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"Manufactured Gas In The Home", a historic document (1925) digitally remastered by Puffergas. The author, Samuel Wyer, wrights about distribution, economics, correct gas use, consumers and more.

To read this historic document click on the below link:
Manufacture Gas In The Home

Pederick Owner's Manual

One of the first Historic Documents by Puffergas is the "Pederick Owner's Manual", digitally remastered. This is an owners manual for a 1942 charcaol gasifier used to fuel cars and trucks. Shows the gasifier and filters, also explains each.

Can be found at the below link:

http://www.puffergas.com/historic/pederick/manual/cover.html

The cyclone filter did not turn out the way I had planned. All I'll say is that when one plans on welding an old pot to the bottom of the cyclone filter (in order to provide room for the ash) make sure the pot is not an aluminum pot! You can see the test setup in picture 4.

The above equation tells us that with steam and hot or molten iron we can make H2 with rust being the byproduct. This rust can be converted back to iron. Check out the below links for more information.

mpf17: Picture 17

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This article explains the various methods that I have used to make paper fireballs. The most practical method is what I call the "rock & roll" method. The end product can be seen in the above picture 17.

This is a concept vehicle that, to my knowledge, has not been tested but is based on a proved design.

The future producer gas fueled suburbia will need some form of transportation. One possible solution would be a compressed producer gas powered railed trolley. The compressed gas would be the motive fluid for the prime mover. After the motive fluid (pure producer gas) is exhausted from the prime mover it would be burned in the heat exchanger in order to heat the producer gas, expansion, before entering the prime mover. Just like the compressed air vehicles of the past except we exchange the air for producer gas and before exhausting the gas (after it has done work in the prime mover) we burn it in the heat exchanger. A compressed air machine would just exhaust the air after it was used in the prime mover.

This is an interesting ash/slag switchgrass fireball. The outside is hardened by becoming slagged. Not all swichgrass fireballs turned to slag. As a matter of fact I think most of my slag came from tests that over heated the gasifier.