Wood Gas Generator
Jeff,
I have a lot of acreage we are clearing and hate just piling up the wood to be burnt as waste.
I have a large chipper and would like to instead chip the wood and store it for use in a wood gas setup to power a gas generator (25KW) to power the main home and out buildings. Everywhere I look there is a lot of information on wood gas but nothing much on using it with a gas generator. We really only need 8KW but with peak draws and lower output from the wood gas vs real gas I would prefer to be a little oversized.
Any info you can throw my way would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Bart Young
Kentucky
Bart,
The reason you are having problems finding information is this is a very complex process to setup and very costly to oeprate and maintain. Most successful systems are large scale with large gasifiers and generators.
Here are a few links to help you get started:
Hope this helps,
Jeff Yago
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March 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 am
Jeff,
Like lots of other people, I too am looking for alterturnitive power solutions. What directions can you point me in for wood fired, steam powered, engine driven, D.C. generator powered A.C. inverters hooked up directly to the grid? With electric power here in the midwest threating to go to above $.12 a KWH and with the abundance of wood energy, what possibilities do you and other interested people see in this? I live in the Ozarks and the only problem we have with wood is that we are up to our necks in the stuff!!
Ronnie
March 13th, 2009 at 9:48 am
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