Wood Gas Car
Wood Gas Tractor
WG Generator
WG Cooler
WG Stove
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The Gengassiden This
construction manual was prepared by Harry LaFontaine
for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, assisted by F.P. Zimmerman at
the Oak Ridge national Laboratory. The justification for writing this report was
that in the event of a war or natural emergency, when liquid fuel supplies were
interrupted, individuals could build gasifiers to run engines for transport and
power. The manual was originally distributed by FEMA. Download a pdf scan of the
original FEMA Manual
UNDERSTANDING WOOD WASTES AS FUEL By Jon Vogler: This paper
describes a number of uses of wood wastes as fuel, which is how the greatest
proportion of wood wastes are used. Non-fuel uses of wood wastes, for
example in building materials, industry, and agriculture, are described in
another paper, "Understanding
the Non-fuel Uses of Wood Wastes." The issue is acute, because the poor
throughout the world, both urban and rural, continue to consume fuelwood and
charcoal faster than it can be renewed. Meanwhile, an insatiable demand for
paper made from wood pulp, wooden building components, furniture, and other
goods also contributes to deforestation. Economical use of wood wastes
instead of new wood helps to preserve forests and woodland in developed
countries and is becoming essential to survival of the poor in many parts of
the Third World, as fuel becomes more scarce.
Biogas &
Biogas2 &
Biogas_Animal_Prod &
Biogas_Improved &
Biogas &
Biogas_Purification &
Biogas_Engines &
BioGas &
BioGas 3 cubic metre plant
Biogas in India &
Biogas &
Biogas_Dissemination &
Biogas HTM version (non-IS0 9660-COMPLIANT) &
Biogas PDF Version - Part 1/4 (0.5 Meg) +
Part 2/4 (0.5 Meg) +
Part 3/4 (0.5 Meg) +
Part 4/4 (0.5 Meg) HUGE collection of pamphlets & manuals from the FAO
Cryogenic Heat Engine as a Zero Emission Vehicle
Picture this: The more cars are driven, the cleaner the air becomes. Sound
crazy? It's possible by using a C-H ("cryogenic heat") engine to power cars.
A C-H engine is a radically new energy concept being investigated by Drs.
Carlos A. Ordonez, Mitty C. Plummer, and Richard F. Reidy at the University of North Texas with support from the Texas
Advanced Technology Program. The most intriguing aspect of the concept is
that the fuel used by a C-H engine to power a vehicle can be either
liquefied air or liquid nitrogen. Liquefied air is produced by taking air
from the atmosphere and cooling and compressing it. Liquid nitrogen is
similarly produced using nitrogen gas. Because air consists of 78% nitrogen
gas, liquefied air and liquid nitrogen have similar properties. In order to
run a C-H engine using liquefied air, liquefied air is heated and expanded
in much the same way that water is heated and expanded when used to run a
steam engine. However, an important difference is that pollution-emitting
combustion is not necessary for the heating process. Instead, heat already
existing in the atmosphere is used. As a result, the exhaust consists solely
of pure, clean, breathable air. In order to prove that the concept is
possible, an automobile has been converted for operation using a C-H engine.
In the next phase of the planned research effort, a C-H engine electric
power system will be developed and used to power an electric vehicle. The
electric vehicle will be designed to travel 130 miles on a single tank of
fuel. Assuming that solar energy is used to produce the fuel, the cost of
fuel for operating the electric vehicle can potentially reach less than 10
cents per mile. As an environmental benefit, liquefied air and liquid
nitrogen production systems remove undesirable airborne pollutants from the
air. As a result, the more that cars powered by C-H engines are driven, the
cleaner the air becomes.
THE GAS PRODUCER - SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION: The gas producer should
operate on any solid fuel. We have even tried using old tyre treads and dry
sugar cane. We are told that cattle dung will work. We have used charcoal
but not used coal. No doubt it would provide more KM's per tonne than wood.
Just as you would choose the best burning wood for your fireplace or slow
combustion heater, you naturally choose the best available wood for the
firebox. A fill of pine offcuts would only make 40% of the KM as a fill of
yellow box or redgum. We reckoned on about 2,000 km per tonne of wood
(2km/kg). This should be improved by the addition of steam to an expected
2,500-3,000 km per tonne. The amount of water used is about the same as the
gallonage of petrol that would be consumed.
Joe
Cell Replication Project In the first part of April, 2006,
Bill Williams told a discussion list that he successfully tested a
device known as the Joe Cell. It allegedly feeds off Orgone energy
and uses electrically charged water as the "gate" or medium through
which the aetheral energy is drawn from the surroundings and
transferred to the automobile engine. He was in process of
disclosing how he accomplished this when confronted on April 11 by
two unidentified individuals who told him to cease all of his
alternative energy work or there would be dire consequences.
Williams complied, but others involved are doing all they can to
make sure the information is republished and replicated widely.
How to Make and Run a Joe Cell Interview of Peter Stevens by Adrian
Mutimer, to further pin down the process of how to build, prime/charge, and
then run a car on a Joe cell.
The Experimenters' Guide to the Joe Cell
by Alex Schiffer: My intention ( to the best of my ability ) is to
remove some of the mystery, secrets, guesswork and plain misinformation that
surrounds the construction of the " cell ". The aim is to help the constructor
make a cell in a laid out, step by step, method that I employ to make my own
cells. My knowledge comes from making the cells. As I have built many working
cells, this experience has given me the knowledge, not by guesswork or reading
someone's book or listening to second or third hand " expert " opinions. I now
pass this information on to you. and it will always stay as my opinion and
information until you build your own cell. Only then will you know how to make a
cell, and not before!
Joe Cell >
Joe Cell Stretches the Believability Envelope with Working Replications
- Explanation of the highly unusual technology and some of the astonishing
claims surrounding it. This fuelless technology could make gasoline and
diesel obsolete, while not requiring a change of the engine infrastructure
now in existence. (PESN; April 16, 2006)
A-21 Fuel Page - Gunnerman Fuel
Gunnerman claims to have devised a means to blend water with naphtha in order to power engines in a cleaner, cheaper, more efficient way.
01/31/99 - Gunnerman Patent
The following is a copy of a patent which claims to reveal how to run an
internal combustion engine on a mix of as much as 70% water and 30%
combustible liquid fuel. The document also reports on the use of metal
catalysts as well as the use of a surfactant to reduce the surface tension
in both the water and the combustible fuel which would allow them to freely
mix.
HIMAC Research - Gunnerman's Water Gasoline
System It seems too good to be
true, but rigorous tests under way in Nevada, California and Illinois show a
breakthrough fuel that is more than half tap water could power the nation's
vehicles, train s and gas-powered aircraft by century's end. The milky fuel
was developed by Reno inventor Rudolf Gunnerman and is being pushed through
the federal fuels-testing labyrinth by Gunnerman and diesel giant
Caterpillar Inc. It has passed every test thrown at it.
Sustainable Minnesota A joint effort between Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy
(ME3) and the
Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR),
this site contains information on ethanol and biomass electricity projects
in Minnesota.
University of Wisconsin - Biomass Energy Research
Contains a listing of various companies around the country
participating in either active biomass projects or research, biographies of
various researchers around the United States, upcoming events/conferences
and highlights from recent ones, and more! Check it out!!
National BioEnergy Industries Association (NBIA)
Information about the organization as well as a listing of its
publications and back issues of Bio Bulletin (its newsletter) and Biologue
(its quarterly magazine).
New Uses Council
"Changing The World Through Renewable Resources." The New Uses
Council is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to expanding
development and commercialization of new industrial, energy, and non-food
consumer uses of renewable agricultural products.
The Salix Consortium
The Salix Consortium is a joint project between Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and the
Willow Biomass for Bioenergy program at SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry in Syracuse, NY.
The College's goal is to establish a solid scientific data base for the
commercialization of short-rotation willow bioenergy crops. The Consortium
is growing coppiced willow on Conservation Reserve Program lands in upstate
New York that will be chipped and co-fired with coal in several coal-fired
power plants. Co-firing with coal is a simple, cost-effective method to
reduce the CO2, SOx, NOx and Mercury emissions associated with coal
combustion. Check out the research. Maybe the same model could be applied in
your community.
BROWN’S GAS FACTS Um, really a
bit to... disorganized for me to follow. I have no patience for this type of
presentation. But maybe you will get something out of it.
Inventions Related to Energy Crises? Any one of these systems
would seem to make wonderful sense! None of then cause any pollution or even
global warming in the tiniest! None of them require either fossil fuels or
nuclear fuels, all of which have many environmental impacts as well as each
being very rapidly being all used up. (Government and industry data shows
that the US no longer has ANY operating Uranium mines (from the 40+ that
used to operate, and that we already import over 92% of the Uranium used in
power plants! US oil reserves would last us slightly over FOUR years if we
had no imports, and US natural gas reserves would last us a little over
eight years without imports!) So it was extremely surprising to discover
that the US government and (large) US businesses have apparently ZERO
interest in any such things EXCEPT if there are huge profits available for
them! The reactions regarding each of these inventions (except the last,
which is not yet operational) have been amazing!
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