A Wood Gassifier ... My next project !

HAHAH yah You notice he said Northern California.... that place is in Berkley, thats about 3 hours SOUTH of us..... we are actually in Northern Cal. they are in Central Cal. but thats besides the point!
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Although those boys are working hard on getting an old Lister engine running on Woodgas I fail to see the significance of it.... any engine that is in fair shape will run on woodgas... at the Most you may have to adjust the timing a bit but usually that's not the case.
this isn't like Hydroxy gas at all.... the Large volumes of Woodgas that are available will run a generator quite well...its been done many many times, from car's to generators.
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the trick is cleaning the gas up so it doesn't gumm up the engine filtering the gas is a major MUST
without the filtering your engine will be lucky to run a week. and then the valves will stick open and the rings will stick to the piston....the tar is very sticky and needs to be removed from the gas.
this is done usually by passing the gas through a few filter canasters filled with woodchips or just about anything the mear pressance of something in contact with the gas makes the tars filter out and stay on the substance... even a barrel of gravel will work ! LOL but it is best to use something that will adsorb moisture. like woodchips, hay, pellets, even paper.
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I'm still waiting for my wood supply to dry out.... otherwise I'm ready to try it out! LOL
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Bob.....