Syngas Electric Generator Start-Up

[tritowns]

@dexterquincy1 as long as the genset is 4 stroke and not 2 stroke it should work fine with a gasifier system that has been properly sized.

I will warn you though to consider building something other than a fema style unit. They are prone to make tar and can really gum up an engine... I say this from experience.

[banjolimy]

how in the fk can anyone hear you with the gen going full balst

[onceANexile]

What about his BMW!???

[onceANexile]

will a match work!?...

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

@onceANexile how many hours do you have to sit there holding a match to light the charcoal bed? A match will work but if you put that match to something like a newspaper and use that it would be smart. If you're going into woodgas you will most likely already have a torch for bracing etc.

[dexterquincy1]

curious, how would a modern day gen set, like something u could buy from walmart, run???

[tritowns]

that is a fema type wood gasifier isn't it?

[mphello]

My friend has owned a gasifier for a year now, but he has no place to set it up and use it. He lives in a 2nd floor tiny apartment with a girlfriend. He's a real biofuels enthusiast, but I know that practically he'll never actually make biofuels in his life. He needs to face the facts that 99% of humans' living situations makes it impossible for them to make their own energy.

It would be FAR smarter of him to fight to end human breeding and overpopulation first.

[xoxoXoieoxox]

@mphello i have had gasifers for 2 years now and at first i coulnt use them b\c my ignoant room mate that it was a bomb and woulnt let me use it now i live in the forest and i can only use them in the winter b\c the rest of the year theres to much fire danger and the sherif dosent like it os i tooaly agree i cant even use my steam engens untill the winter bummer huu =\

[mphello]

@xoxoXoieoxox Clearly, the fault is not you or me or my friend nor the gasifiers themselves nor biofuels technology but human living arrangement and property ownership. The restrictions would be far less on how we could be spread out if world population were much lower.

[xoxoXoieoxox]

@mphello i realy think the problem is the so many people want to tell other people how to live there lives and controle them to make them selvs fell good most of the time they dont know what to do with ther oun lives =3-

[bisonhawk1]

very realistic video

[24preacherboy]

i like to see guys like you doing this instead of making videos of how to get kicked out of walmart.

[mowrman100]

STATE OF THE ART CIRCA 1927, FRANCE ( Mssr. Berthoud) BIG DEAL.

[man4cannabis]

very cool and you look proud of it thanks for vid and i subscribed

[crudeoilsystems]

It was great to be introduced like this to the Syngas Electric Generator Start-Up

[thegbpackers284]

nice job



[Ken7382]

Very cool. What are your thoughts about the waste heat that's being eminated to the atmosphere? Can it be captured via a radiator (or even just some copper tubing wrapped around your stove) to heat water? Then use the resulting steam to run some sort of steam engine as well as the gas engine?

[ortsa123]

@Ken7382 I heard that this would pull too much heat away from the wood and cause a bad burn, ways the waste heat can be used would be pre heating the inlet air and wrapping with insulation.

[olubobbi]

So do you keep the fan running while operating the generator or there is no more air supply to the reactor

[sbflash311]

You can also charge power packs and plug inverters into the power packs to run small appliances.

[9jmorrison]

how many pounds of wood to meet cabins electric need for an hour?

[GreenLearning]

Very Very good! Syngas, however, is used to synthesize other compounds that's why its called syn-gas. Syn-gas is all hydrogen and carbon monoxide I think. The only way to get pure syn-gas is to burn carbon/charcoal to get it hot then blow steam through it for a while. Its also worth noting that running on wood gas, or any gas made with air is pulled into will reduce your motor max horsepower by about 50% because most of the gas going in will be nitrogen thus reducing Oxygen for combustion.

[astrialkil]

@GreenLearning Ya but its cheap and easy! Oxygen tank is expensive and long drive for the video poster to get.

[mitty1979]

@GreenLearning So we will need to get a bigger motor...

[swiftlydone]

ok so im just looking for a easy to understand explanation of wood gas generators. are we basically running a generator of the unused fuel in the wood that is in a gaseous form funneled into a carb?

[a10fjet]

why A/C? DC is better right? i mean dont most offgrid houses run DC?

[outoforder2day]

I've often wondered, why use woodgas instead of just a steam boiler/generator-turbine setup? It seems there is more opportunity for loss in a system like this. Very curious as to your thoughts. Regardless, very nicely done project!

[amberb57]

@outoforder2day The woodgas is an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines that we already have, you can run a car with one of these.

[astrialkil]

@outoforder2day How much does a steam turbine cost? How hard is it to buy and maintain one? Regular engines are comparatively cheap and mechanics versed in their up keep are common.

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

@outoforder2day As a single person you will not have the financial means nor the engineering expertise needed to run an efficient electricity steam boiler-turbine setup. Making the very high pressure super heated dry steam needed to drive a turbine is actually really difficult and expensive to build the boilers and super heat the steam. Next you have to get a steam turbine which you do not really find down at your local hardware store. You utilize both electricity and the heat generated here.

[dirtydogvideo]

bullshit!....i mean run it on bullshit....or horseshit...or dog shit.....or what ever kind of shit is laying around the house!...lol...nice job on your gasifier and thanks for posting the video!...

[davisonh1]

As a footnote,these gasifiers can use practically anything organic,leaves,sticks and brush make the best fuel from what I hear.The best to use is sticks and or blocks of wood,doesn't matter what kind of wood either.So,to any naysayers to this, many problably already own their fuel supply and are too ignorant to use it.Oh about the CO2,sticks, leaves and brush give off the exact same amount of co2 rotting on the ground as they would burning it.

[HomeWindTurbines7]

This video.. cool. See my home energy stuffif you like WIND POWER. Merry Christmas Y'ol!

[apintonut]

what is the start up fan from? uver think about doing wood gas / hho?

[apintonut]

what is the start up fan from?

[Labyrynth1000]

Seems to be alot of ignorant responses from nay sayers. The point is its a way to live off the electrical grid. Considering how power stations gouge people and are subject to more taxation from cities whom have irresponsibly screwed thier own budgets. Enviromentally you can make methane gas from anerobic decomp and burning of already cut wood can make gas too. But you contribute to Co2 to the air. But only novice global warming fools believe in Global warming.

[fatchickproductions1]

This guy has a future. Good Job Dude.

[Franktool]

Fantastic! What type of electic generator do you use?

[KB8OOE]

NICE.. Excellent work.

OOE

[outdoorsman63]

bug probably a moth

[overdull8206]

I have a question... How much energy do you produce from one kilo of those pellets?

[razed1022]

omg, I found waldo!!

[ocendo1]

nice work,simple, but not clear how it ignites inside engine cilinder ,and how do you make air-gass miksture.Did you disconect Diesel injection pumpe?

[51LAY]

do you have a plan to build this apparatus? if so how do I get it?

Whats powering the blower fan? the generator after starting it? Thanks

[51LAY]

do you have a plan to build this apparatus? if so how do I get it?

[affluenceclm]

Free energy has been here all along ,But the Oil companies want these technologies unknown to the masses,Find a motor that needs no fuel or input at LT-MAGNET-MOTORdotCOM ,take part in the revolution!

[Prince7641]

We need more people like you keep the good work up. Bio Green Tech

[YourIntertainment]

You should try pulling this behind an electric vehicle, at the output you are showing it should provide plenty of juice to keep it going.

Also, I would like to point out that while burning wood puts off CO2, growing trees consumer them putting off oxygen. It's really a matter of replenishing the trees that you burn.

[lordpeekaboo]

Very nice gasifier set. Very clean and professional looking. Nice work.

[fairyheli2]

could this produce 230v for European use??

[ArticleTen]

Can you run diesel?

[KingRyltar]

very nice unit

would be nice, with a very quiet generator

[teslapower220]

Nice.Whats the max electrical power output without much loss of voltage and frequency?

[jsmythib]

Very nice project. I just finished mine and I am trying to find more information on filtering- as my intake valve is covered in wood goo. Its my fault, my filter is not much- What are you using?

[atticaharmonica]

@jsmythib try a water filter. very good for filtering out garbage and easy to make.

[nwtrick]

Soooooo your burning a gas to make a gas to run in your gas engine/generator

just go to your local gas station and pick up some regular

[catskillwoodgas]

I can use a electric heating element to ignite the pellets, powered off the starting Battery. Even here in Texas we know fossil fuels a passe', Our local gas station is 80 miles away that would make a lot of sense lol.

[portersequipment]

@catskillwoodgas i was wondering if you could tell me where to buy a door like you used on gasifier and how to seal it ?

[StrongArmGuy]

@nwtrick That's only 4 two seconds to start it. U use electricity to start you car 4 2 seconds. AND the alternator charges it back up.

Once this thing is started it can be fed wood forever and keep the engine running.

Does that make any sense 2 U ?

[Sohave]

@nwtrick No the gas is just starting up the gasification process it is a wood gasyfier. when the fire is started the gas is sucked out and blown into the engine. To describe it shortly the flame you se in a fire is the gases burning the glow in the bottom is the actual material burning. why not seperate these and burn the gases seperatley e.g. in a motor. Go look up wood gasification.

[xoxoXoieoxox]

@nwtrick Umm they dont even make reguar in the U.S. any more just unleaded lol =3-

[xoxoXoieoxox]

JUDEN!!!!! lmao =3- just busting ur balls

[xoxoXoieoxox]

@nwtrick y are u wathching the video if u dont like this stuff u just beeing a ball buster huu =\

[baaddwrench]

Eh?

Don't understand how wood pellets make gas an engine runs on?

[sabriath]

@baaddwrench : from what I remember, when you heat up wood pellets (using indirect heat), it gives off a gas that is burnable. The gas primer in this vid is to start the gas engine, once it is giving off a nice heat, it can be used to heat up the pellets, which in turn makes the "syngas" which fuels the engine. The valve is moved from primer gas slowly to syngas.

But I could be wrong

[th3dig1tal0n3]

@baaddwrench

Wood or any biomass can be converted into burnable gas by making a furnace that burns oxygen starved fire and use output heat to cook wood into "syngas".

Syngas can be mixture of flammable hydrocarbons, methane and carbon monoxide if cooking temperature is low. If the temperature is very high it can produce mostly hydrogen and carbon monoxide with almost no heavy hydrocarbons.

Nonburnable products are water vapor and nitrogen and ash that needs to be filtered out.

[drewmaster74]

Why do you need the long pipes for? This is all new info to me. Please explain in next video or e mail me .

thanks

[OmniBridge]

Nice Video!  You're a step ahead. Good job! Very much appreciated!

[MrFayettebr]

Great setup! What do you use for filter material?

Have you had any problem with tar?

[dlmarti]

If everyone had one of these we could deforest the entire planet in a matter of weeks! Think of the horrendous smog!

[rikkiesix]

This is good stuff man. You are really good at what you do. I think we would get along pretty well. you got to love this stuff. I would give 10 stars if i could. Pity i can't. Greetings from Belgium. Erik

[ke4uyp]

OK no one else asked this obvious question so I will. How many kilowatts is the generator? and how many pounds of pellets per hour does it consume under a average load? Also could you please do one more video and described in detail all of the components of the system?

[claudius2u2]

This video is nice, but no sustained load test to illustrate actual application of the gas generator producing sustained fuel to power beyond a loafing engine situation. Does the unit, as built, produce sustained full power? How long on a wood charge?

[egn83b]

This is the best setup for someone living off the land in deep woods without a soul for miles and miles.

[stanakanats]

Where can i buy one of these set ups?

[brianchris4]

how is this more environmentally friendly? great we can run engines on woodgas.. but it means yet more trees cut down

[catskillwoodgas]

I am glad you brought this up. The wood pellets I use are made from recycled wood. Also this gasifier will work happily on old peach pits, used coffee grounds, manure, and other renewable biomass. Everyone should also remember that all current alternative energies need to be diversified to work on a large scale.

[mciceteade]

also if wood burns it doesn`t produce more co2 as it takes out of the atmospher while it is growing so wood is acualy co2 neutral fuel.

if burned in a wood carburator

[intj123]

interesting to know that if it's true, now the question is if our tree count is staying neutral

[cookiect2003]

Nice answer.

[boxa888]

soo you got any ratios to how many hours to how long the engine runs on a pound of fuel or how many pounds needed to fuel the motor for 1 hour?? thanks really awesome! i see this would work great on a farm they already use it in mainland china like that, they throw all the corn husks into the gassifiers and run whole communities without a grid supply!!

[sirjimalott]

@catskillwoodgas also remember, we have a renewable fuel source via Hemp farming. Hemp is just as sustainable and is in abundance. :)

[spinaway]

@catskillwoodgas Burning wood is Green, It only release the Carbon dioxide that was allready stored in the tree anyway.

[facebag666]

@catskillwoodgas also there are fast growing Forest's specifically planted for harvesting for firewood/timber

[gumpdy]

You missed the point...

[cyprisjynx]

@brianchris4 - also remember that petroleum products are NOT renewable, they are finite. ALL wood products are renewable. so you cut down a tree, who cares when you planted two more in its place. and ive never heard of loggers causing an international environmental crisis like the one we've got now!

[Nedsdagc]

@brianchris4, there is not a shortage of trees. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Where I live, excess trees are a real problem, and I have to cut several hundred away each year. They are like weeds.

[mattconner11]

@brianchris4  i dont think its about saving the earth, its about saving you from being dependent on the system.

[atinlockup]

@brianchris4 look around you.... maybe you'll see just about everyday items that we uses, a broken chair, a broken table, a broken couch.... better yet... you can go to a jobsite where they renovated a house... i'm sure the contractor be more happy for you to get all the old woods of his hands, meaning he'll be spending less money on the waste bin.... your local supermarket... broken pallets & many more resources.... that's the i would look at it... thanks

[spencerfoltinek92]

@brianchris4 Trees grow absorb CO2 produce O2, tree burns produces CO2, repeat biomass is carbon neutral for every pound of CO2 produced an equal amount is converted from CO2 to O2. So as long as more trees are planted the cycle can be self sufficient.

[spence053]

at 20 seconds what wizzes past in the background ????????????

[catskillwoodgas]

UFO or bird

[shorty40merza]

@catskillwoodgas

thats great man. I made one gasifier too and yesterday i did the first try but the fan failed. i used the water jacket technique for cooling and i used those duct flexible aluminum pipes but they started shaking so hard and the fan just stopped. One mistake i made is i didn't put charcoal at the bottom i just lit the wood . but i dont know what went wrong ;

[irondmax]

@spence053 i saw it too

its a rod man.....

[mafufen]

@spence053 UFO

[catskillwoodgas]

Nearly everything was ether generously donated or reclaimed so the cost was around $300. To just build the unit pictured including the trailer should cost in the $2,000 range not including labor.

[TheUnNerved]

This is AWESOME. What was the approximate cost of your entire setup?

[CharlieMacklin1]

That is an awesome set up!

You did a great job man :)

[ozzirt]

A nice unit, and your demo was pretty good.

I liked it.

[catskillwoodgas]

Information on fuel types and fuel consumption available on the web site.

[tomterahedrob]

how much wood per HP per hour does it consume?does the wood have to be in pellet form?

[alligatorsoupisgood]

Very nice unit!, I would like to see more on the loading, how the fuel flows, how the air and fuel mix, a quick look at the inside of the gas generator if its ever empty. We need more people on the planet like you.

[limestick]

please explain once started how does the wood burn without an oxygen feed....and i guess the engine is pulling the gas through ??or is there sufficiant pressure to push the gas through ...clever system !!

[STUDMUFFINUSA69]

you should consider putting a v-belt pully on the front and run a standard car alternator with internal regulator to the battery or batteries. this will make shur that the batteries stay topped up at all times and has very litle load on the motor after the batteries are charged....

[kheston]

Have you looked at how many pounds of pellets your setup burns per hour under load? Do you need to stop the engine to add fuel?

[benknefelkamp]

one question, after leaving the copper pipes, does the gas bubble through the water in the first bucket or just pass through to the dry filtration bucket?

[catskillwoodgas]

Bubble in the first.

[SsjSned]

Did u change the engine's timing?

[catskillwoodgas]

I have not, but would like to. This engine uses fixed points timing and can not be changed with out dis-assembly. I may make it electronic ignition with an adjustable input for timing advance.