Producer gas

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In a recent article in Countryside, it briefly covered Producer gas. The article was very vague. I believe I know why. After searching the internet, the subject looks very intense. My question concerns the application of producer gas to automobiles. I understand during World War II it was not uncommon to have a vehicle that ran off producer gas in many parts of the world. I would appreciate any information that anyone has. Thanks.

-- Shawn Evans (visionary@techie.com), February 06, 2000

Answers

Not exactly the same , but an interesting web site.

http://www.friend.ly.net/GEET/plans.htm

-- Jason (ajakal3@yahoo.com), February 06, 2000.


Hi Shawn: I've been looking into the producer gas thing myself for a stationary engine co-generation application. The U.S. FEMA office published a fairly detailed booklet entitled "Construction of a simplified wood gas generator for fueling internal combustion engines in a petroleum emergency" thats fairly comprehensive. Sorry, I don't have a phone number. Try either FEMA in washington DC or the report was generated by the Oak Ridge national Lab in Oak Ridge Tenn.

Also, the mother earth news published several stories about producer gas and gasifiers. issues number 71, 73, 69, and technical reprint #1 as well as a set of plans that used to be available. The back of the FEMA publication will give you several more resources. Good luck. Let us know how you made out. john

-- john leake (natlivent@pcpros.net), February 07, 2000.


Alternative fuel. Several years ago I worked with an idea about reusing "blow by" from an engine to run the engine. By processing the blowby, one can help reduce emissions and also reburn the waste thereby increasing mpg. My interest was again rekindled by the info site above. I will try again to simplify my design and see if I can get the danged thing to work correctly. My previous trials were conclusive--vehicle ran fine but the blasted milage wasn't a bit better. I KNOW with a little more tinkerin it could be what I first envisioned. I've also built gasoline carbs and they worked great. Only thing with them-they were big, bulky and an absolute dog to build. Gas guzzlers changed into gas sippers. It can be done-I've don it! Would like to hear from other "cheap skates" that hate to be robbed and lied to from Detroit. There is ALWAYS a better, cheaper and more enviromentally safe way to do things.

-- hoot gibson (hoot@wworld.com), February 07, 2000.

www.eren.doe.gov/ Dept of energy, good article on biogas

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), February 13, 2000.

Has anybody built a "Pogue" type carb system and have it work? If so, what kind of mpg did you attain? I've not tryied that design but have built several with the same concept. They worked and worked well but not equal to the results of the original Pogue. I'm using L.P. for motorfuel now and have been for several years. Comments?

-- hoot gibson (hoot@wworld.com), February 19, 2000.


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