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Can you run a generator on wood gas?

Can you run a generator on wood gas?

Advantages. Wood gas generators have a number of advantages over use of petroleum fuels: They can be used to run internal combustion engines (or gas turbines, for maximal efficiency) using wood, a renewable resource, and in the absence of petroleum or natural gas, for example, during a fuel shortage.

How efficient is wood gas?

Most stoves burn with 40 to 60 percent efficiency, and outdoor wood boilers usually get 30 to 50 percent, while a wood gasifier gets 80 to 92 percent – but the key is dry wood.

Can wood gas be stored?

Wood gas can be compressed and stored in a tank. The composition of wood gas and the necessary fuel-to-air combustion ratio make storing wood gas uneconomical. However, gasifiers used to collect and condense wood gas for immediate use may prove valuable as a future alternative fuel source.

How do you use a gasoline generator?

Just fill with gas, pull the cord or press the starter button and you’ve got power. As long as you can keep putting gas in it, it’ll keep running and putting out a lot of power. Most home-use generators can be loaded by one or two people in the back of a truck, with plenty of room for other things.

How wood gasification works?

Wood Gasification Technology. The ORLAN EKO line of wood gasification boilers work by efficiently breaking wood down into superheated gases. These gases are then burned in the second stage of the process to produce heat. The process, known as pyrolytic wood distillation, offers three times the efficiency of traditional wood stoves.

What is wood gas?

Wood gas. Wood gas is a syngas fuel which can be used as a fuel for furnaces, stoves and vehicles in place of gasoline, diesel or other fuels. During the production process biomass or other carbon-containing materials are gasified within the oxygen-limited environment of a wood gas generator to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide.