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Sorry DB do not know too much about the system, I do know it was not very popular as it reduced power quite a bit and was a bit like a steam engine, slow to get going. The German's developed a few on various tractors but it never really got going there either.
They were used extensively in Holland during WW2 .My dad ran two such outfits for several years. They were both the Imbert design. He built one here in 1985 from scratch since parts are not available and took it to various shows, which now my brother and I do. They did loose about 10 percent of the engine power, but generally a higher compression head was used to somewhat offset that. From a cold start, it took about 10 minutes to get combustible gas to run in the engine, from warm, start up was right away. They were not a pleasant device to operate, the slow combustion process leads to creosote production, hence the filters and coolers you see on the tractor. Wood consumption was about 20 to 30 pounds per hour on dads 20 hp E27N Fordson. I can post some photos if you wish.
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No problem at all Ben, I am happy to learn more.
My uncle played around with a wood gas home brew for an old car back in that time frame. I think he got to town and back a couple times on the smoke.
This was in the wwii time, when all real fuel went to the war effort. Gas stamps, rationing of fuel. Very different times than we can imagine these days. You sat home you didnt have fuel to drive every day. Or maybe every week with the rationing.
The advantage of wood smoke fuel was that you could make it at home and power a vehicle or tractor.
The disadvantage was that it worked poorly in most cases. Decreased power and it was pretty difficult to create a consistent fuel that worked reliably in the system, and difficult to provide the power when you wanted it, lag times.
Perhaps in todays world with computer controlled wood burning and the gaseous sensors we have and the computer controls on the engine itself to change timing and compression and all to fit the fuel produced at the moment one could make a more workable long term product.
Back then if it worked a little bit it was a really something.
Paul
This was in the wwii time, when all real fuel went to the war effort. Gas stamps, rationing of fuel. Very different times than we can imagine these days. You sat home you didnt have fuel to drive every day. Or maybe every week with the rationing.
The advantage of wood smoke fuel was that you could make it at home and power a vehicle or tractor.
The disadvantage was that it worked poorly in most cases. Decreased power and it was pretty difficult to create a consistent fuel that worked reliably in the system, and difficult to provide the power when you wanted it, lag times.
Perhaps in todays world with computer controlled wood burning and the gaseous sensors we have and the computer controls on the engine itself to change timing and compression and all to fit the fuel produced at the moment one could make a more workable long term product.
Back then if it worked a little bit it was a really something.
Paul
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