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by mikey ny on Sat Aug 20th, 2005 at 09:54:00 AM MST
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hey there,
I had done a bit of research last winter on the whole producer gas and got a lot of great info on this forum, you might want to check the archives of this board. I spoke to Tom Reed from Colorado and got one of his books on line. Building a gasifier is not too hard but what i wanted to do is store the gas for later use. My thought was to make the gas and clean out the impurities and use a small compressor, drawing the gas through the intake of the compressor and then pump it into a propane tank to about 100 psi or so. I also figured it would help if i drew a vacume on the tank first. I would like to use the gas in a gas burner gun as a backup for my hs tarm wood boiler. I have not yet taken on this project but i plan to in the future. I have no idea how long one tank would last or if it would even be worth the effort but it sure would be a fun project. Nothin to loose has done some experimenting with this stuff also.I have been told that if you could liquify the producer gas it would take up about 600 times less space than the gas but you must chill the gas to minus 265 degrees f and i can't do that (yet). I do know that it could be an explosive project so be carefull, use common sense when fooling around with this stuff. As an experiment we filled an empty paint can with small scraps of dry hardwood, put the lid on and poked about 12 nail holes in the top of it. We put onto a bed of hot coals in the wood boiler and after about 15 min. there were 6 inch flames shooting out of the top of the can. When it was done all that was left was a small pile of charcoal, good for cooking out.
Mr. Mikey... "I thought I made a mistake but I was wrong"
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by redeyecow (
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Hi ,
Small methane producers in India use a cement dome with a tap at the top. The edge of the dome is submerged in a water tank to create a seal. Pumping gas into
the dome. causes it to lift and creates a constant pressure at the tap for stoves etc. Might be a bit tricky in cold climates.
keith
Barn's burnt down--now--I can see the moon.
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by DualFuel on Mon Aug 29th, 2005 at 08:35:55 AM MST
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Hi,
Right now am working with producer design #2. Its fueling a small Toyota truck. These things work but one needs to follow the detailed plans from Doug Williams' web site, Fluidyne.
Its actually doable but you really need to study up on what its all about.
DF
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