Swedish man finds a way to run his car on.... wood?

Sweden has lots of trees.

http://muvy.org/new.php

 

It won't if this catches fire.

"7 square metres of wood" What is a square metre of wood? Cubic, that
I can see, but square is meaningless without a third dimension.

 

It won't if this catches fire.

"7 square metres of wood" What is a square metre of wood? Cubic, that
I can see, but square is meaningless without a third dimension.

 

I didn't look at the link, but years ago my high school shop teacher
described how the saw a German civilian run a small truck off wood at
the end of WWII. According to his tale, the driver places wood in a
closed chamber mounted in the bed of the truck. The chamber was heated
by a wood fire in a stove under the upper chamber. Heating wood
without letting it burn (no oxygen) drives gases off the wood. These
gases are flammable. The gases were piped to the intake of the engine
(like natural gas) and they powered the engine (poorly I assume). He
claimed he actually saw a German doing this when he was there
during/after WWII. He said the driver had to stop at intervals and
replace the wood in the chamber and add wood to the fire under the
chamber. I know that you can heat wood in a sealed can and burn the
gases that are emitted (I've actually done that). I just don't see how
you can regulate the flow properly. On the plus side, when you are
done, you get charcoal.

Ed

 

All over europe in ww2 it was common, but it is super dirty and
inneficent. It would ruin the air. Just as many areas had excessive
pollution that has been reduced from stopping coal burning running a
car on wood would be even worse.

 

All over europe in ww2 it was common, but it is super dirty and
inneficent. It would ruin the air. Just as many areas had excessive
pollution that has been reduced from stopping coal burning running a
car on wood would be even worse.

 

Produces carbon monoxide, which is flamable.

But if you're looking for readily available flamable materials, look
no further than Usenet.

 

I put this page up back in July for some community interest.

http://lakeweb.net/gasifier/

Proper gasification is not heating the wood without oxygen. The wood is
burned in an oxygen poor environment. This creates CO and hydrogen. See
the fisher-tropsch process. The carbon is utilized and charcoal does not
remain. It is the same process for a gasifier furnace. Regulating the
flow is as simple as a butterfly valve, see the PDFs in my links. It is
self regulating. The more fuel you need, the more air pulled through the
gasifier to generate that fuel.

 

Carbon monoxide is not flammable (or flamable). It is, however, poisonous.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide

Quote:

Carbon monoxide has significant fuel value, burning in air with a
characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide.

Unquote.


Carbon monoxide bonds much more readily to hemoglobin than either
oxygen or carbon dioxide. As a result, blood is unable to transport
O2 to the body or CO2 to the lungs. CO poisoning is characterized by
a cherry color to the lips, gums and nail beds. Very low
concentrations of CO can be toxic. Although vertigo and nausea are
symptomic of CO poisoning, most cases are asymptomatic.

 

Carbon monoxide is designated a Class 1 Group C electrical hazard
because it is highly flammable in air over a wide concentration range.

By comparison, natural gas (methane) is Class 1 Group D, and is
considered less of a hazard.

--Gene