Using Wood to Fuel a Generator! (How to Build a Wood Gasifier w/Demonstration) 

you mean "turn wood into electricity" which is amazing!

idiot, this is old technology from 1900:th. Also this variant is inefficient, Censortube will censor anything that has power enough to compete with gasoline engines.

@@onionmaster7673 Naw turns out you're the idiot.

That trash your talking about is wood pellets.

Not sure why I resisted.

Same here! That's what makes this tech so valuable to me as well! Limitless supplies when everyone else is struggling to find gas.

Agreed, very clear explanation and simple effective design

Seriously. I've known of these but never knew how they worked.

My father used this in the depression to run his car.p

LoL!

Carbs fed engines can run on fumes. Project farm did a video on it.

underrated comment

Not a PC comment - Ignore!

absolutely ! and who would've thought the money people throw away !, " by not using this tech " ! TY for this VIDEO !!!

I agree with this, this is such a neat tech that people need to be aware of, then someone can make alterations/iterations to make it safe for average laymen (unknowing guy like me :D). I would like to see some plans too, so I could make this in the far future when I have a cabin in the woods!

Repent to Jesus Christ! “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭42:11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

@@jesusislord6545 hail Satan

@@jesusislord6545 hail Satan

@@jesusislord6545 Hail satan

Yeah kinda want to build a few now.

I second that.... this is good. During WW2 tens of thousands of vehicles ran this way in europe. Sometimes the systems were bumper mounted, other times the system was contained on a small trailer, towed behind. I think the best idea (my idea!) is to have a monotube steam engine, free piston driving a linear generator, water-lubricated. Pump that energy into a battery bank.

Me too

@@someotherdude Unbelievably impractical and could not ever be widespread. There simply isn't enough wood to do this on a large scale. A few vehicles in an emergency where there are major petrol shortages can work, but we simply could not power a lot of cars with wood. We use over 500 million cubic feet of oil, that's over 90 million 42 gallon barrels a day. If we gasified every piece of wood in the entire world, we couldn't power ourselves a week.

Depends on where you live.

@Floyd Cross Daily oil production figures are widespread and public. The world uses over 90 million barrels of oil a day. A barrel is 42 US gallons. All you have to do is times 90 million times 42 to get the total number of gallons. Then all you have to do is multiply that number by the cubic foot of a gallon. Of course, this is somewhat imprecise because not all oil is used to make gasoline. Some portion of oil is used to make plastics, but that is actually a very small percentage. Almost all of it is burned in a combustion engine. Petrochemicals does use a decent amount of oil, but it really isn't that much of a percentage.

Didn't you mean hottest?

Yea same, I just thought ''Holy shit this is so cool wtf''

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Had some issues watching it with no electricity though

@@Alskaskan That's why you gotta build the generator, duh.

@@janoschabr yeah i watched the video so i could produce electricity so i could watch the video.

@@argore9709 Hahaha

gotta prep for the coronavirus pandemic ey?

they are now using gasification (pyrolysis) to go from wood, to gas, to methanol, I think using a catalyst.

Good man

This is how I back up my solar system off grid way in the woods of Canada.. as a matter of fact this message is powered by it now.. it's a rainy cool day with no uv.. wood is heating, and powering the cabin at this moment. If you build one put one more filter, saw dust or media.. amo box works great.. my radiator is the core of an oil filled space heater, air pump is a Colman camping mattress pump (If it's air tight it don't need that much power this one is not).... I followed the FEMA plans pdf free online. Down draft, Up draft and side draft.. are the different types of reaction chambers.. all simple and very slightly different.

if you have a battery bank and wind or solar generation then this is a good back up, or even just make it for a grid connected house and keep it around for power outages, it's easier to store bags of wood pellets than it is jerry cans of gas, which has a short shelf life to boot.

In the city you are a gear in the machine, out there you are the machine. The lack of self reliance is going to hurt a lot of people soon.

Self reliance is required outside the city.... but it can benefit city dwellers also, it's a big reason why conservative policies work in cities just as well as rural areas but progressive ideas don't work in rural areas.

@@Wingnut353 self reliance has nothing to do with politics

Go ahead, we don't use this anymore since its inefficient. Unless you get the woodchips for free you'll pay more.

@@LachskoenigIV you can use any type of biomass in one of these

@@johnbennett3714 then it only gets less efficient.

@@LachskoenigIV efficiency is not a concern when one is ‘flooded’ with biomass all around

@@johnbennett3714 it is if you want to harvest that energy for anything besides heating. Lower efficiency means less concentrated gas is being produced, which at some point won't be able to keep that generator running with an applied load.

....LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!

That's a very interesting angle to view it from. I guess that line of thought never occurred to me! Thank you for the comment and the kind words!

@@randomn6473 I've been trying to build one for a while, I would say your explanation beats Mr. Teslonian, he is awesome too though...

John, im building a gasifier myself, you need to look up the drizzler gasifier. it is a chip fed grateless gasifier, it is differing in the aspect that it can be run for more than 15-20 min . its an interesting alternative . good luck.

ii live in ireland and i could see somthing like this being illegal because of global warming, the government we have just lets the native people live in tents and sleeping bags, homeleasness is a big problem because of big hitech corporations coming over here to ireland, and well paid non irish people are taking most of the housing i think its a great idea and it is being used here in ireland on a bigger scale by garbage recycling companies, but a one off back garage project would be frowned upon by the autoritays, they would rather see you freeze to death, thanks wonderful project, recycling reusing.

@@AndrewWhitehill Thanks, I will absolutely look into that!

If you do it right, this is a pretty dang clean form of energy

you could probably use a automotive catalytic converter to change the carbon monoxide to Co2 .. I guess it could work if the cat can be heated enough ..

@@clutchels the CO is a big part of the energy in the resulting gas. So not utilizing it is not an option in my opinion. It can certainly be done in a safe way, as the gas in pipelines used to have CO too.

What would happen if plastic was added to the wood?

@@peter81083 depending on the amount of plastic I would assume. naturally, the BCP's off of plastic would likely be bad for your carburetor, not to mention horrible for anyone near them breathing it in.

@@mitch_smith thank you for your quick response! What if it was pushed through a water filter before the cyclone filter? I'm just thinking about how well plastic burns, and seems like this could be somewhat of a recycling method.

@Reality Lives it was a pretty amazing trailer- way before its time/ and function

Indeed. I think it was Mother Earth News that featured some time back a full-sized pickup that ran well on wood gas.

@@rcnelson I had that issue of MEN. Back then the magazine was like a bible to me . It was monthly filled really great ideas like that. I actually ordered a set of plans to build a car that used the starter from a jet engine (electric) that was driven by a small gas engine. Yes, this was decades before the Prius - but it was the same idea.

@Reality Lives The Germans were way ahead of their time back then, and since trailers don't have engines generally, the fuel mileage was incredible! Sadly, once the Russians invaded that sector, the technology was lost, save for the memories of those who witnessed it first hand. Also lost at the time were no fewer than six different designs for perpetual motion machines long since proven to function flawlessly. Alas, war is hell! Alert to idiots: A large number of imbeciles have written to criticize my comments here. Please note it was written in sarcasm regarding a trailer that pulled a car.

I've read about those and seen pictures. Some units were actually car mounted. They were used in Sweden too for sure.

even up until 1945 something like 5-15% of us passenger vehicles were wood powered pretty cool tech but largely useless with the current gas prices

@@whopops9760 In Germany many cars drove on wood gas in WW2 because lack of fuel.

They were doing this in the 1930s

This is just about the worst way to produce power because it generates a huge amount of air pollution. The only reason anyone would use because there is no other cleaner source of fuel available such as natural gas, diesel, or gasoline. From the cost / unit BTU standpoint, the cost to transport wood or wood-pellet-fuel is huge in comparison to other fossil fuel sources.

This is neither renewable or sustainable. It's well known that biopower is far from a zero sum equation, and the pollution in relation to power is not far off fossil fuels. The technology is at this point more theoretically interesting than it has practical use.

if he was really nerdy he could draw even more power from the process from the excess heat before the radiator using a peltier generator which turns heat directly into electricity

@@danroden830 hell yes now there is a guy on my wave link. hell we should build these for clearing dead trees and brush from forest and storm damage.

@@MyWeedgrower ......... I'm ALWAYS interested in things that allow you to CONSERVE, use natural materials and be INDEPENDENT. If you decide to do this please contact me. I'd love to learn your method. You also, dan roden, if either of you don't mind.

@@danroden830 or Stirling engine, to generate electricity AND act as a cooler at the same time. But non the less - its a magnificent build by it self.

Gravy! Some of us can't even manage that. You'd better do the video . ;)

Thank you for the compliment! I guess it's not hard to see a common theme in my projects haha. All I'm going to say is that it's much better to have and not need than it is to need and not have. ;) Thank you for the comment!

what? You haven't been aware of what's going on all around you since the beginning of the year?

@@moneypenni1694 *Since the beginning of The Great Reset taking off 2020.

www.allpowerlabs.com/

got high asf

Coming from someone like you, that's quite a compliment! Thank you! That would be so great. This stuff is fascinating to me and I'm sure you could spark some interest in others with it as well! I wish you success!

Does you lab has a youtube channel?

You can buy factory built gasifiers. Just Google it. They are more expensive. But the guesswork has been all worked out.

Alex Trezvy yes we do. Here’s a highlight from one of the major project areas where I work ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fQyDBBXE2oQ.html

I just didn't understand why they haven't invited him to the technology's nobel prize yet. Front page in world newspapers: 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the trio that created lithium batteries. Today companies want to destroy the planet in search of lithium, but if we use wood as a fossil fuel for this new type of mechanism to develop combustion in Co2, is it a good idea for the future?

It makes me feel powerless in a way. Our quality of life relies on a piece of copper wire for goodness sake! And you're at the mercy of whoever is holding the other end. It's food for thought for sure. Thank you for the comment!

Where i live its 100 dollars service charge every month

solar in CO we get 300 day sof sun / year

@@randomn6473 i'm glad solar is catching up though.

sounds like extortion to me. if you dont use the utility they shouldn't charge you.

The developing world would definitely benefit from having stuff like this in rural communities. To bring power brings communication, communication brings spread of ideas, and brings further wealth. And without a doubt Congo definitely needs to stop being raped of its resources.

That's fantastic! I hope it goes well!

You'd think it'd be about as ecologically impactful as a campfire

@SoMuchFacepalm more efficient and it has a series of filters for particulates and tar

if he would have let the wood decay the slow way, it still would have given off the same amount of gas

Repent to Jesus Christ ! “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭42:11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

@@jesusislord6545 hail satan

@@Cha_gaming1 wow, 2edgy4me bro

@@superduty4556 nice 2012 comment

@@Cha_gaming1 way older than that, actually.

Hey at least ya tried, right?!

Lol! Well, 🍻 for trying bro but don’t give up! Never give up , stay positive and believe in yourself just like the lil’ 🚂 making its way up the mountain grade! “I think I can . . I think I can” will eventually give way to “I know I can” which will eventually become “I knew I could” as you reach the summit and achieve your goal! 👍🏻 keep going

Hello Sir, I'm very impressed. A few minutes ago i also saw someone who had fabricated a gasifier. I still know the stories from my past away dad about driving cars in WW2. They made gas from " turf " . A plant material that they used for a couple of hundreds years for burning in stoves. It was more for the poor because others could buy coles and antraciet. Due to the heavy use of this thing called Turf they had to dig large canals as close as the could next to each other. A couple of hundred of meters long and then going back for a couple of hundred of meters. Tens of meters width and a few meters deep. After that they did cut in in smaller peaces like a brick so they could burn it in a stove. But the demand was so great that they had to dig out so much of this plantmaterial at the size of a city. But a couple of hundreds of years ago there were big storms. So the barriers between the long digs collapsed. And in one short time gigantic eareas changed forever because it became gigantic lakes. And so was a place created that today is filled with lots and lots of Chinese people who wants to visit it. They call it little Venice.😱 As poor it was back then how rich the area is today. Filty rich. Do you also have a bigger build where bigger logs can be used ? It would be great if i could get some inspiration for building such a build because i also live at the countryside. For what i have seen from your build is that it could easily power up my home and maybe it has enough juice to even push the counter from the electricity meter back down. Just like it does with solar panels ? You stated and also the other person that the gas has to got as dry as possible. And also as cold as possible. Probably because it can hold more gas per x volume ? Would it not be possible to make a (steel) tube that is running through water ? So it is coled down ? And maybe also through a water siphon so it gets a bit cleaner ? I will watch your video a few times more so i can understand the process a little bit better. It is great that you are letting others see what they can do. For letting people starting to let see what they are capable of when they would just start to try building something like you did. It would be very funny if i would do the lawn with a smoking lawnmower.😂 Thanks.🙏

@@keesverhagen9227 good story

@@evolati12 a

Same here lol

Activated charcoal can purify water. Very useful in a bug out/homestead situation. Although activated charcoal made from coconut husks is supposed to be less carcinogenic.

@@azteacher26 gasification char isnt the same as activated charcoal

@@zhaow4832 what's the dif?

@@azteacher26 If I recall correctly the quality of char from gasification is pretty ashy and isnt really usable for much. After gasifying, it's pretty much spent so the energy content and quality isnt near that of charcoal. Industrially speaking, it's pretty much waste and has to be disposed of. I don't know exactly how activated charcoal is made but I'm pretty sure it has to be a certain quality and processed with chemicals to maintain a highly porous structure.

@@zhaow4832 makes sense. Thanks.