Post Hurricane Irma resilience prep: running generator on home biogas.

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  • Опубліковано 26 жов 2024

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  • @kazirizwan
    @kazirizwan Рік тому

    You sure are enthusiastic.

  • @tonymac96
    @tonymac96 4 роки тому +2

    I did this back in 2010 ...using a 6.5 HP POWERPRO ES/RS ENGINE with starter ... I did not used the aquarium pump...I put several concrete block over a a truck inner tube (similar to this images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/610xYptb1ZL._AC_SL1192_.jpg ) that was holding the gas produced from cow manure .... The weight over the inner tube provided about 6 inches or more of gas pressure at the inlet of the carburetor...if you don't do that , the engine stop...for lack of fuel.
    I'm glad somebody did even better with the aquarium pump...!!!! I though for few minutes to put the aquarium pump in an external battery powered circuit...but then...better the way you have it...if the engine stop...so the pump!!!...No gas leaking...I might add as well...a shutoff valve...if the engine stop...the valve will close as well!!! Excellent Job!!! I have few videos of what we did back then...!!!

  • @ogugutegajoel3941
    @ogugutegajoel3941 7 років тому +4

    love your passion for energy, youre an inspiration to me over here in Nigeria. u didnt use a carburetor kit here? why?

    • @RandyRandersonthefamous
      @RandyRandersonthefamous 3 роки тому

      He says in another video he purchased a multi fuel upgrade. A Carburetor would be great for biogas only.

  • @mikeriverajr4447
    @mikeriverajr4447 7 років тому +3

    so that big bag only last 20 minutes? im very interested in bio gas, but that does not seem practical

    • @countrieboyz2009
      @countrieboyz2009 6 років тому +1

      Mike Rivera JR from what I'm gathering in my 30 minutes of research, the bags or inner tubes or whatever you use is a fast, easy and cheap way of storage, but I would look into compressing it. Like say in an old propane tank. ..

  • @dblaisdell1
    @dblaisdell1 6 років тому

    Thomas are you going to make more videos. I'm in new York state starting out with my new biogas setup. need to learn how to keep the tank warm through our cold winters.

    • @preyetan
      @preyetan 5 років тому

      (Joke) Sleep under a blanket with the storage bag. Biogas is for tropical countries where the average temperature wont go below 18C

  • @tygoulding2547
    @tygoulding2547 2 роки тому

    Good hell, the start volume was plenty high

  • @justfly2525
    @justfly2525 5 років тому

    Could you make another video with the aquarium pump plugged into the wall? Then start the generator purely from biogas and skip the gasoline?

  • @hamzaafridi2009
    @hamzaafridi2009 Рік тому

    I asked some things bro I planted biogas plant the didn't start generator wahy? Plz give me any suggestion ,why the not start

  • @takismenexes6131
    @takismenexes6131 4 роки тому

    Thomas where did you get the blue plastic tank ?

  • @kratomseeker5258
    @kratomseeker5258 6 років тому +3

    i think if you put some pressure on that balloon it would start fine with just biogas.

    • @jonmitchell9019
      @jonmitchell9019 4 роки тому +1

      I agree. Or you can have a manual pump to pump gas in it like pumps a couple of pumps of gas in it.

    • @Stavrossspand
      @Stavrossspand 4 роки тому

      @@jonmitchell9019 Does anyone know how much it weighs? The biogas digester I mean.

    • @jimmybrad156
      @jimmybrad156 Рік тому

      Before the motor has warmed up a bit it might have problems with the water vapour that's present in the gas, he was saying.

    • @jimmybrad156
      @jimmybrad156 Рік тому

      I think I saw a video showing filtering it through kitty litter to help dry it.

  • @sumanaathale
    @sumanaathale 2 роки тому

    how do you connect you aquarium pump to biogas pipe.

  • @MasterYokai9322
    @MasterYokai9322 2 місяці тому

    is this really working

  • @juliankatz3018
    @juliankatz3018 5 років тому

    What size puxin bag is that?

  • @TinnonFamilyFarm
    @TinnonFamilyFarm 6 років тому

    Where can I get one of those bags

  • @OHBINEY
    @OHBINEY 6 років тому

    Is it a special generator

  • @glumpy10
    @glumpy10 6 років тому

    For a second I thought this might have been intended as a serious demonstration. Then I saw it was in the comedy category. Explains a lot but probably needs a disclaimer to stop people taking it seriously. The fiction category would also be appropriate.

  • @thedummyspit8814
    @thedummyspit8814 6 років тому

    This is more like a satire comedy than a demonstration!
    Idiotic not to just turn the fuel off and then wait for the engine to cough then turn on the gas rather than having it running so rich and choking itself till the petrol runs out of the carb.
    Given the short running times, one would be far better to collect 1000L of veg oil in an IBC and run a diesel generator on that. You could run for hundreds of hours on that much fuel and save the gas for cooking.
    There is also a misleading statement in you saying if you have "feedstock" you have gas. Only in summer in most parts of the world. If the ambient temps are below about 20oC, you are not going to get any gas to speak of. I would suggest outages are going to be more common in winter particularly where it snows so biogas will be non existent then. Anything under 30oC and the gas production will fall off significantly anyway. I have a digester, I know.
    I also have significant doubts how this generator would handle a real load without some sort of gas regulation. The engine is going to require a heap more gas at 4 Kw load than it will running a tiny little lamp and there is no provision for that in the system . At best it might run but would be very lean and probably burn a hole in the piston in short order.
    Sorry but this is nothing more than poorly thought out amateur hour here.

    • @nicholasdworcowyi5228
      @nicholasdworcowyi5228 5 років тому +1

      Hey Dummy, you didn't listen or watch very intently mate! It's simply a demonstration of the potential.

    • @thedummyspit8814
      @thedummyspit8814 5 років тому

      @@nicholasdworcowyi5228 It's a joke, like many of his other vids. The only thing demonstrated here is his incompetence.