Love it ;-)
SnowyAstra 5 years ago
Never thought you could make a jet engine run on wood. Very creative!
airgunsniper 5 years ago
Hey it's Mark! :-) He's always got some cool turbine projects in the works.
TurbineJesse 5 years ago