notjustair
Well-known Member
I am spreading a load of rock so I have had lots of time to think.
Can someone explain in simple terms how wood gasification works? I have always worked on old VWs and I recall pictures in a book of mine of a Beetle prototype from 1938 (during the war) that Hitler had built that made fuel out of wood. It sort of looked like they cut a round hole in the front trunk lid and put a smoker in it. I have seen articles on it with other things over the years as well but there wasn't a good explanation. The physics (or maybe chemistry) of it just escapes me. Is volitile fuel ("gas") the only thing you can generate?
I suppose I could likely Google it, but I would probably only find moms in my area needing to "hook up".
Can someone explain in simple terms how wood gasification works? I have always worked on old VWs and I recall pictures in a book of mine of a Beetle prototype from 1938 (during the war) that Hitler had built that made fuel out of wood. It sort of looked like they cut a round hole in the front trunk lid and put a smoker in it. I have seen articles on it with other things over the years as well but there wasn't a good explanation. The physics (or maybe chemistry) of it just escapes me. Is volitile fuel ("gas") the only thing you can generate?
I suppose I could likely Google it, but I would probably only find moms in my area needing to "hook up".