07-15-2008, 07:33 AM
There's a ton of gorse in Mendocino on the coast that is a problem to eradicate. Someone has Jay's same idea as an alternative to burning it in open piles. I'm reproducing some info posted on another forum and I quote:
There's an old technology called wood gasification. It was used in Europe during WW 2 to run buses and other vehicles with internal combustion engines. Wood and coal was used in some cities and towns in the gaslight era to make "producer gas" for use for home lighting, cooking and heating. Try googling "wood gas" or "wood gasification" or "producer gas" and you'll find some interesting practical information. Here's a Google search on "wood gas"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22wood+gas%22
For example, there's a website posted by a couple giving a detailed account of their adventure touring Australia in a wood-gas powered van, fueled by wood gathered along the way. They include the mishaps and repairs needed along the way, and what they learned from the experience. They include drawings and discussion of the design of their gasification unit.
http://members.tripod.com/~highforest/wo...fired.html
Here's a great index page on appropriate technology and the use use of sustainable energy wood for cooking, heating and powering vehicles
http://journeytoforever.org/at_woodfire.html
april
There's an old technology called wood gasification. It was used in Europe during WW 2 to run buses and other vehicles with internal combustion engines. Wood and coal was used in some cities and towns in the gaslight era to make "producer gas" for use for home lighting, cooking and heating. Try googling "wood gas" or "wood gasification" or "producer gas" and you'll find some interesting practical information. Here's a Google search on "wood gas"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22wood+gas%22
For example, there's a website posted by a couple giving a detailed account of their adventure touring Australia in a wood-gas powered van, fueled by wood gathered along the way. They include the mishaps and repairs needed along the way, and what they learned from the experience. They include drawings and discussion of the design of their gasification unit.
http://members.tripod.com/~highforest/wo...fired.html
Here's a great index page on appropriate technology and the use use of sustainable energy wood for cooking, heating and powering vehicles
http://journeytoforever.org/at_woodfire.html
april
april