Mobile Gasifier for Truck
Philippe Raufast, November 20, 2007

As you can see here : http://forum.aceboard.net/12980-1246-27054-0-PROCEDE-GENEFAG.htm
It has already being done here in France, after the first oil shock, by the Calberson trucking company .
The gasifier system was called GENEFAG (generateur fuel air gas). As you can see from the schematic it was of standard Imbert type, running on chopped wood.
Starting fan, igniter, air and gas valves were operated electrically from the dashboard, the driver had various gauges to monitor the system.
You can see that the "packaging" was very neat, using the free space between the truck and trailer to install the "box" containing the whole system.
The smaller Saviem SG2 payload area was a bit shortened .
The Renault truck on the first picture was burning 500 l of diesel to cross France from north to south (1000 km) .
With the gasifier fitted, it was using 200 l of diesel and 1000 kg of wood for the same distance, saving 300 l of fossil fuel.
The payload was 25 tons. I hope you will like it ...
Regards, Philippe.
praufast@free.fr

The Gasifier-Powered Cafe Racer: The Car of Yesteryear . . . Today!

Chicken John converted his 1975 pickup truck to run on coffee grounds or walnut shells or pretty much any other trash you can burn. And not only does it run on trash, but it's a carbon-negative vehicle. Seriously. The truck itself is completely unmodified. Chicken just added a gasifier to it. It can run on gasoline with the flip of a switch. Gasification isn't some new-fangled technology. In Europe during World War II, over a million vehicles ran using wood burning gasifiers when gasoline and diesel were unavailable. The Cafe Racer: the car of yesteryear . . . today! How does it work? Watch the video . . . "at

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Around Sweden with Wood in the Tank
www.vedbil.se June 12, 2007

Around Sweden With Wood in the Tank

Pictures of Woodgas Truck
Jim Mason, to Gasification Discussion List, April 13, 2007

Finland: Small Scale Gasification Systems
Fredrik Ek, January 22, 2007

See the link below for pictures of a small scale home made gasification system setup.

The Making of the Kalle Gasifier
Torsten Källe, January/February 1942
(Translation to English 2000, Joacim Persson )

Woodgas as an Engine Fuel
FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organization) Forestry Division Publication 72, 1998
ISBN 92-5-102436-7

FAO 72

http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0512e/t0512e00.htm

Gasifier and Engine Tables
Kevin Chisholm, October 11, 2006

Attached is a Spread Sheet "Gasifier and Engine Tables" that should answer a number of questions relating to diesel fuel displaced by using wood gas in a dual fueled engine, or the amount of wood required to provide sufficient gas to run a Spark Ignition (SI) engine of any size.

I put this Spread Sheet together, based on fundamental work done by Doug Williams of Fluidyne, www.fluidynenz.250x.com

Enter the engine speed in the colored block, in Table 1, and this gives results for an engine of 1000 cc displacement. In Table 2, the engine displacement can be entered, and this table gives the expected results for an engine of that displacement.

For a given engine size, if you know its petrol consumption now, the Table 2 would tell you how much wood you would require to operate the engine under similar load conditions. I hope you find this helpful

Best wishes,

Kevin