Woodgas Powered Truck, Part 2

Wayne Keith, (www.driveonwood.com) inventor of his own woodgas powered truck system visited the 20th Annual Organic Growers School and demonstrated his truck that he drove from Alabama. Many questions are asked and answered by participants about this unique vehicle. Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at www.livingwebfa...

[@michaeljgraff]

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

[@paulreesor8200]

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

[@abady4ever283]

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[@lonniebeers4324]

Do you have plans available

[@jimdandy7323]

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

[@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.