A Hundred Years of Firewood-Powered Vehicles (documentary)
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The documentary film "A Hundred Years of Firewood-Powered Vehicles" explores the history of gas generator transportation, specifically automobiles powered by wood. It covers the origins of gas generators, the golden age of wood-powered vehicles when 75% of cars worldwide were powered by wood, and the increasing cost of oil over the past 50 years. The film delves into the history of gas generators and how the idea of using wood as fuel for transportation came about. The film discusses the invention of the gas generator, which was originally used by metalworkers to save on coal costs. It also touches on the difficulties faced by early inventors in making gas generators practical for vehicles, as well as the resurgence of wood-powered transportation during the 1973 oil crisis.
This documentary film tells the story of the emergence and development of transport gas generators, specifically about cars that ran on wood. The film begins with an introductory speech about the golden age of gas generator cars and how oil prices have increased 100-fold in the last 50 years. Then there is a discussion about antiquity and how people used a blast furnace to smelt iron, which later became the first gas generator.
The film then takes viewers back to the 19th century when metallurgists began using gas to heat air in furnaces. At that time, there was a rapid development of technical thought in all industrial sectors, and the first industrial gas generators were built.
The film also tells the story of an important historical event that occurred in 1840 when engineer Ebelman in Austria discovered a completely different way to turn peat into gas - the principle of reverse combustion. Thanks to this discovery, it became possible to use gas generators for cars where there is little space to place gas-cleaning filters, and the gas must be as tar-free as possible.
00:00 - Beginning
00:19 - Introduction
01:15 - Grandfather of a transport gasifier
03:22 - 19th century: in search of cheap fuel
05:02 - The first lighting-gas engine
08:30 - Otto and his engine
13:09 - World War I: the beginning of gasifier vehicles age
14:49 - George Imbert, the father of transport gasifiers
24:11 - 1925 gasifier vehicles contest
33:11 - The first charcoal-powered airplane
34:03 - World War II
38:00 - Tanks and gasifiers
43:06 - The end of the war
45:01 - The second wave of firewood-powered vehicles
47:16 - Afterword
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I feel like I'm experiencing the Mandela Effect. How did I get to be 48 years old without knowing this part of history? Thanks for your effort in putting this together. Well done.
@theotherohlourdespadua1131
Жыл бұрын
Where do you live? This sort of tech is prevalent in places where oil is at best rationed or at worst REALLY rationed like Europe during and after WW2...
@sethtaylorm925
7 ай бұрын
Because they want to erase history.
@user-ug5xr2gb6j
7 ай бұрын
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 I live in the US. I had no idea how widely used it was during World War II. It makes sense with all of the fuel shortages in Europe. It’s just not something I’ve ever had a teacher or any documentaries. I’ve watched really address. Not saying they didn’t maybe mention it at all, but it wasn’t like a whole own section of history discussed. Probably part of it because we had so many internal combustion engines and transported fuel for the war effort once we got involved. And then I don’t think it was very widely used technology on the homefront. I’m kind of aware of it from the energy crunch in the 70s where some people were reapplying it kind of like the documentary said.
@blaynburns
3 ай бұрын
Just the normal curriculum making sure you didn't learn about self-sustainability or being independent
@DallasTaylor
3 ай бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing
Excellent resurfacing of buried history.
An excellent video!
In the USA, FEMA put out a manual on using wood gasification to power passenger vehicles, tractors, generators, etc in an emergency situation. It is very basic but I printed it off and it was enough for me to get started and to interest me enough to study the Imbert gassifiers and learn more. It is freely available and a starting point for anyone interested.
@HanSolo-iy3eq
Жыл бұрын
I've heard offhand that the simplified FEMA gasifiers produce a lot of tar in their gas, making them harmful for common use (but you're not worrying about that in emergencies).
@unhippy1
Жыл бұрын
That FEMA abortion is the worst thing to happen to wood gasification ever.....its designed to fail to produce clean gas and to destroy the engine it is feeding........with little more effort a simple imbert type can be made that is leagues ahead of that FEMA contraption
@floridaboiwoody
Жыл бұрын
@@unhippy1 that is pretty much what I now think of the FEMA manual. But it was my first intro and was enough to make me want to learn the real deal on gassifer construction and use.
@Maurice419
Жыл бұрын
There is another document/analysis the DOE created the goes in to the science of gasification and methods.
@floridaboiwoody
Жыл бұрын
@@Maurice419 do you have a link or way I can find it? I would be interested in seeing that too. Thanks
I never learned of this in my school years or anytime until now. I knew of gasification but didn't know it was used this much at anytime.
@danielroberts1573
Жыл бұрын
99
The best thing about gasifiers is that you can run gasifier engines on anything that burns. Coal, fuel pellets, logs, turds, plastics, you name it. So long as you can filter it enough it will run an engine.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
yes
@mofbombay6290
Жыл бұрын
Like in "Back to the Future" .
@kentneumann5209
Жыл бұрын
Filter what enough? The gas vapor going in to the combustion?
@seeker1015
10 ай бұрын
@@kentneumann5209 Yes, it can be abrasive on engines and gums up as well unless well filtered.
@kentneumann5209
10 ай бұрын
@@seeker1015 - Thank you for answering my question. How is the vapor filtered without trapping it in the filter as a liquid, before combusting it? Or is that the intent? Then once in liquid form, revaporised into a combustible spray?
So interesting how this was once an ordinary part of life for most people, and has somehow become nearly forgotten over just a few generations. Pretty good doc, even if the robot voice is a bit off at times.
Great work in bringing back the glory of wood gasification.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thanks
@mikemotorbike4283
Жыл бұрын
Chopping down wood the whole day just to feed the damn Otto Mobile. So much for Second Church on sunday afternoons.
@rolandgo6744
Жыл бұрын
@@mikemotorbike4283 yeeah until the next superstorm hits and no electricity next 100 days or more
@pruneclair7christian706
Жыл бұрын
@@rolandgo6744 Or the evil ones cut us off from all energy as Bill Gates of Hell tries to block out sun shine and Fed zilla won't let us get at coal,oil,gas, hydroelectric dams and doesn't want us to burn wood or grow vegetable gardens or even exist it seems, among their other crimes! Worst dictators we have ever been under! Can't wait till they are voted out! Anyone could do better than they do! They are insanely evile!🐲🐉
Surprisingly this topic seems more relevant than ever today.
This is a very interesting story. After what I've seen the US government do, it wouldn't surprise me if gasification got popular again only to have the government ban it because of the danger of "deforestation". That's being a pessimist but, on the other hand, it is nice to see that we have an alternative that we can turn to when we need it. This only goes to show that the internal combustion engine isn't going away just yet.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
interesting
@D-B-Cooper
Жыл бұрын
It’s biofuel, very green, renewable and sustainable.
@flyingmonkeydeathsquadronc968
Жыл бұрын
@@D-B-Cooper They've banned wood stoves and they're trying to ban vegetable gardens green doesn't matter only greed.
@D-B-Cooper
Жыл бұрын
@@flyingmonkeydeathsquadronc968 let me know how that ban works when you and your kids are sitting around a cold stove freezing to death.
@alrey3967
Жыл бұрын
If you're a pessimist before 48 years old you know to much. If you're a optimist after 48 years old you're Naive .
Thank you for this. Makes me even more proud to be driving my '76 Chevy on woodgas. It's a life long hobby of mine. Please keep these coming! 🪵🔥💨
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
ок!
Great summary of the historical events, thanks.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thank you!
great video mate, I've always been interested in wood powered cars, they were popular in Australia until about 1948 (the end of fuel rationing) and you see old cars from that era converted to wood gas sitting in museums a fair bit, I always take pictures of them when I see them, most are homemade conversions using whatever they could find to make the gasifier
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
cool!
@thearchitect4726
Жыл бұрын
i have never seen one, interesting technology.
@caretakerfochr3834
Жыл бұрын
@@thearchitect4726 I only saw one in the flesh once. It was a pre-war car and had a bladder on the roof. So you've got to generate the gas and capture a handy amount of it before you can go anywhere. BTW, I despise robo-voiceovers and had to bail after 4 minutes.
@seeker1015
10 ай бұрын
@@caretakerfochr3834 It may have been a bladder for town gas made from coa/coke. Generator gas was used on the spot mostly.
@caretakerfochr3834
10 ай бұрын
@@seeker1015 Too true. There are, however, some interesting examples of vehicles with their own gasifier. Needs must.
This technology MUST NOT be lost ! No , its not relevant fore today or environmentally sound, BUT ,, if There's a world war , this could gain HUNDREDS of years in development time in rebuilding civilization. Just try to imagine a world without farm tractors ??? Ontario Canada .
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
yes
What a fantastic video! Well done.
That was absolutely fantastically put together! Glad I got into gasification when I did, my second wood burning truck is nearing completion as we speak. I hope to make the annual woodgas meet up in argos indiana next year with one or maybe both of my trucks
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
cool!
@nhhbbyloggr5022
Жыл бұрын
Your V-10 truck build is really impressive.
@BigBeavrSlayer
Жыл бұрын
@@nhhbbyloggr5022 thank you very much, and its so dang close to being done
Great video :) . Woodgas has kept my electric generators going, here on the farm, for the past 10 years. This is a fascinating technology :) .
@brettbret8836
Жыл бұрын
That is a long track record! What tips would you give someone that wanted to run generators long term?
@greenleafyman1028
Жыл бұрын
10 years continuously?
@greenleafyman1028
Жыл бұрын
10 years continuously?
@CNCmachiningisfun
Жыл бұрын
@@greenleafyman1028 Yup! Woodgas, and charcoal gas, has kept my generators alive for that amount of time, mainly during the winter. Solar power takes over, during the summer.
This is a very good video more people need to watch it
Thank you for an excellent documentary. I respect the amount of work that goes into making this. As a mechanical engineer and hobby fabricator I would love to build a modern semi automated wood gas generator for my house. Coupled with a house battery, Electric car and perhaps also solar and wind it would be awsome. I own enough land that I should have no problem producing enough firewood. I think you are right that energy will be highly priced in our near future and possibly not available in the required quantities.
@FeastofTabernacles-iz1gi
6 күн бұрын
we use wood gasifiers and bio gas from our waist and solar... between them why buy nothing for power. hydrogen we use to enhance efficiency
Amazing, absolutely amazing.!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS.!
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Great work in putting together the lineage of the wood gasifier.. as a young boy in Germany during the early 70's, some of my relatives had these from vehicles left over from the war. Extremely simple to operate and very reliable! Today we are enslaved by instant convenience.. it seems that the days of simplicity are gone as we continue to complicate even the most simple tasks.
@BryanTorok
Жыл бұрын
I don't see how this is any simpler than pumping gasoline or diesel into a tank. Convenience? How long does it take to start up one of these gasifiers? I can let my car sit for weeks and with the turn of a key be driving on the road in less than a minute.
@bozosplayhouse
Жыл бұрын
@@BryanTorok Yeah, that is a narrow view of the topic only realizing your particular needs.. others may look at a bigger picture and use the system/technology to maybe generate electricity for lighting/charging etc. That is ultimately what they were used for on farms back in their day, I believe they call it "co-generation" these days. The "convenience" is an other's labor, I think you're missing that too.
@BryanTorok
Жыл бұрын
@@bozosplayhouse I could see an application for this where one is so far off the grid that oil and natural gas are not available. I don't see it being used at scale. We would run out of wood. Prior to the UK switching to coal, homes and businesses were heated with wood. They literally cut down all the trees and were importing wood from the colonies that would eventually become the USA. Imagine shipping wood from the Americas to the UK to burn for heat. There is enough natural gas under western Pennsylvania to supply the needs of the USA for the next 200 years. There is enough oil to last for at least 100 years and enough coal for 200 years. The current energy shortage is entirely man made by our current administration trying to force every into electric cars.
@bozosplayhouse
Жыл бұрын
@@BryanTorok All good points!.. but this is more of a solution for a rural family, farmers. My family is from the Kerpen area or Germany, all farmers from a way back.. broke as a joke if you know what I mean.. the ones who found work dug lignite and brown coal from the dirt and had to find uses for what they could pack home on their backs, because that is all there was. Ingenuity was their evolution.. If you want examples of "Green Energy" gone awry, just look up the Koch Brothers and Biofuel.. they invented a whole industry for harvesting Federal grants and burning forests with the money.. it's priceless! The natural gas industry paid me many paychecks, that said.. I have nothing bad to say about the industry as a whole. It's the cleanest, cheapest energy hands down.. especially today! But OPEC doesn't control it! The Brandon Administration has one big flaw in their "Clean Energy Initiative" and that is where are they going to get this "clean" energy to charge the electric cars? And please don't insult with Solar or Wind! How is that supply going to funnel down through the cities and neighborhoods to hundreds of thousands of charging stations, all using current electrical infrastructure? -All charging around the same time daily! I tell you what, all that Santa has for those freezing woke countries this winter is a big bag of COAL! ..my apologies for the rant.
@BryanTorok
Жыл бұрын
@@bozosplayhouse OK on the rant and I agree completely. I have great hope and also worry for the upcoming election and the sheep who can't think for themselves. And, even if that goes well, we have to get through the following two years and pray for a good outcome then. Lastly, it will take 5 to 10 years to repair the damage already done to the USA. And, that is if we don't end up in WW3 from our spineless foreign policy.
Very good research... Reminds me of my early doctoral engineering work... literature review... You've summed it up nicely! Thank you!
After learning of the advantages of gasification, whenever I drive around and see where people have cut trees and placed their cuttings out to be picked up, I don't see tree cuttings I see free fuel lol
So that’s where the term “ Gas Bag “ came from!!
Thanks for sharing this little known part of our history.
What amazes me is that I never heard of wood fired vehicles until lately
@mikemotorbike4283
Жыл бұрын
yeah me neither, in all the auto history docu's I've watched, never came up with cars with gas air-mattresses on top. Heard about wood to make steam but not wood gas. Tellin' ya it's like some weird new mandela effect. Gasifiers were not liked by the common person it seems. In some other parallel world there's no forests left because of gasifiers.
@curtwuollet2912
Жыл бұрын
@@mikemotorbike4283 I guess we never got that hard up here. Gas was rationed, but we never ran out.
@ehombane
Жыл бұрын
Yep, I still think that is a really complex prank. Just looked for other articles, and found few. Few guys even making their own these days. Some comments also confirm the existence. But in half a century I watched a lot of documentaries. Learned about many weird things, but do not remember of this. Lately found about a lot of electric vehicles, even steam vehicles, but not of this. It is like we are actually in a simulation, and I lived in a different one, and suddenly got moved in this one, almost identical, but with a weird contraption added. .
@genespell4340
Жыл бұрын
The first I heard of it was in a documentary on WWII and it showed vehicles in Germany running on wood gas.
@ricoloco2803
Жыл бұрын
No doubt there has been much $motivation$ to keep the fact that there is an alternative to handing over
Thanks for this video my father who grew up in rural queensland in the depression told me about grandads wood powered truck
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
cool!
Friend of mine in Australia converted a bus to run on wood gas, it's top speed was 15mph,he drove it into the outback and spent 2 years out there
@mikemotorbike4283
Жыл бұрын
who needs a Sheila? I've got my gasifier!
@ChemEDan
Жыл бұрын
Voluntarily? Or did it break down?
@svenevans4983
Жыл бұрын
@@ChemEDan he traveled all about all over the place ended up on the east coast still there as far as I know
@jakobnev5973
Жыл бұрын
2 years of chopping wood just to get back home.
Thank you for this. What a fantastic video! Excellent work.😀👍
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thanks!
A friend who lives near my French house has a 1931 Model A Ford with a Gasogene made by the Skandinovisk Motor Co. of Copenhagen, Denmark. This was added to the Model A in 1939. He fired it up for me one day and we had a brief if rather leisurely drive around in it, once it had finally started gasifying. It uses very dry logs about 12 inches long and 4 x 4" section. Top speed is around 35 to 40 MPH (I suspect downhill with the wind behind).
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
Wow! very interesting! If your friend sent a video review of his car, I would be happy to post it here on the channel.
@wilsonlaidlaw
Жыл бұрын
@@gengaz-lagunov I have got a few still photos of it if that of any interest.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
@@wilsonlaidlaw yes!
Very well done.👍
In 1945, I witnessed cars and small trucks running on charcoal produced gas, in Japan. They were out of gasoline so they attached it to the vehicle. I was amazed.
Amazing.i love this type of content... this is professionally put together thank you for taking your time to put this together...
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thanks!
There are certainly many wood chip burning power plants in the US. This is actually a carbon-neutral process, especially when the chips come from fast growing trees. So this technology does exist, turning wood into electricity that can be used for charging electric cars. The gassification process is even used in small wood-fired boilers for off-grid home heating. The creators of the Lumnah Acres KZread channel have one on their farm, if you want to see it in action.
@timothykeith1367
Жыл бұрын
I can get plenty of wood chips. The gassifier interests me because wood chips can be automated 24 x 7. Otherwise, the effort to process and handle the wood is time consuming, if you can find cheap wood.
Great video learned a lot, I remember trucks with boiler.
Awesome! Thank you!
nice content...you have my mind on a tour with this documentary, it puts everything i believed about internal combustion engines in a different perspective...thank you! 😉
Nice work on this video! Love the historic information about wood gas!
I've seen a few dozen across the USA. A lot of farmers used this tech in the 40's, and the government has released a few guides though different organizations. It's not used because energy is relatively cheap here.
Good work putting this information together. Very underrated process of using the energy that is at our fingertips on a daily basis. I can see the possibility of an even greater renaissance of gasification . . . . . especially if it were to be developed into a compact modular unit based on it's application.
@justinmichaelfilms
4 ай бұрын
How about a small compact model that can heat your home, Cook on, your hot water, and run a generator from the gas to run your electronics.
@gilzor9376
4 ай бұрын
@@justinmichaelfilms . . . lol, great idea! It would be a sure seller if we could get it to drive us to work too!
Very interesting! Thank you!
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thanks
Years ago I found a website (???) or KZread channel where a guy was driving a bus on wood gas around Australia.
This was enlightning ... Thanks !
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thank you!
Like this video very much
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thanks!
This was excellent! thank you!
Excellent work bro!!
Take a shot every time the narrator utters the word... "Gasifier."🍻
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
))))
@yurmas
Жыл бұрын
it is a generated voice
Those gasifiers look pretty vulnerable on combat vehicles. Bet there's a substantial fireball after shooting one of these. Interesting doc!
@mikemotorbike4283
Жыл бұрын
they said they only used those tanks as training vehicles, for that very reason.
Excellent!
I love this stuff keep posting !
Cool Renault truck hood design at 25:00.
i like to learn from you all I could.Seem to me vary much more and good information, save lots of time to follow , very nice watched it all.
Thank you so much you really help me :)
great documentary about a rare topic!
Brilliant. Just subscribed.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thanks!
This technology works well where wood is free or very low cost, such as where there is a lumbermill nearby. We can also gassify waste plastics.
well done
Interesting video! I myself tried to find informations on woodgas, but thete isn't much to find and I allways wondered why, since the golden age wasn't that long ago. My favourite engine is still the sterling engine and I think they have good chances nowadays that NASA researches them a lot. But yes, the next energy crisis might bring back woodgas! Or it depends if nuclear power gets into the "green energy sector" or not and how harsh governments treat wood burning . . . what for some reason now is bad and unnatural where I live
Excellent video. Now a video on how to build and refine the wood, plastic, and hho gas.
If you want to take this a step further, during the condensing of the gas, all the liquid condensate needs to be removed and the syn gas that is remaining should be passed through a red hot iron pipe with steel wool packed in. This will begin to polymerize the hydrogen and carbon monoxide into synthetic diesel fuel length hydrocarbon chains. Diesel fuel from wood.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
cool
@thebeesknees745
Жыл бұрын
@@gengaz-lagunov some types of zeolite will polymerize to gasoline length chains, but they are straight chain hydrocarbons and have an extremely low octane rating. You need to use a platinum catalyst under a few atmospheres of pressure to "reform" the hydrocarbon chains into higher octane "rings". Actual chemistry terms are heavily simplified for non chemist backyard enthusiasts.
Sir, THANK YOU for this video and other videos on wood gasifiers! My grandfathers used to tell me that after the war there were "trucks that ran on firewood" and had "boilers", but i confused them early on with steam trucks. once i learned about biogas vehicles, these became a topic of interest from at least 2006, and i remember back then there was essentially only vedbil and a few online articles. Finally i get to sit and see the entire history of wood gas powered vehicles. I have one question pertaining to wood gas vehicles... those in North Korea (muktancha) always seem to be bellowing smoke from the gasifier. this happened with some older ones in Yugoslavia as well, but not with other Imbert gasifiers. why the smoke? or is it just sloppy way theyre made?
The documentary was very interesting I must say. I did heard about synthetic gasoline during WW2 and a bit about holzgas but I did not imagine it was used in civil applications at that scale even way before the war and never seen photos. Especially those gas bags were something very surprising to me. However, you completely got me lost on those final thoughts about no progress without fuel while most factories and pretty much everything except heavy construction machinery can and is running on electricity. Surely in less wealthy countries it's a problem in terms of cars and trucks without a sufficient gas and diesel supply but electricity for everything else can be produced without it and usually is. And I'm not talking about solar., wind and atom but rather coal which is still plentiful. Those countries cannot be effectively forced to abandon it, surely there can be economical sanctions or something but I cannot imagine military invasion over that. And the thought about charging an electric car with a generator sounded like being in direct contradiction on the statement about upcoming fuel crisis and wars over it. Why would anyone want to charge an electric car with something that scarce like liquid fule in those circumstances when one could do it simply with a solar panels that are widely available even in places where electric vehicles are not yet that popular and especially in those they are. It wouldn't disappear over night, would it? That's just my view on the topic which doesn't change the fact you did a nice job with the video and I appreciate it ;-)
@mikemotorbike4283
Жыл бұрын
it took a hundred years to get a gas station on every corner, it will take longer for poor counties than rich counties to make that switch. When we outlaw gas, we will simply loan Juan Valdez the money for a solar panel We will then have the poor countries by the short hairs so we can enjoy our morning coffee. Quitcher bitchin' Juan, and get to work, I want a coffee! "But is this not usury?" you may ask. ahh my young padawan learner, but this is how the world works. He could always process our recycling instead of frolicking with young virgins in the mountain coffee orchards if he wants, whatever, I don't care, nuclear disposal maybe, just give us our goddamn money back at triple our return on investment. Juan is just going to have to put off his retirement if he doesn't want his grandchildren to be flipper babies.
I use a gasifier and I also have a biogas digester, I use sewage and plant waste to produce methane. I have solar panels and wind turbines plus a hydro generator. As a backup, engine generators that run on this compressed gas. I heat my home with a compost Jean Pain system with a water wood heater. I hate to let free energy go to waste.
I’m currently right in the middle of building one of these
People in parts of Europe are reverting back to wood and coal as heating fuel with the petroleum and gas shortages. We may see wood burning cars make a comeback as well.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
yes
Very very interestingI
The modern gasifiers produce exceedingly clean burning fuel. I want to learn more and use this fuel. I know two guys who are experts in gasification so I have no excuse for not learning. Be curious, young people. This could be a really viable option for future energy production.
OKAY, THEY'RE KLUNKY AND NOT VERY FASHIONABLE, BUT...RUNNING ON WOOD, YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT. I WISH I HAD A FEW OF THOSE. WHO KNEW? APPARENTLY, WE DID FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. GASIFIERS
Oil is an important lubricant, of course. Diesel is a fuel, but has significant lubricating properties. It's often called "heating oil" here in the US, after red dye is added to indicate exemption from road taxes. I think of gasoline as a fuel first, but as a solvent second. In fact, I use it to clean small engine carburetors, and that works well. My question is this: If a modern gas-powered engine, with fuel injection, were run "dry" (without gasoline) but on woodgas instead, would the injectors wear any differently?
@gengaz-lagunov
4 ай бұрын
The wear will be 50% less because the gas does not wash away the oil film (of course, unless it is a two-stroke engine where the oil must be diluted in gasoline).
The most important point in this video is that COMPETITION is the most important and most successful path to innovation and solving all of the world’s problems. The free market capitalist societies have done more for human kind than any other type of society.
Is there a part 2 to this excellent look at gasifiers? Are there any videos on modern applications for Gasifier's? I think a very good idea would be a Gasifier for whole house power generation... Not only providing electricity but heat as well to a in floor radiant heating system... you only need 185 degrees Fahrenheit or 85 Celsius for your longest heating runs... Thanks for all you hard work bringing this information to the world... Cheers!
Great video, very entertaining and interesting. Electric vehicles have a long ways to go though.
Last time we had a widespread use of cars like those was during war time.
I wonder what price point of petrol will motivate us to revisit this technology. My friend palletized a wood gas unit to run wood splitter, Genset,etc. Runs on pellets quite well. What ICE layout would be the best commuter, I-4,I-6,V-8?
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
like a six-stroke is best, I recently read studies of the pre-war period. And of course the bigger the better.
@theotherohlourdespadua1131
Жыл бұрын
This tech works better with big trucks and buses. They don't work as efficiently for smaller vehicles like cars...
There's thermophotovoltaic panels that are 30-40% efficient, so competitive with combustion engines. As long as you can generate temperatures between 1000°C and 2000°C(4x more efficient in material cost and 40% efficient), you can generate electricity to drive an electric motor. Imagine a hybrid electric car that is pretty much solid state, that just burns some fuel like wood or gasoline. Wood gasifier 2.0?
With gas prices over 5 dollars a gallon we need a company to start making a pull behind gasifier again I bet a lot of people would buy them and with the fact that vehicles would be duel full with a tank of gas for back up there is so much waste wood at construction sites and rather than knocking down old houses they could reclaim the wood instead of hauling it to the dump and burying it only to have it turn to methane which is a more potent green house gas than carbon
As far as an energy shortage and rolling blackouts, aren't we at the point where each individual home can produce not only enough to power itself, but also enough excess to sell a surplus back to the energy company?
Persistent loud music spoiled the dialogue. Turned it off
Nover known about them, live in Jamaica.
Assembling all this footage was a mammoth task and makes interesting viewing. However it's embarrassingly two dimensional, because the chemistry and efficiency of these vehicles is glossed over. At no point did I feel that the author understands how these engines work!
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
I am a reptilian and I am trying to mislead you earthlings with false technology)
@bradleywatt9769
Жыл бұрын
@@gengaz-lagunov Sergey, realizing you are a reptilian who wishes to mislead...where would you direct a very experienced combustion engineer to look for sophisticated plans that could be experimented with (home generator/maybe auto)? Also interested in why you use PSA vs. VSA in your spaceship components...but I think you would just flicker your tongue & I wouldn't understand the translation.
@Mass-jab-death-2025
7 ай бұрын
I knew it, so that is why we will be forced to eat bugs because it is the preferred diet of reptiles ! @@gengaz-lagunov
Mike they would be more alarmed over the smoke the gassifier makes and would ban them quickly
Is engine oil required to run gasifiers?
Is any company producing gasifiers?
What company builds gasifiers for sale in the U S?
The best thing about the wood gas is that the source of fuel is locally available anywhere. If the wood gas gain popularity there would be a 2 scenario 1. Pessimistic - There will be more deforestation due to massive logging to satisfy the demand of the public. Calamities become stronger and deadly. Countries that was previously exploited will immediately be turned into a wasteland. More people are going to die, many proxy wars will happened in the countries with huge rainforest, Amazon will completely dead. 2. Optimistic - The governments in the world steps in, implements a worldwide sustainable practices such as coppicing afforestation and expect to see more trees in urban areas.There will be a big incentives in planting more trees and massive capital investment will be poured on GMOs in fast growing trees and fast efficient tree planting technology that would result in a more trees being grown compared to the last centuries.
Germany had degasifier cars after the war. I knew a man who had one.
Charcoal briquttes are about 40 % clay don't work. You used charcoal, which is good. Mix straw with your clay and your furnaces won't crack and fall apart.
Very informative and excellent production. I am interested in knowing your opinion on the significance of solar EV in our future.
@thearchitect4726
Жыл бұрын
solar is no where near efficient enough to run a vehicle yet.
@cosmicdancer
Жыл бұрын
@@thearchitect4726 Have you heard of Aptera, which will be in production at year end? Check it out.
@thearchitect4726
Жыл бұрын
@@cosmicdancer haven't heard of Aptera, just looked it up, looking at the vehicle, doesn't look like it could pull the skin off a yogurt, i could be wrong but that's my initial; impression, I would need a Tow bar so i can tow a trailer and far more cargo space, that being said, still suffers from what most electric vehicle suffer from, batteries, time to charge, mileage and then replacement cost. The most likely replacement that would suit my requirements is a new tesla cyber truck, but the cost to buy is prohibitively expensive along with maintenance costs associated with replacement of the battery, motor or controller. I would opt for one if they had a hydrogen fuel cell powered version and refueling infrastructure. Hybrids, still suffer from battery issues also. Great when working till the battery needs replacing or the controller, again insanely expensive. if you want a rude shock, make some phone calls on replacement transmissions that incorporate the electric motor on hybrids, rebuilt transmissions, see if anyone is rebuilding them, replacement batteries. Will be a real eye opener for ya. I would opt for converting existing cars o nthe road to run natural gas and hydrogen where possible, we still have heaps of cars o n the road that have plenty of life in them yet and such a conversion would mean the building of infrastructure to support the move over to full electric hopefully hydrogen fuel cell powered.
Under the previous administration in the USA, gasoline was $2.35 per gallon. The previous president filled the strategic oil reserves. A pipeline from Canada to the southern USA that environmental protesters had stopped for a decade was finally about to be built. The USA was energy independent, exporting more than it imported. The economy was growing, manufacturing was growing, inflation was low. Then the current administration took over and propelled by the green ideology and climate change, in less than one year they destroyed all of it. They stopped building the new pipeline from Canada and shut down another in the eastern USA. They stopped all off-shore oil exploration and the use of fracking. This oil shortage and high fuel prices are entirely man made. There is enough natural gas under western Pennsylvania to supply the USA for 200 years. There is plentiful oil reserves in Canada and Alaska for at least 100 years and enough coal for 200 years. If we can't power our internal combustion engines on oil or natural gas, we can gasify coal which is far more energy dense than wood. When the USA was exporting oil & gas to Europe and other areas, that drove down the costs in those areas. It also reduced reliance on Russia and OPEC+ so that those countries didn't have to bow down to egomaniac dictators and crazy men. In the pursuit of a this green ideology, leaders have shut down coal fired generating plants, impoverished their people and made much of Europe at the mercy of Putin.
at 6:17 the gas is ig nit ee id by the spark is this a real human voice or electronic ?
steam locomotives were still effecient. but it took time for the coal to heat the water. so steam locomotives were not yet replaced by diesel locomotives. the steam cars were replaced. but the steam locomotives were never replaced yet. nor steam engines. but steam and diesel and gasoline worked together. until diesel replaced steam locomotives. which caused heritage railways to be born.
Gasoline, firewood, diesel, coal, or any other fuel is not the issue. The issue is the ICE, and its extremely low efficiency of converting heat energy to motion. Heat must be conserved ( life runs on heat ) and used efficiently, only then the humans will finally be in synchrony with nature, but this can be done only via an efficient thermodynamic transformer.
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
yes, cells have 60% efficiency but their cost and complexity are too high
All modern gas or gasolene engines use the Otto cycle, not the Lenoir cycle.
Can a gasifier be used to run a diesel engine?
@edbruder9975
11 ай бұрын
Yup. You need to include a little diesel to ignite the woodgas though, unless you put sparkplugs in your diesel engine. Most people use about 10% diesel, 90% woodgas, Turbo diesels usually have too high compression so the waste-gate needs to be adjusted or the turbo disabled to avoid pre-ignition.
Good computer voice
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
thanks!
@DominickCascianoIII
Жыл бұрын
few whoopsies here and there
@yurmas
Жыл бұрын
it is a generated voice. the author of the channel is a Ukrainian who has been dealing with the topic of gas generation for 10 years. and the last few years - promoting the idea through KZread. It all started with a Russian-language channel. The English channel is a translation of videos from the Russian channel, which is the "original".
Constructive criticism: Lose the background noise. Nice educational video, but you ruined it with annoying background music. I couldn't take it for more than a minute. Why do people feel compelled to add crappy music while they are talking to the world? You are what we clicked on - not the music!
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
ok
WWII did soldiers tear down nearby houses for fuel, if woods were too far away ?
Does anyone know what the narrator meant by "literally a liter of blood for a liter of gasoline"?
@chriskwakernaat2328
Жыл бұрын
soldiers dying to get/defend the land that has oil.
@yurmas
Жыл бұрын
is an idiom from Russian that literally means that the cost of gasoline was so high that people would literally have to give a liter of their own blood to get a liter of gasoline.
You meant reverse flow combustion, not reverse combustion.
was the background music so necessary ?
@gengaz-lagunov
Жыл бұрын
no