Woodgas Powered Truck, Part 2

[@michaeljgraff]

I love that you give a man 8 hours of his day back and he makes some genius stuff like this.

[@lonniebeers4324]

Do you have plans available

[@paulreesor8200]

That would be good addition to long haul trucks and trains and power generators and heating buildings.

[@abady4ever283]

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[@mikealdag7309]

Have you done any tractors ?

[@cetate93]

Gasoline engine tractors are ideal for a woodgas engine. Diesels can be done and can bring new life to a worn out diesel that's lost compression. For a diesel engine you'd need a source of ignition like say an idle circuit of diesel fuel or adding a spark plug system.

[@mikealdag7309]

@@cetate93 thank you for the reply , I'm going to give it a shot on a small gas engine first , once I get that sorted I'll go bigger lol I have 2 1917 hit and miss engines I was thinking about going this route on as well as back up power . but we I'll see how it goes. thank you for all you guys do , it really is amazing

[@Randy4Honeycutt]

Will a diesel motor run on this gas?

[@michaeljgraff]

probably not. would likely not take the compression before combustion. Not to say you couldn't make it work but the wood gas would likely per-detonate. normal gasoline engine is going to be waaaaaay more forgiving of ping and detonation. you can also tune a carb for the amount of fuel needed. older (tunable) diesel are harder to tune for fuel flow. it would take a lot of science to diesel wood gas. basically the same principle of why propane powered fork lifts use conventional ICE engines. you could make a "diesel" engine that burned propane but it would include 15 extra steps that would not make it economically viable. I am using the word diesel as a combustion cycle not a fuel type. a diesel engine generally combusts fuel as a result of compressing the fuel to the point of combustion, wherein the heat from the previous power stroke helps ignite the subsequent power stroke. a diesel engine, regardless of fuel type will continue running unless it is starved of fuel, air or both. a conventional engine requires, fuel air and spark.

[@cetate93]

Yes you can run a diesel on woodgas, but you must either add spark plugs or run a pilot of diesel to ignite the Woodgas. By a pilot I mean about as much as it would take to idle the engine. Woodgas can withstand a 17:1 compression ratio but it performs best around 12:1 to 13:1.

[@jimdandy7323]

the flame will follow the yellow gas out of the test tube...