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Well done! Inventing through trial & error is always a challenge. I suspect your burn off value gas release reduced the back pressure in your main engine gas feed--which is why your engine began to run leaner & smoother. I'm also not sure your gas production is high enough yet to provide max energy output from your generator under full load. Check out the following patent for any useful ideas: patents.google.com/patent/EP1870444A3/en Keep up the excellent work! I'm looking forward to your next mods.
I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to achieve in terms of net carbon offset. However, in terms of carbon released and carbon removed, your entire process still burns carbon based fuel. Coppicing while of course is excellent woodland management, is scaled over time differently as to the effects of releasing CO2 into the air by the amount of burning on each use. The burn release rate over time is very high and coppiced trees take longer to grow. AND there are only so many trees you can coppice. So for EVERYONE to do this isn't viable. That being said it's still impressive pioneering of a different way of powering your generator. I think you need a proper boltable head and gasket for your burn tank though. In ideal circumstances high pressures require high precision. Any small defect in the two meeting surfaces could cause a leak at higher pressures. And could lead to catastrophic failures, especially where flammable gasses are concerned. Keep up the good work, was an interesting video.
@@JackTarLad We're going to "use" something in every approach. Carbon is woven into our system. Things cycle back, and nourish new growth. Nothing wrong with it unless we throw things into a situation where life can't continue. We certainly aren't at that point regardless of how much fear we get from news networks. Coppicing is only one way, like coal, like gas, like solar. Solar is for some but not everyone. If we want to throttle our use of things a bit, we have the earth itself as a temperature modulator of in house temps. We have a lot of things that can be used in harmony with one another. But, I feel some of the best tech has a "lid" on it and it's not being publicised like it should be. There are no shortages of energy in general. The problem is, big companies clamp down on profitable ones for themselves, then publicize that. Carbon is not the problem, greed is, insanity is.
Maybe, You want to look at the UK's global CO2e amount, by which activities and see how much difference (other than to your conscience) that you're making for all the effort...Last study I read for replanted forests in northern latitudes, depending on species, it take 20-30 years to become a carbon sink. Assuming you'd be planting from cleared land not felled forest land, how long does that take to become a carbon sink and at what age do you start coppicing, how long till you can harvest, anyone done a study on that CO2 balance? What's your yield of wood-gas for every kg of wood, and if your using wood as the heat source? What yields do you get for different species? If I wanted to run a generator on an alternate fuel I'd pick ethanol, I believe the yield is higher and you'd not need scrubbers or condeners. Wood-gas has a lower heat of combustion of 5.7 MJ/kg versus: 15-18 MJ/kg for wood; 27 MJ/kg for ethanol; 25-35 MJ/kg for coal; 44.1 MJ/kg for gasoline; and 55.9 MJ/kg for natural gas. I'm not seeing the maths working on this, unless you're living in the backwoods somewhere or rebuilding after an apocalypse. Why not just go out and buy a wood-gas generator? They used to be very popular pre-WWII in densely forested countries (the days when we were still used to working steam engines) still are in certain parts like N.Korea. The world's problem is too many people, too much consumption...
Putting the pipe into the throat of the carb is restricting the amount of air into the engine, making it run rich and in so doing the engine cannot rev. This is why the engine ran better when releasing some of the excess gas. I'd refit the air filter to the engine and remove the engine breather pipe and feed the gas through the breather hole in the air filter housing. This will give the air and gas time to mix before being drawn into the engine. Then you can set the air, gas mixture from your release tap and hopefully that will solve your problems.
I agree, as the inlet valve opens it will naturally increase the gas flow through suction reducing the air that can enter the cylinder. When you open the relief valve you are reducing the flow of gas to the genny but allowing it to draw in more air into the engine creating a more stoichiometric mix. So, pulling the copper gas pipe back out of the throat or, as @martin4787 suggests, using the engine breather inlet will give a better mix of gases before it enters the carburetor.
@@RaspberryWhy That's exactly what I'm saying. I've never seen a gas conversion with a pipe going directly into a carb or butterfly on an injection engine. The gas always enters the air inlet pipe allowing air and gas to mix and allowing the gas flow mixture to be set for best running of the engine. I'm also a mechanic with over 50 years experience.
@@joshuadelisle I'm sure making these changes will improve things greatly and by using the breather hole you're not ruining a perfectly good, new air cleaner cover. I look forward to the next installment Joshua. 🙂
@@VINNYMOR There is a video of a nice system built by using the FEMA plans but this video is great because it lets us know exactly the what's and why's of every part giving us a great overall view, not to mention showing the power of trial and error...wait, you did mention that.
53:22 Remember - you're going into the generator via the air filter, which is where the oxygen would be coming from to mix with the fuel normally. What you've done is replace the air with gas, which still needs to be mixed with air in order to burn properly in the engine. The gas flow through your pipe is causing the tap to act as a kind of reverse venturi, drawing air in which is mixing with the gas and why the revs tick up when you uncover the pipe momentarily. It's also why nothing is burning when you try light it - because it's sucking air in, not blowing gas out. I think your only problem on this specific run is that you need more air in the mix for it burn better in the engine. A great project and exciting to watch. Keep it up!
@@deanrowles3665 key word is if. i think his air to fuel was wrong. the reasoning is when he was working with the open pipe (lowering gas pressure) and it ran better. placing his thumb on it also had direct causation to reving.
Showing the failures is the best part of this and what to learn by what ppl forget to show keeping their ideas selfishly instead of making ideas free..
Thanks for including the failures and the fixes or work-arounds. In general, those are more informative than the cleaned-up "this is how to make a thing that works". Showing the process and the setbacks and the "never give up" should also be motivational for other tinkerers, showing them that they can't expect everything to go according to expectation the first time. re your chickens, I recognize that behavior. When I'm doing things outside and let my chickens loose, the usually just run around and scratch and do their thing but sometimes they want to see what I'm doing. One hen in particular is curious and wants to be in the middle of things.
I just had a bee in my bonnet about using tin cans as pressure vessels in fire. It wasn't if you had leaks but when you would. And just like flint and steel fire starter you had a torch you didn't want to use to start the fire. Good Lord bless my Grandmother!
Yes! The process is where the gold is. Reels me right in. Maybe there should be a reinvent the wheel club. I had so much fun doing nothing but watching. Dude's a freakn trooper!
Wood gasifier generator seems like the perfect backup for charging batteries if/when you have a week or so of cloudy weather in a woody environment, like the pacific NW...
I think you should add pressure gauges. The gasometer is about 10 inches radius. That is 314in² meaning you need to weigh it down with 314 pounds to get 1 psi. And I would pull the pipe out a bit from the carburettor to not choke it. And finally: the eco mode spins the engine down under no or low load, so during load it should not make a difference. I love this project. It is really inspiring. I have wanted to do this for years and you might be the one enabling me.
@@joshuadelisle Maybe add more utility by integrating all this, into some closed furnace / masonry heater. To not only produce gas but provide heat / hot water to house at same time. That dakota fire is essentially wasted wood at this time.
@@joshuadelisle Other designs ( double walled gasifier ) provides heat for reaction from same wood, which is used for gas generation. Less wood, more gas. And it is easy to adjust how much of gas is generated in middle of burn by adjusting air intake valves. Roughly 10%-100% adjustability, so you can leave it "smolder" all day and ramp it up when electricity is needed.
@@tripodal69 I think the volume is probably a lot higher on yours. I need a better air mix for sure and a larger pipe means greater volume and less pressure. Cheers J
The most entertaining instructable gasifying biochar making, hot water creating video I have seen so far and I have watched many. Keep up the good work!
If you research the ancient art of distillation of pine stumps for turpentine, you will find the condenser coil in a horizontal configuration, inlet at the top, discharge of heavy substances at the bottom into a catch can. This will remove the tar from the system, rather than clogging your coil and filters. The outlet of clean gas from the top of the catch can then is bubbled through water to remove Ammonia.
Pardon me for asking, but is this like something you learn in the British curriculum? Or you had special training in chemical engineering? Am from Malawi and all this is alien information.
@@theshirehighlander7292 Hi, Gazza here. I'm an Aussie mate. Got a chemistry book from 1860. The people of Norway would cut down a pine tree, growing on the side of a steep bank, expose the front and sides, leave the stump in the ground for a year to dry out. Then they would build a fire under the base of the stump, cover the exposed front with iron sheet and soil, leaving a small opening at the bottom to allow air to enter, and slowly cook the stump until the steam stopped rising from the top. Then they would place an iron cap with a discharge pipe over the top and seal it with soil. The volatile gases that were released contain pine turpentine, which they wanted, along with heavier tars, ammonia, naptha, and also the combustible gases that you want. The condenser used was of cast iron pipe, water cooled from the top down. The layout was horizontal like in a refrigeration condenser. That is, a horizontal top pipe, then a downward curved turn to another horizontal pipe, then another downward turn to the next pipe, for about eight runs. They collected the turpentine at the bottom, the gases went to waste. If you allowed the heavy condensates to collect in a sealed catch can, the more volatile flammable gases would exit the top clean and cool, which is conducive to your purpose, as the fuel gases would be more dense. I believe the further from the heat source your condenser and filters are, the better off you'll be. Try a long discharge pipe, such as steel water pipe, which you could run through an outer jacket made of PVC storm water pipe, filled with water, much like a Leibig condenser may also be useful. Good luck with your project, I admire your persistence!
@@garyburlison1005 Hello Gazza, its Ahadi here. Would you care to mention the author of the book. thank you for the detailed information. Man that is the Chemistry that every kid in the developing countries need to know. We could use the tars in fixing our roofs, etc. Why do you reckon modern chemistry books don't go to details about things like these or they obscure them using highly scientific language?
@@theshirehighlander7292 Hello Ahadi. Gazza here. Glad you found my comments useful. The book that I referenced is from 1860 and titled. Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufacture. Edited by Charles Tomlinson. Lecturer of science, Kings college London. I found the first volume, of a three volume set, at a recycling shop, at very little cost. So intrigued was I by the fundamental base chemistry in this book, that I was inspired over a two year period to teach myself chemistry, which was a hobby as a child. I found a full 3 volume set on the internet, and without regret paid $600 to have them. These books, though fragile, are a treasure to me now. Your comment about the reluctance of the modern world to publish information about basic chemical knowledge I also found true and my thirst for such fundamental know how was satiated by collecting old chemistry books from thrift shops. The older the books the better, and if I may offer some advice? Old encyclopedia sets from the sixties are often now discarded yet were once expensive. The information found within can often be quite detailed, and not as now, restrictive in it's content. My library is filled with volumes of encyclopedia, some better than others, all obtained at very minimal cost. Cross referencing between editions usually will give answers to the questions you may ponder. The production of "coal gas", and "town gas" may give clues to procedures used in the clarification of combustible fuel gasses that may have relevance to your needs. Although my time is limited by my duties, I may devote some time to refreshing my knowledge of this subject. If you have any further questions Ahadi, feel free to ask and I'll help if I can. Gazza.
@@garyburlison1005 Hello Gazza, I cannot thank you enough for this recommendation.its 4 am here but couldn't wait and I found the book on Internet Archive, I have downloaded it already. I like how its set up alphabetically, I can always look up things I never had ways of understanding how they're derived. Things such as Beer, Or the combustion engine, they fascinate me but I couldn't find some palatable information to take up on those subjects. I understand with the backbone of this very material sooooo many inventions have been derived. I will be doing some doable things in this volume with my kids. Thank you very much. Have you personally done any memorable projects based on this information? Ahadi.
I'm a proud owner of a nature's generator I highly recommend them idiot proof easy-to-use it's been outside in the Missouri weather for over a year and runs like a champ
It's amusing to watch you re-invent the wheel. This was done successfully 100 years ago. Cars and trucks were converted to run on wood gas during WW2. Old Mother Earth News magazines from the 1960s and 70s had articles on people doing this. Fun to watch all the same. Thanks for the videom
So basically through all that you found out, you were flooding the engine LOL so kind of like running around town with your old fashioned manual choke pulled out
Not so fast, This is tough research he has done. Did some myself . DO NOT MINIMIZE IT. And doubt that old Mother Earth article was to be totally trusted from what I know now. No effing way. @@chetsjug
😮 I was thinking, since you already got that solar generator. You might want to run a 12-volt hydrogen generator to run your generator on Brown's gas. That would be fun and maybe less work?😊
Great video of showing many failures and a will to keep going! The education through failure is invaluable and this video proves it. Thank you for sharing, doing the research, and educating us in a very entertaining way.
The perseverance is amazing. DEMONSTRATING all of the trial and error is amazing.The moment it first ran and the excitement is enough to encourage 1 to keep pushing forward. I enjoyed this video 😊
The first time I am seeing one of your videos and I only had to listen for 1min before I Subscribed. This never happens, but I knew we were in good hands and focusing on truth and logic which is so rare to find in this day and age. Thank you!
@@joshuadelisle Just finished watching the video and I have a bit of a crazy idea (possible you have already considered it)... what about a steam engine run generator... depending on how the tank and firebox are setup you could have it running multiple tasks for home heating, hot water, and power production... just thinking out loud... I know our generation is more inclined to use petrol engines... but maybe that's more of a trap due to the refining/filtration required of the fuel. Just thinking out loud. Hope you have an amazing day! :)
This is a perfect example of why it cost so much to do research there are always failures to any invention. I love what you have done. GREAT IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@joshuadelisle I will suggest the Builds wood gasifier bible Available. Today on the net even that design needs a charcoal column but it works if you run on charcoal wood mix
The things we've forgotten, about the moonshiners, and what they were putting in their car's, that made them Far Faster than the cops trying to catch them.. lmao.. how about you,, can you see it.. ? Yard clippings, in one still, corn in the other.. one, you can drink, the other you can drive on.. lmao we almost,, got away from the rich assholes.. just,, almost. But there's still a few independent men and women out here, fighting the communist's calling US communist's while They communize our country with Their law's we the people can't do anything about..
I cant believe this what did you do with the bucket full of charcoal all you had to do was make an inlet in the middle of the bottom of the bucket thats where you light your carbon all you need to do is add a little hose so you can add a constant drop of water inside the bucket in the fire (thats what will make it create hidrogen ) and get your other bucket and buy a semi truck air filter and get it inside de second bucket and what comes out of it goes to your carburetor .tip it will help if in any of the lenght of the line you get a blower from a hair drier and get it to pushe the air trough the line and to pull the gas from the carbon bucket you are welcome
Great video, this is one of the few channels on which I never skip ahead in the video, very interesting topic, looking forward to the next stage, cheers from Italy.
Churning through 5 minute videos all night to satisfy my ADHD, and your video snapped me out of it. Watched the whole hour easily. Such a good video. I would love to see you create something from this "prototype."
right lol, I have ADHD too and it's rare that such a long video can capture my attention for the entire length of it, but this did it. might have something to do with me being constantly worried that he didn't have a single flashback arrestor on anything, and generally being seeminly unphased by the fact that he was lighting hydrogen on fire all over the place.
I've seen two of your videos and 100% subscribed. It's really nice to see that you show the trials and tribulations along with their Solutions. Too many UA-camrs edit out all the revisions before the one that works. Keep doing great work! You're really helping the world
Men, you have sooo much dedication and I love to see that you keep trying. I don't have any technical advice for you but please keep going, even though I can barely think about the amount of time, energy and money you've spent in this project. When I'll be done with my studies I want to invent low tech energy sources like you! Lot of support from France !
Holy moly, this is the most epic build of all time, the frustration fades to black are the funniest thing I've seen since the early days of Monty Python. I hope this video hits a billion views someday.
For better results, you could finely chop the pieces to a size of 2 cm and preheat them beforehand to remove as much moisture as possible. Additionally, you can add other residues such as biomass, all preheated to reduce moisture content, before placing them in the container where you intend to perform pyrolysis. Heating them to a temperature above 400 degrees Celsius would result in gases, charcoal, and also bio-diesel. @Joshua De Lisle
You have more perseverance than I do! :-) I watched a tv show - the guy had a truck that ran on a wood burning fire that was in the back of the truck. :-) I can't remember the name of the show. I was so shocked when it worked for him. This is awesome. This would make such a great boon to anyone that was off grid - or a Stuff HTF time. :-) You are awesome young man. Thanks loads. I am a great granny - and I've lived in some really tough circumstances. It's folks like you that would help people survive!
Absolutely fantastic video, showing the engineering process, warts and all. Seeing the mistakes and learning from them is a refreshing change to most YT vids out there. Really informative stuff. Ta!
Perseverance, perseverance, perseverance. The best video I have seen in many, many moons! I wish I could help but alas I will be learning from you. Inspiring, invigorating, humorous, tenacious and a fabulous insight into all things self sufficient and the requirements for success. We need "UNITY"... I believe unity will come when we all realise that selfish existence, because of mainstream reliance on currency that is manipulated, lacks intrinsic value and is established as legal tender by government regulation instead of individual value, is not the path to true freedom. May you be blessed Sir!
Thank you so much. Unity would be great but it comes from having morals. Unfortunately there's always narcissists pushing for power and never the wisest or selfless. Cheers J
Half way through your video, when the sun was setting and you were playing with the valves, I thought, you're not getting enough oxygen into the genny. I was glad to see you persevered and by the end, you got a 600W charge into the ecoflow! If I remember my first car's carburettor, the air filter was HUGE and took up 1/10th of the engine space, if you had one that large, your pure gas fuel (a remarkable effort in and of itself!), mixed with air, would undoubtedly run that genny at maximum power. I look forward to seeing the permanent power plant you create in your backyard :) Hats off to you for your endurance in this project.
Dear Joshua, I’ve watched several of your programs, and I just wanted to tell you that I feel blessed to have found your channel, and I really appreciate the hard work and engineering that you’ve put into this project to discover the proper way to generate electricity and power, heat from your invention. and hard work. As you say “using some of that, British know how and determination… I think you’re very close to your solutions and with God‘s help you shall be successful! Blessings ❤ 🙏💗🙏
@@billhinckley6239 thank you so much for your kind support. I've got the new version coming soon with lots of improvements. All the very best and God bless. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle I will be watching out for that. Before your return give the gun Barrell experiment a go, But instead of using Iron filings. Use charcoal in the seal pip, and let steam in one end & it will come out as gas at the outflow end cool with a bubbler. catch the gas in a balloon or innertube. I think you will be truly amazed at the results 2" black iron pipe will be sufficient. with a third cap on the ends to let the steam in. The reduction zone will need to be yellow hot, Yes charcoal to heat in a pit. now you are making gas. it's on my Gridlessness. page son Les Thompson X
Your tenacity is to be applauded Sir. Would love to try something like this. However, as I live in a terraced house, in a grim northern town, I can't imagine it would go down well with the neighbours!
The proper air. Fuel mix is 14.7 parts air to 1 part fuel so you need to regulate the fuel flow.I would also have a gas storage method for excess gas(maybe some kind of weights has bag so the weight pushes gas back into the line when needed,also the air filter needs to be on to stop particles entering the engine
I can tell how this fellow manages to continue all efforts in the face in failure after failure: he has a great sense of humor. That will doubtless afford him his path to success after success.
Some out second pair of eyes notice. Get the fuel feed away from the intake about an inch roughly. Your running rich. Also a water catch before the filters. You have a great idea don't give up!
wen i was a lad we used a gasifier . to make gas we had a problem with damp gas . my answer to the problem was to fill a 2" pipe full of charcoal on it side & weld the pipe in the middle so the fier in the fier pit got the damp wood gas though the red hot pipe . that Brent the oxygen in the wet smock . it rely is that easy .
I loved this video. It had it all, success, failure, tension, depression and triumph. The things I was thinking were issues have been mentioned by far more qualified people than me but your experiments have given me the motivation to try something like thing myself, not for a generator but for water heating. Love your channel
Thank you Jeff. I learned a lot and have a lot more to bring on the subject soon. The end goal is cheap self sufficientcy for energy and heating in winter. Summer is fine with solar etc. cheers J
Really interesting project, and well done for persisting through all the tribulations. I've seen quite a few people attempt similar projects, and it seems like it is very tricky to get optimised. Agree with the comments to add pressure gauges, and wonder what sort of sensors might be available to measure things like H2, CO, moisture content. If someone can figure out a repeatable method, then I think it has a lot of potential - especially for offgrid living in areas that cannot use solar in winter. Please keep going, and try a scaled up version.
I'm autistic and ADHD, watch every video at 2x speed. This was one of the few vids that was a good pace and I slowed it down to 1.2x. I appreciate the showing what didn't work and letting that help us learn too. The constant failures along the way, help us see how to problem solve along the way and not give up. The two months is an great lesson on determination and willingness to admit not knowing helps people see that this is a process not the usual youtube "here's how you do it" and nothing really learned. The pipes look slightly restrictive still, part of what engines need is a level of the turbulent airflow that turns into a twisting cyclone-ish flow that actually pushes more air in through the carb. If you notice that the port you connected to, it is tapered into a larger area for the reason of allowing air to accelerate to and overcome the filter and still let it swirl. My hypothesis about having that one valve opening and it helping, is that it allows the fuel to get a bit more oxygen in the mix and then the engine tries to regulate the pressure through the fuel system. I wonder if moving the inlet of your fuel being moved about a half inch away from the carb throat would allow it run well without having the other valve open. I agree that going up another size on the line would help, probably. I'm going to send this vid to my Grandfather, he was in the Airforce (20yr enlisted then 20yr contractor) as mechanic and engine field engineer. He did a lot of work on sterling engines, so I'm certain he's got better input than I do. Last thing, on a non-mechanical topic, the topical/political joke about threw me when I was looking to learn something. I totally understand if it just part of who/what you are and it isn't something you're interested in hearing opinions on. This is just me sharing that it took me out of following the lesson for a couple mins and it would be helpful for me personally. I don't want you to think I'm trying to police your speech or anything goofy, just sharing and no hard feelings if it isn't something you even care to think about. Awesome vid, and I'm excited to see more projects and the progress through iteration and experimentation. I'll be doing this with my kids this summer. Never a bad use of a summer to learn to experiment and gain independence.
Thank you so much. I've learned a lot and I have a plan moving forward on developments. All the very best and thank you for taking the time to comment. Cheers J
During WW2, civilian german cars and even some government cars, used funny looking wood gas contraptions, that they installed in barrels at the back of normal cars, because germany didn't have enough petrol even for the military so normal cars had to use wood gas. They got it working perfectly but I don't know how they put all of this in 1 or 2 barrels at the back of a car.
You are my favourite, after Churchill of course, Briton! I have a pint of your favourite waiting for you in any Worcestershire pub of your preference any weekend of the year! Pure genius, hats off to you, sir.
This was beautiful and brought me to tears. To see what's possible with clever ingenuity inspired me deeply and gives me hopes of manifesting greater self sufficiency. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this content.
Our elders knew something! I mean this technology is over 100 years old and it still works! I assume the old hit and miss engines were not this sensibel to impurities in the wood gass because my grandfather mentioned only a water filter system in this chain. Anyways, I am glad to see ideas from the past reemerge and proove, that although we moved on technology wise we can still rely on old fasioned methods. Great video! Made my day!
As an over thinker myself that was a fascinating watch, you worked through everything so methodically until it did what you wanted. Also your editing is amazing as didn’t see you jump up turning the air blue once!
Pressure cooker for your pyro chamber may help your seal battle. Also submerging your coil in water and adding a puke after can help with water and gunk increasing your filter life. Also plumbing the gas through the carb instead of just pumping it into the air intake could meter it's flow correctly and mitigating gas waste. Solid effort I look forward to your next attempt
100 years ago we actually wood gas running cars... now we have battery BS EVs. This is truly sustainable energy solutions... amazing. Thanks for all the hard work and testing and for sharing. Cheers!!! :)))
You could connect an old fridge compressor to the floating tank, collecting the gas into a pressure vessel giving you a much larger pressurised supply. It would involve extra pipe work and pressure switches etc but would be well worth the additional hassle. The additional churn tank could also be connected and used as a secondary wood loading chamber. while the first is burning
steam engine, or sterling cycle... no need to complicate things so much using an internal combustion engine just to have to filter so much. Use a simple alternator to charge your batteries and either build a custom regulator that maintains motor rpm at or above a safe idle, or just undersize it so your engine demand never exceeds your fuel/fire.
17:26 Reminds me of a joke : man goes to the doctors with a lettuce leaf stuck up his bum. Doc says 'that looks like a problem? - man replies 'Yes ... and that's just the tip of the iceberg' 🤣🤣
awesome info friend, I've been pondering building a wood gasifier but wasn't one hundred percent sure just how they work, no more confusion here now, this opens up doors for me to finally build a gasifier, thanks, greetings from roaring spring Pennsylvania, USA. appreciate the video.
It doesn't take out the other markers that can still be detected at the exhaust or filters. Ask my neighbour, I think he was fined £20,000 based on presumed, not actual proven tax evasion based on what he might have used from how much cherry he'd purchased - sellers keep records unless you chore it or buy it from a pump using cash. I've had a visit and been dipped even though all my cherry is for the generator and tractor.
Love your enthusiasm, every step is in the right direction, imagine if living in communities doing this daily, the transformation of society would be measurably beneficial
Nothing about wood gasification is remotely environmentally friendly. Emissions are off the chart! However, I applaud the effort at independence. Carry on.
Bingo. If you follow the energy backwards you end up at solar, earth minerals, water that the plants process. This is not unlike oil where you condense billions of years of life energy (ie. solar, minerals, water) in to a sludge that can be burned as inefficiently as the original energy was collected. If you follow the energy chain backwards even more you end up with: Nuclear. That's the answer.
Although, if you use the heat to heat a space and the electricity from the generator and even the heat from the generator, together with the unending supply of coppice surely it becomes more efficient from an enivironmental standpoint?
Very interesting video but for what you are trying to achieve you are going about it the wrong way. You are saying look at this lovely charcoal by-product but there should be no charcoal byproduct. You want to make gas, charcoal is what you need to make it. In a gasifier you cook the wood above your burning charcoal grate and the only way out for the smoke (and crap) from the wood should be by going through the 1000+Degree charcoal. The charcoal is so hungry for oxygen it strips some O’s off the CO2. Making CO syngas. And , if you get it right it can also strip the O from the H2O in the wood and give you some nice hydrogen as well. The high temperatures of the charcoal bed will crack the tars a fare bit and this will leave you able to spin out the carbon dust in the next step- a centrifuge. Cool the gas, clean the gas, big wood wool filter and away you go. There is a guy on UA-cam that has an open “drizzler” gasifier running a VW engine generator. Hopper fed, continuous run, so he doesn’t need to store the gas. My first build got so hot it melted the fibreglass insulation so I am rebuilding with ceramic blanket and using a crucible for the heath instead of a S’steel cullender. Looking forward to your next video.
It's interesting and you've put a lot of effort into this project but the concept runs into problems of scale. There's insufficient woodland/agricultural space in the UK to feed the population and provide electricity/heat for the people. Hundreds of thousands live in towns and cities without their space to grow gasifyable material. I'm disregarding the material production to create your hi tech generator, plastic filters, piles etc. If you are fortunate enough to live off grid with space to tinker it's great for personal independence but not a realistic large scale solution to energy needs. If that's your aim you might try stepping back with engine technology and source and old cast iron stationary engine which would be a lot more forgiving of gas quality and drive a dc generator to serve light/cooking/charge a storage battery. Don't forget switching DC requires dc rated switching. Household heat can be provided using a simple boiler with thermosiphon circulation. If you must use electronic tech equipment a 12 volt inverter with clean output would probably suffice.
Hi Josh , this is such an amazing work . there is a ratio of woodgas and air that is needed . Its possible that the generator was having too much woodgas and cos of that it struggled to run . when you opened the valve & started burning off some of it , the generator was now getting the proper ratio of woodgass to oxygen . this is a really awesome project
Thank you so much. You're correct, I thought I was getting a 50/50 but because the gas is coming out in hight quantity it pushed away the air. I'll be installing a gas conversion kit in the next test as well as a few other things. Currently I'm tied up with commission work but have 3 more videos to release soon on what I've been doing. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle that's great. I'm looking forward to the videos. The conversion kit is cool but you can have two adjustable inlet valves connected in a t junction . One for your woodgas and the other air. Gradually adjust the amount of air and woodgas mix till you get the optimal burn . You'll hear the generator sound pickup . I build gasifiers in villages in Nigeria and your method is very simple , clever and may be cost effective
So that's 0.41 per mille CO2 caused by humans. Think about what a 0.41 per mille increase of alcohol concentration in your blood does - it's noticable. So it's not hard to understand that it can also cause a noticable effect in our atmosphere.
You have incredible patience to keep going, kudos to you, I would have kicked the first leaky bucket to death and thrown myself on the fire,we need more people like you.
So that's 0.41 per mille CO2 caused by humans. Think about what a 0.41 per mille increase of alcohol concentration in your blood does - it's noticable. So it's not hard to understand that it can also cause a noticable effect in our atmosphere.
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Well done! Inventing through trial & error is always a challenge.
I suspect your burn off value gas release reduced the back pressure in your main engine gas feed--which is why your engine began to run leaner & smoother.
I'm also not sure your gas production is high enough yet to provide max energy output from your generator under full load.
Check out the following patent for any useful ideas:
patents.google.com/patent/EP1870444A3/en
Keep up the excellent work! I'm looking forward to your next mods.
I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to achieve in terms of net carbon offset. However, in terms of carbon released and carbon removed, your entire process still burns carbon based fuel. Coppicing while of course is excellent woodland management, is scaled over time differently as to the effects of releasing CO2 into the air by the amount of burning on each use. The burn release rate over time is very high and coppiced trees take longer to grow. AND there are only so many trees you can coppice. So for EVERYONE to do this isn't viable.
That being said it's still impressive pioneering of a different way of powering your generator.
I think you need a proper boltable head and gasket for your burn tank though. In ideal circumstances high pressures require high precision. Any small defect in the two meeting surfaces could cause a leak at higher pressures. And could lead to catastrophic failures, especially where flammable gasses are concerned.
Keep up the good work, was an interesting video.
@@JackTarLad We're going to "use" something in every approach. Carbon is woven into our system. Things cycle back, and nourish new growth. Nothing wrong with it unless we throw things into a situation where life can't continue. We certainly aren't at that point regardless of how much fear we get from news networks. Coppicing is only one way, like coal, like gas, like solar. Solar is for some but not everyone. If we want to throttle our use of things a bit, we have the earth itself as a temperature modulator of in house temps. We have a lot of things that can be used in harmony with one another. But, I feel some of the best tech has a "lid" on it and it's not being publicised like it should be. There are no shortages of energy in general. The problem is, big companies clamp down on profitable ones for themselves, then publicize that. Carbon is not the problem, greed is, insanity is.
Maybe, You want to look at the UK's global CO2e amount, by which activities and see how much difference (other than to your conscience) that you're making for all the effort...Last study I read for replanted forests in northern latitudes, depending on species, it take 20-30 years to become a carbon sink. Assuming you'd be planting from cleared land not felled forest land, how long does that take to become a carbon sink and at what age do you start coppicing, how long till you can harvest, anyone done a study on that CO2 balance?
What's your yield of wood-gas for every kg of wood, and if your using wood as the heat source? What yields do you get for different species? If I wanted to run a generator on an alternate fuel I'd pick ethanol, I believe the yield is higher and you'd not need scrubbers or condeners.
Wood-gas has a lower heat of combustion of 5.7 MJ/kg versus: 15-18 MJ/kg for wood; 27 MJ/kg for ethanol; 25-35 MJ/kg for coal; 44.1 MJ/kg for gasoline; and 55.9 MJ/kg for natural gas.
I'm not seeing the maths working on this, unless you're living in the backwoods somewhere or rebuilding after an apocalypse. Why not just go out and buy a wood-gas generator? They used to be very popular pre-WWII in densely forested countries (the days when we were still used to working steam engines) still are in certain parts like N.Korea.
The world's problem is too many people, too much consumption...
You need more oxygen
Putting the pipe into the throat of the carb is restricting the amount of air into the engine, making it run rich and in so doing the engine cannot rev. This is why the engine ran better when releasing some of the excess gas. I'd refit the air filter to the engine and remove the engine breather pipe and feed the gas through the breather hole in the air filter housing. This will give the air and gas time to mix before being drawn into the engine. Then you can set the air, gas mixture from your release tap and hopefully that will solve your problems.
I agree, as the inlet valve opens it will naturally increase the gas flow through suction reducing the air that can enter the cylinder. When you open the relief valve you are reducing the flow of gas to the genny but allowing it to draw in more air into the engine creating a more stoichiometric mix. So, pulling the copper gas pipe back out of the throat or, as @martin4787 suggests, using the engine breather inlet will give a better mix of gases before it enters the carburetor.
Yes I think you're right. Cheers J
@@RaspberryWhy That's exactly what I'm saying. I've never seen a gas conversion with a pipe going directly into a carb or butterfly on an injection engine. The gas always enters the air inlet pipe allowing air and gas to mix and allowing the gas flow mixture to be set for best running of the engine. I'm also a mechanic with over 50 years experience.
@@joshuadelisle I'm sure making these changes will improve things greatly and by using the breather hole you're not ruining a perfectly good, new air cleaner cover.
I look forward to the next installment Joshua. 🙂
An adjustable venturi from a propane burner or commercial gas stove would work well to dial in your stoichiometric ratio
This guy worked his A** of trying to make this work .....I give you props brother
You're very kind. Thank you. Cheers J
Also, he didn't just burn the wood. Money as well.
@@joshuadelisleAs someone with an equal interest in declining EROEI...Get a DC dynamo and stick with steam lol
Absolutely.
Many „generator says no“
I pray that he builds a small size wood fired steam generator for turning an alternator/dynamo.
I am an electrical engineer and greatly appreciate your including the entire process of trial and error. Terrific Video!
Thank you so much. Lots to come. Cheers J
Software engineer, here. Same!
truth.....
not shy,to "f££$%%-UP)!!!!! self-parody-all done that,dude!!!
@@VINNYMOR There is a video of a nice system built by using the FEMA plans but this video is great because it lets us know exactly the what's and why's of every part giving us a great overall view, not to mention showing the power of trial and error...wait, you did mention that.
53:22 Remember - you're going into the generator via the air filter, which is where the oxygen would be coming from to mix with the fuel normally. What you've done is replace the air with gas, which still needs to be mixed with air in order to burn properly in the engine. The gas flow through your pipe is causing the tap to act as a kind of reverse venturi, drawing air in which is mixing with the gas and why the revs tick up when you uncover the pipe momentarily. It's also why nothing is burning when you try light it - because it's sucking air in, not blowing gas out. I think your only problem on this specific run is that you need more air in the mix for it burn better in the engine. A great project and exciting to watch. Keep it up!
if he gets the air fuel mix right, he shouldn’t even need a carb
@@deanrowles3665 key word is if. i think his air to fuel was wrong. the reasoning is when he was working with the open pipe (lowering gas pressure) and it ran better. placing his thumb on it also had direct causation to reving.
Showing the failures is the best part of this and what to learn by what ppl forget to show keeping their ideas selfishly instead of making ideas free..
Thank you, that's very kind. Cheers J
Teaches people how to think also 😂
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Bro if there was a public inspirational award I would hand it to you.
You're very kind. Cheers J
+1
Thanks for including the failures and the fixes or work-arounds. In general, those are more informative than the cleaned-up "this is how to make a thing that works". Showing the process and the setbacks and the "never give up" should also be motivational for other tinkerers, showing them that they can't expect everything to go according to expectation the first time.
re your chickens, I recognize that behavior. When I'm doing things outside and let my chickens loose, the usually just run around and scratch and do their thing but sometimes they want to see what I'm doing. One hen in particular is curious and wants to be in the middle of things.
Thank you so much. I had them on my shoulders at one point as I was making the fire. I didn't have the camera rolling though. Cheers J
I just had a bee in my bonnet about using tin cans as pressure vessels in fire. It wasn't if you had leaks but when you would. And just like flint and steel fire starter you had a torch you didn't want to use to start the fire. Good Lord bless my Grandmother!
Yes! The process is where the gold is. Reels me right in. Maybe there should be a reinvent the wheel club. I had so much fun doing nothing but watching. Dude's a freakn trooper!
@@SeegerG you're very kind. Thank you. Cheers J
😂 I too adored them❤❤
Wood gasifier generator seems like the perfect backup for charging batteries if/when you have a week or so of cloudy weather in a woody environment, like the pacific NW...
It is men like you Joshua that make this world a better place, thank you for perseverance in this very important endeavour.
Thank you so much. Cheers J
I agree! You make the world better, and I think the world would be even better with more men like you, Joshua!
They are the kind government like to erase, they are indeed a blessing to us, but a curse to the fat cats.
I love that he’s burning scrap from his laser cutter in a mud oven he lit with a flint and steel
Modern day is fucking WILD
Lol- The technology gap feels like stolen straight outta Civilization IV - Invictus
So, many things made me chuckle, respectfully...total respect for his process, love his humor!
I think you should add pressure gauges. The gasometer is about 10 inches radius. That is 314in² meaning you need to weigh it down with 314 pounds to get 1 psi.
And I would pull the pipe out a bit from the carburettor to not choke it.
And finally: the eco mode spins the engine down under no or low load, so during load it should not make a difference.
I love this project. It is really inspiring. I have wanted to do this for years and you might be the one enabling me.
Thank you so much. I've got a new design in mind so I'll test the battery charging again for sure. cheers J
@@joshuadelisle Maybe add more utility by integrating all this, into some closed furnace / masonry heater. To not only produce gas but provide heat / hot water to house at same time. That dakota fire is essentially wasted wood at this time.
@@joshuadelisle Other designs ( double walled gasifier ) provides heat for reaction from same wood, which is used for gas generation. Less wood, more gas. And it is easy to adjust how much of gas is generated in middle of burn by adjusting air intake valves. Roughly 10%-100% adjustability, so you can leave it "smolder" all day and ramp it up when electricity is needed.
I run a 60kw backup gen for work, it runs on less than .5psi natural gas. That might be overkill.
@@tripodal69 I think the volume is probably a lot higher on yours. I need a better air mix for sure and a larger pipe means greater volume and less pressure. Cheers J
The most entertaining instructable gasifying biochar making, hot water creating video I have seen so far and I have watched many. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much. Lots more to come. Cheers J
Pyrolising wood produces a lot of hot acetic acid vapour which rapidly degrades silicone sealants.
Is that what it was. Acetic acid... Thank you. Cheers J
I.e. vinegar vapour.
@@romualdaskuzborskis Correct, however vinegar is only around a 5% concentration.
@NimbleADL what is used instead? Carbon and glass fiber gasket?
Oh yes, I hope he answers your question. Replying so I"ll see it.@@romualdaskuzborskis
If you research the ancient art of distillation of pine stumps for turpentine, you will find the condenser coil in a horizontal configuration, inlet at the top, discharge of heavy substances at the bottom into a catch can. This will remove the tar from the system, rather than clogging your coil and filters. The outlet of clean gas from the top of the catch can then is bubbled through water to remove Ammonia.
Pardon me for asking, but is this like something you learn in the British curriculum? Or you had special training in chemical engineering? Am from Malawi and all this is alien information.
@@theshirehighlander7292 Hi, Gazza here. I'm an Aussie mate. Got a chemistry book from 1860. The people of Norway would cut down a pine tree, growing on the side of a steep bank, expose the front and sides, leave the stump in the ground for a year to dry out. Then they would build a fire under the base of the stump, cover the exposed front with iron sheet and soil, leaving a small opening at the bottom to allow air to enter, and slowly cook the stump until the steam stopped rising from the top. Then they would place an iron cap with a discharge pipe over the top and seal it with soil. The volatile gases that were released contain pine turpentine, which they wanted, along with heavier tars, ammonia, naptha, and also the combustible gases that you want. The condenser used was of cast iron pipe, water cooled from the top down. The layout was horizontal like in a refrigeration condenser. That is, a horizontal top pipe, then a downward curved turn to another horizontal pipe, then another downward turn to the next pipe, for about eight runs. They collected the turpentine at the bottom, the gases went to waste. If you allowed the heavy condensates to collect in a sealed catch can, the more volatile flammable gases would exit the top clean and cool, which is conducive to your purpose, as the fuel gases would be more dense. I believe the further from the heat source your condenser and filters are, the better off you'll be. Try a long discharge pipe, such as steel water pipe, which you could run through an outer jacket made of PVC storm water pipe, filled with water, much like a Leibig condenser may also be useful. Good luck with your project, I admire your persistence!
@@garyburlison1005 Hello Gazza, its Ahadi here. Would you care to mention the author of the book. thank you for the detailed information. Man that is the Chemistry that every kid in the developing countries need to know. We could use the tars in fixing our roofs, etc. Why do you reckon modern chemistry books don't go to details about things like these or they obscure them using highly scientific language?
@@theshirehighlander7292 Hello Ahadi. Gazza here. Glad you found my comments useful. The book that I referenced is from 1860 and titled. Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufacture. Edited by Charles Tomlinson. Lecturer of science, Kings college London.
I found the first volume, of a three volume set, at a recycling shop, at very little cost. So intrigued was I by the fundamental base chemistry in this book, that I was inspired over a two year period to teach myself chemistry, which was a hobby as a child. I found a full 3 volume set on the internet, and without regret paid $600 to have them. These books, though fragile, are a treasure to me now.
Your comment about the reluctance of the modern world to publish information about basic chemical knowledge I also found true and my thirst for such fundamental know how was satiated by collecting old chemistry books from thrift shops. The older the books the better, and if I may offer some advice? Old encyclopedia sets from the sixties are often now discarded yet were once expensive. The information found within can often be quite detailed, and not as now, restrictive in it's content. My library is filled with volumes of encyclopedia, some better than others, all obtained at very minimal cost. Cross referencing between editions usually will give answers to the questions you may ponder. The production of "coal gas", and "town gas" may give clues to procedures used in the clarification of combustible fuel gasses that may have relevance to your needs. Although my time is limited by my duties, I may devote some time to refreshing my knowledge of this subject. If you have any further questions Ahadi, feel free to ask and I'll help if I can. Gazza.
@@garyburlison1005 Hello Gazza, I cannot thank you enough for this recommendation.its 4 am here but couldn't wait and I found the book on Internet Archive, I have downloaded it already. I like how its set up alphabetically, I can always look up things I never had ways of understanding how they're derived. Things such as Beer, Or the combustion engine, they fascinate me but I couldn't find some palatable information to take up on those subjects. I understand with the backbone of this very material sooooo many inventions have been derived. I will be doing some doable things in this volume with my kids. Thank you very much. Have you personally done any memorable projects based on this information? Ahadi.
I'm a proud owner of a nature's generator I highly recommend them idiot proof easy-to-use it's been outside in the Missouri weather for over a year and runs like a champ
I have work to do tomorrow but I just can’t stop watching you with that trial and error tehnique. Good job!
It's amusing to watch you re-invent the wheel.
This was done successfully 100 years ago. Cars and trucks were converted to run on wood gas during WW2.
Old Mother Earth News magazines from the 1960s and 70s had articles on people doing this.
Fun to watch all the same.
Thanks for the videom
So basically through all that you found out, you were flooding the engine LOL so kind of like running around town with your old fashioned manual choke pulled out
Agree but its a lost art for sure.
Not so fast, This is tough research he has done. Did some myself . DO NOT MINIMIZE IT. And doubt that old Mother Earth article was to be totally trusted from what I know now. No effing way.
@@chetsjug
😮 I was thinking, since you already got that solar generator. You might want to run a 12-volt hydrogen generator to run your generator on Brown's gas. That would be fun and maybe less work?😊
Their was a episode of mountain men on history channles where a guy made a gasifier for his pickuptruck
Great video of showing many failures and a will to keep going! The education through failure is invaluable and this video proves it. Thank you for sharing, doing the research, and educating us in a very entertaining way.
Thank you so much. Hopefully I can continue with developments and have lots more failures. Cheers J
The perseverance is amazing. DEMONSTRATING all of the trial and error is amazing.The moment it first ran and the excitement is enough to encourage 1 to keep pushing forward. I enjoyed this video 😊
@@tragan1476 thank you so much. Lots more to come. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle i will be standing by 🫡
The first time I am seeing one of your videos and I only had to listen for 1min before I Subscribed. This never happens, but I knew we were in good hands and focusing on truth and logic which is so rare to find in this day and age. Thank you!
Thank you so much. Lots more to come. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle Just finished watching the video and I have a bit of a crazy idea (possible you have already considered it)... what about a steam engine run generator... depending on how the tank and firebox are setup you could have it running multiple tasks for home heating, hot water, and power production... just thinking out loud... I know our generation is more inclined to use petrol engines... but maybe that's more of a trap due to the refining/filtration required of the fuel. Just thinking out loud. Hope you have an amazing day! :)
This is a perfect example of why it cost so much to do research there are always failures to any invention. I love what you have done. GREAT IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle I will suggest the Builds wood gasifier bible Available. Today on the net even that design needs a charcoal column but it works if you run on charcoal wood mix
I love how excited this guy is with a wood gassifier... like it's the 1930's again....
The things we've forgotten, about the moonshiners, and what they were putting in their car's, that made them Far Faster than the cops trying to catch them.. lmao.. how about you,, can you see it.. ? Yard clippings, in one still, corn in the other.. one, you can drink, the other you can drive on.. lmao we almost,, got away from the rich assholes.. just,, almost. But there's still a few independent men and women out here, fighting the communist's calling US communist's while They communize our country with Their law's we the people can't do anything about..
Homestly though, the 30's will be like the 30's..
This technology was actually stolen from Aztec scientists by American neo-nazis.
I cant believe this what did you do with the bucket full of charcoal all you had to do was make an inlet in the middle of the bottom of the bucket thats where you light your carbon all you need to do is add a little hose so you can add a constant drop of water inside the bucket in the fire (thats what will make it create hidrogen ) and get your other bucket and buy a semi truck air filter and get it inside de second bucket and what comes out of it goes to your carburetor .tip it will help if in any of the lenght of the line you get a blower from a hair drier and get it to pushe the air trough the line and to pull the gas from the carbon bucket you are welcome
@@JesusLarios-u1v Hopefully someone will come through here and explain why that's a bad idea (IF it is!) before I try it myself
Thanks for spending so much time and money on the development so we can all learn from it.
This is one of the best UA-cam videos I have seen in months! I salute your extreme perseverance! Well done!!
You're very kind. Thank you so much. Cheers J
Great video, this is one of the few channels on which I never skip ahead in the video, very interesting topic, looking forward to the next stage, cheers from Italy.
I very much appreciate it, thank you so much. Cheers J
Churning through 5 minute videos all night to satisfy my ADHD, and your video snapped me out of it. Watched the whole hour easily. Such a good video. I would love to see you create something from this "prototype."
Thank you so much. Lots and lots to come. Cheers J
right lol, I have ADHD too and it's rare that such a long video can capture my attention for the entire length of it, but this did it. might have something to do with me being constantly worried that he didn't have a single flashback arrestor on anything, and generally being seeminly unphased by the fact that he was lighting hydrogen on fire all over the place.
I've seen two of your videos and 100% subscribed. It's really nice to see that you show the trials and tribulations along with their Solutions. Too many UA-camrs edit out all the revisions before the one that works. Keep doing great work! You're really helping the world
I cannot wait to see how you improve this next. I am cheering you on from down south in South Africa. We are the loadshedding capital of the world!
I love all the attempts/failed, attempt/failed - builds great knowledge - thank you
Thank you. It's actually how I navigate life... Keep failing until I eventually figure it out. Cheers J
The pace of this video is awesome. Comic timing is on point. You burn stuff good
Thank you. Cheers J
Hi William
Men, you have sooo much dedication and I love to see that you keep trying. I don't have any technical advice for you but please keep going, even though I can barely think about the amount of time, energy and money you've spent in this project. When I'll be done with my studies I want to invent low tech energy sources like you!
Lot of support from France !
Love how the chickens are always around and don't give a fuck! 😂
They were on my shoulders at one point whilst I was tinkering. Didn't have the camera on though. Cheers J
Chickens can get quite a bit inquisitive. Lodging with such a fine tinkerer probably drives them completely nuts.
That should be don't give a cluck!😁
maybe the chickens are providing tellepathic inspiration!
LOL
Holy moly, this is the most epic build of all time, the frustration fades to black are the funniest thing I've seen since the early days of Monty Python. I hope this video hits a billion views someday.
You're very kind. Thank you. Cheers J
YOU WILL EVENTUALLY GET IT RIGHT MIXTURE OF AIR TO GAS FOR FUEL. AND PROPER FILTERS... GOOD LUCK..
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For better results, you could finely chop the pieces to a size of 2 cm and preheat them beforehand to remove as much moisture as possible. Additionally, you can add other residues such as biomass, all preheated to reduce moisture content, before placing them in the container where you intend to perform pyrolysis. Heating them to a temperature above 400 degrees Celsius would result in gases, charcoal, and also bio-diesel. @Joshua De Lisle
You have more perseverance than I do! :-) I watched a tv show - the guy had a truck that ran on a wood burning fire that was in the back of the truck. :-) I can't remember the name of the show. I was so shocked when it worked for him. This is awesome. This would make such a great boon to anyone that was off grid - or a Stuff HTF time. :-) You are awesome young man. Thanks loads. I am a great granny - and I've lived in some really tough circumstances. It's folks like you that would help people survive!
Absolutely fantastic video, showing the engineering process, warts and all. Seeing the mistakes and learning from them is a refreshing change to most YT vids out there. Really informative stuff. Ta!
Thank you so much. Cheers J
Perseverance, perseverance, perseverance. The best video I have seen in many, many moons! I wish I could help but alas I will be learning from you.
Inspiring, invigorating, humorous, tenacious and a fabulous insight into all things self sufficient and the requirements for success.
We need "UNITY"... I believe unity will come when we all realise that selfish existence, because of mainstream reliance on currency that is manipulated, lacks intrinsic value and is established as legal tender by government regulation instead of individual value, is not the path to true freedom. May you be blessed Sir!
Thank you so much. Unity would be great but it comes from having morals. Unfortunately there's always narcissists pushing for power and never the wisest or selfless. Cheers J
Half way through your video, when the sun was setting and you were playing with the valves, I thought, you're not getting enough oxygen into the genny. I was glad to see you persevered and by the end, you got a 600W charge into the ecoflow! If I remember my first car's carburettor, the air filter was HUGE and took up 1/10th of the engine space, if you had one that large, your pure gas fuel (a remarkable effort in and of itself!), mixed with air, would undoubtedly run that genny at maximum power. I look forward to seeing the permanent power plant you create in your backyard :) Hats off to you for your endurance in this project.
The most informative wood gas I've seen.
Thank you. Lots more to come. Cheers J
Same here, I think most of them are full of poop myself judging from experience.
I wish I had two months to play in the clay and chat with the chicks.
Love your video.❤️
I was right there with you.
Thank you so much
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"let's face it, me and my wife can't do anything adult in this.." That's PRICELESS! Love your channel, Joshua- keep it coming.
Lol. Thank you. cheers J
No time to do anything adult! LOL
Dear Joshua, I’ve watched several of your programs, and I just wanted to tell you that I feel blessed to have found your channel, and I really appreciate the hard work and engineering that you’ve put into this project to discover the proper way to generate electricity and power, heat from your invention. and hard work.
As you say
“using some of that, British know how and determination… I think you’re very close to your solutions and with God‘s help you shall be successful!
Blessings ❤
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@@billhinckley6239 thank you so much for your kind support. I've got the new version coming soon with lots of improvements. All the very best and God bless. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle I will be watching out for that. Before your return give the gun Barrell experiment a go, But instead of using Iron filings. Use charcoal in the seal pip, and let steam in one end & it will come out as gas at the outflow end cool with a bubbler. catch the gas in a balloon or innertube. I think you will be truly amazed at the results 2" black iron pipe will be sufficient. with a third cap on the ends to let the steam in. The reduction zone will need to be yellow hot, Yes charcoal to heat in a pit. now you are making gas. it's on my Gridlessness. page son Les Thompson X
Your tenacity is to be applauded Sir.
Would love to try something like this. However, as I live in a terraced house, in a grim northern town, I can't imagine it would go down well with the neighbours!
Thank you. I hope this system can become portable and so a battery of several KWh can be charged in wood and transported back for home use. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle just hitch up the horse for transport :-)
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The proper air. Fuel mix is 14.7 parts air to 1 part fuel so you need to regulate the fuel flow.I would also have a gas storage method for excess gas(maybe some kind of weights has bag so the weight pushes gas back into the line when needed,also the air filter needs to be on to stop particles entering the engine
Andy Johnson 😅
Your secondary valve becomes a mixture valve due to venturi affect.
Smaller generator = less fuel demand....
Great video, very educational!
I can tell how this fellow manages to continue all efforts in the face in failure after failure: he has a great sense of humor. That will doubtless afford him his path to success after success.
@@bobwallace1276 you're very kind. Lots more to come. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle It's not so much kindness as it is simple truth. I tend to recognize it when I see it.
Some out second pair of eyes notice. Get the fuel feed away from the intake about an inch roughly. Your running rich. Also a water catch before the filters.
You have a great idea don't give up!
wen i was a lad we used a gasifier . to make gas we had a problem with damp gas . my answer to the problem was to fill a 2" pipe full of charcoal on it side & weld the pipe in the middle so the fier in the fier pit got the damp wood gas though the red hot pipe . that Brent the oxygen in the wet smock . it rely is that easy .
Nice I'll check that out. Cheers J
The sigh says it all. Amazing job and thank you for going through the whole process.
Hi Rhonda 👋
For a seal , you might want to try a flour and water dough/paste. Look up how moonshine stills were sealed .
You doing this process is hugely valuable to the community. God bless you Joshua
Thank you so much. There's lots more to come. Cheers J
"Let's all be doers" ❤ Informative and entertaining as ever J. Thanks for making the effort and sharing. Cheers 🍺
Thank you so much. All the very best. Cheers J
I loved this video. It had it all, success, failure, tension, depression and triumph. The things I was thinking were issues have been mentioned by far more qualified people than me but your experiments have given me the motivation to try something like thing myself, not for a generator but for water heating. Love your channel
Thank you Jeff. I learned a lot and have a lot more to bring on the subject soon. The end goal is cheap self sufficientcy for energy and heating in winter. Summer is fine with solar etc. cheers J
Really interesting project, and well done for persisting through all the tribulations. I've seen quite a few people attempt similar projects, and it seems like it is very tricky to get optimised. Agree with the comments to add pressure gauges, and wonder what sort of sensors might be available to measure things like H2, CO, moisture content. If someone can figure out a repeatable method, then I think it has a lot of potential - especially for offgrid living in areas that cannot use solar in winter. Please keep going, and try a scaled up version.
Thank you. I'll do my best to get more data reading. Cheers J
I'm autistic and ADHD, watch every video at 2x speed. This was one of the few vids that was a good pace and I slowed it down to 1.2x. I appreciate the showing what didn't work and letting that help us learn too. The constant failures along the way, help us see how to problem solve along the way and not give up. The two months is an great lesson on determination and willingness to admit not knowing helps people see that this is a process not the usual youtube "here's how you do it" and nothing really learned.
The pipes look slightly restrictive still, part of what engines need is a level of the turbulent airflow that turns into a twisting cyclone-ish flow that actually pushes more air in through the carb. If you notice that the port you connected to, it is tapered into a larger area for the reason of allowing air to accelerate to and overcome the filter and still let it swirl.
My hypothesis about having that one valve opening and it helping, is that it allows the fuel to get a bit more oxygen in the mix and then the engine tries to regulate the pressure through the fuel system.
I wonder if moving the inlet of your fuel being moved about a half inch away from the carb throat would allow it run well without having the other valve open. I agree that going up another size on the line would help, probably.
I'm going to send this vid to my Grandfather, he was in the Airforce (20yr enlisted then 20yr contractor) as mechanic and engine field engineer. He did a lot of work on sterling engines, so I'm certain he's got better input than I do.
Last thing, on a non-mechanical topic, the topical/political joke about threw me when I was looking to learn something. I totally understand if it just part of who/what you are and it isn't something you're interested in hearing opinions on. This is just me sharing that it took me out of following the lesson for a couple mins and it would be helpful for me personally. I don't want you to think I'm trying to police your speech or anything goofy, just sharing and no hard feelings if it isn't something you even care to think about.
Awesome vid, and I'm excited to see more projects and the progress through iteration and experimentation. I'll be doing this with my kids this summer. Never a bad use of a summer to learn to experiment and gain independence.
Thank you so much. I've learned a lot and I have a plan moving forward on developments. All the very best and thank you for taking the time to comment. Cheers J
I’m the same . Watch everything at 2x speed except music production stuff
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During WW2, civilian german cars and even some government cars, used funny looking wood gas contraptions, that they installed in barrels at the back of normal cars, because germany didn't have enough petrol even for the military so normal cars had to use wood gas. They got it working perfectly but I don't know how they put all of this in 1 or 2 barrels at the back of a car.
Real world Dr. Stone. I reckon behind the scene its pulls your heading. I would say i commend you for that for doing it for us. Amazing job.
You are my favourite, after Churchill of course, Briton!
I have a pint of your favourite waiting for you in any Worcestershire pub of your preference any weekend of the year! Pure genius, hats off to you, sir.
Thank you kind Sir. I'll be at the makers Central event in Birmingham on the first day if you're going. Cheers J
😂 wrote the comment before you have paraphrased Winston
Will see if I can do it, thank you. Have a blessed day
@@iggidec3300 Blessings to you also. cheers J
@@iggidec3300Were Ya from?
This was beautiful and brought me to tears. To see what's possible with clever ingenuity inspired me deeply and gives me hopes of manifesting greater self sufficiency. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this content.
Thank you so much. I've got lots more to come and I assure you it's viable. Cheers J
Blokes a genius! That little tunnel joke at the start was pissa 😂 keep the good work flowin brother! 💪🏾🇦🇺
Our elders knew something! I mean this technology is over 100 years old and it still works! I assume the old hit and miss engines were not this sensibel to impurities in the wood gass because my grandfather mentioned only a water filter system in this chain. Anyways, I am glad to see ideas from the past reemerge and proove, that although we moved on technology wise we can still rely on old fasioned methods. Great video! Made my day!
As an over thinker myself that was a fascinating watch, you worked through everything so methodically until it did what you wanted.
Also your editing is amazing as didn’t see you jump up turning the air blue once!
Thank you so much. Cheers J
10/10 for your fire lighting skills 🙂
Thank you. Top down is in my opinion the best way. Cheers J
We must protect this man at all cost.
Lol
Pressure cooker for your pyro chamber may help your seal battle. Also submerging your coil in water and adding a puke after can help with water and gunk increasing your filter life. Also plumbing the gas through the carb instead of just pumping it into the air intake could meter it's flow correctly and mitigating gas waste. Solid effort I look forward to your next attempt
The 2 legged helpers are the highlight
100 years ago we actually wood gas running cars... now we have battery BS EVs. This is truly sustainable energy solutions... amazing. Thanks for all the hard work and testing and for sharing. Cheers!!! :)))
Best hour ive spent all week! Genius.
Thank you so much. Lots more to come and hopefully will be valuable and worth the time watching. Cheers J
Im up at 1am trying to learn something new. This is awesome!
You could connect an old fridge compressor to the floating tank, collecting the gas into a pressure vessel giving you a much larger pressurised supply.
It would involve extra pipe work and pressure switches etc but would be well worth the additional hassle.
The additional churn tank could also be connected and used as a secondary wood loading chamber. while the first is burning
It's an idea. Cheers J
"Instead of teaching Hammas how to build better tunnels" 😂🤣😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Feeley 😮
I think you had 100% success in this you had to earn it but you won
And this demonstration is why we should be grateful for the quality and price of available petroleum products.
steam engine, or sterling cycle... no need to complicate things so much using an internal combustion engine just to have to filter so much. Use a simple alternator to charge your batteries and either build a custom regulator that maintains motor rpm at or above a safe idle, or just undersize it so your engine demand never exceeds your fuel/fire.
do you have a build video? conceptual sounds easy but I think it is difficult to actually make a practical generator like this..
17:26 Reminds me of a joke : man goes to the doctors with a lettuce leaf stuck up his bum. Doc says 'that looks like a problem? - man replies 'Yes ... and that's just the tip of the iceberg' 🤣🤣
Lol that made me laugh a lot. Cheers J
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You not only made power- you also have a well and a kiln 😂
awesome info friend, I've been pondering building a wood gasifier but wasn't one hundred percent sure just how they work, no more confusion here now, this opens up doors for me to finally build a gasifier, thanks, greetings from roaring spring Pennsylvania, USA. appreciate the video.
Why not use the steam and turn a electrical turbine !
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Mr Teslonian has a great series where he runs a truck.
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@@HannahRoot55 Yes?
@@kevinlewis9151 Were Ya from ? Howdy 👋 from d states.. 👻
32:10 this is the exact way to filter red diesel. Takes the red die out of perfectly. 😂😂😂
So I hear 😉🤫. Cheers J
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It doesn't take out the other markers that can still be detected at the exhaust or filters.
Ask my neighbour, I think he was fined £20,000 based on presumed, not actual proven tax evasion based on what he might have used from how much cherry he'd purchased - sellers keep records unless you chore it or buy it from a pump using cash. I've had a visit and been dipped even though all my cherry is for the generator and tractor.
@@oo-ux1om I don't believe that there are other markers. It's just the colour.
That's a dumbass system.
I am just so inspired by this video to keep on trying what ever I do. You are amazing…DO NOT give up !
Thank you so much. Lots more to come. Cheers J
Sell off your wood vinegar "fertiliser" as weed killer, to finance your plastic filters. 😜
Just build a water hydrogen pump. Tell noone and live your life. But seriously tell noone unless you want to end up like Salter, Meyer, and Klein.
"... instead of teaching Hamas how to build better tunnels." I'm dyin'! Thats good shit right there.
Love your enthusiasm, every step is in the right direction, imagine if living in communities doing this daily, the transformation of society would be measurably beneficial
@@Emanresu22 thank you so much. I have a lot more to come on this soon. Cheers J
You've earned a green energy award!🎉
Thank you. Cheers J
Nothing about wood gasification is remotely environmentally friendly. Emissions are off the chart! However, I applaud the effort at independence. Carry on.
Bingo. If you follow the energy backwards you end up at solar, earth minerals, water that the plants process. This is not unlike oil where you condense billions of years of life energy (ie. solar, minerals, water) in to a sludge that can be burned as inefficiently as the original energy was collected. If you follow the energy chain backwards even more you end up with: Nuclear. That's the answer.
Although, if you use the heat to heat a space and the electricity from the generator and even the heat from the generator, together with the unending supply of coppice surely it becomes more efficient from an enivironmental standpoint?
@@_droid Oil is abiotic. Swallow the cover stories and they'll keep you in that box forever.
Do you also believe that electric cars are viable?
You are wrong! He is not adding any carbon to the atmosphere that wasn't already growing in the atmosphere. Carbon Neutral.
Very interesting video but for what you are trying to achieve you are going about it the wrong way. You are saying look at this lovely charcoal by-product but there should be no charcoal byproduct. You want to make gas, charcoal is what you need to make it. In a gasifier you cook the wood above your burning charcoal grate and the only way out for the smoke (and crap) from the wood should be by going through the 1000+Degree charcoal. The charcoal is so hungry for oxygen it strips some O’s off the CO2. Making CO syngas. And , if you get it right it can also strip the O from the H2O in the wood and give you some nice hydrogen as well. The high temperatures of the charcoal bed will crack the tars a fare bit and this will leave you able to spin out the carbon dust in the next step- a centrifuge. Cool the gas, clean the gas, big wood wool filter and away you go. There is a guy on UA-cam that has an open “drizzler” gasifier running a VW engine generator. Hopper fed, continuous run, so he doesn’t need to store the gas. My first build got so hot it melted the fibreglass insulation so I am rebuilding with ceramic blanket and using a crucible for the heath instead of a S’steel cullender. Looking forward to your next video.
Powerful human ingenuity demonstrated by a very persistent and determined human with superb problem solving skills. Well done man!
Pretty sure rare earths are about as sustainable as other metals. It’s the political implications of market manipulation that are toxic.
It's interesting and you've put a lot of effort into this project but the concept runs into problems of scale. There's insufficient woodland/agricultural space in the UK to feed the population and provide electricity/heat for the people. Hundreds of thousands live in towns and cities without their space to grow gasifyable material. I'm disregarding the material production to create your hi tech generator, plastic filters, piles etc. If you are fortunate enough to live off grid with space to tinker it's great for personal independence but not a realistic large scale solution to energy needs. If that's your aim you might try stepping back with engine technology and source and old cast iron stationary engine which would be a lot more forgiving of gas quality and drive a dc generator to serve light/cooking/charge a storage battery. Don't forget switching DC requires dc rated switching. Household heat can be provided using a simple boiler with thermosiphon circulation. If you must use electronic tech equipment a 12 volt inverter with clean output would probably suffice.
This dude is gonna go missing
Hi Josh , this is such an amazing work . there is a ratio of woodgas and air that is needed . Its possible that the generator was having too much woodgas and cos of that it struggled to run . when you opened the valve & started burning off some of it , the generator was now getting the proper ratio of woodgass to oxygen .
this is a really awesome project
Thank you so much. You're correct, I thought I was getting a 50/50 but because the gas is coming out in hight quantity it pushed away the air. I'll be installing a gas conversion kit in the next test as well as a few other things. Currently I'm tied up with commission work but have 3 more videos to release soon on what I've been doing. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle that's great. I'm looking forward to the videos.
The conversion kit is cool but you can have two adjustable inlet valves connected in a t junction . One for your woodgas and the other air. Gradually adjust the amount of air and woodgas mix till you get the optimal burn . You'll hear the generator sound pickup .
I build gasifiers in villages in Nigeria and your method is very simple , clever and may be cost effective
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If you know search commands you are God on google. Look it up and practice
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0,04% is CO2 410ppm, 3,75% are made of that by human from 0,04%
So that's 0.41 per mille CO2 caused by humans. Think about what a 0.41 per mille increase of alcohol concentration in your blood does - it's noticable. So it's not hard to understand that it can also cause a noticable effect in our atmosphere.
They burned down another inventor!
You have incredible patience to keep going, kudos to you, I would have kicked the first leaky bucket to death and thrown myself on the fire,we need more people like you.
"You Asked: If CO2 Is Only 0.04% of the Atmosphere, How Does it Drive Global Warming?" - exactly!
The greatest green house gas on earth is water vapor, the CO² scam is to kill economic growth of China and the global south
100%!😂..Its NOT🤔🤙🏻..
It’s always been a scam.
So that's 0.41 per mille CO2 caused by humans. Think about what a 0.41 per mille increase of alcohol concentration in your blood does - it's noticable. So it's not hard to understand that it can also cause a noticable effect in our atmosphere.
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