Re: steam pick up truck

Posted by Hugh MacKay on September 03, 2005 at 13:31:05 from (209.226.106.139):

In Reply to: steam pick up truck posted by mike brown on September 02, 2005 at 13:03:21:

Mike: The last suggestion you got was actually called a Haute Gasifier. They used them all over Europe during the war when gas was high or impossible to get I talked with an immigrant from Belgium, 65 years old, can remember his uncle having one of these on his truck well into late 40s and early 50s. They used them in cars as well, apparently burner would fit in trunk.

There is a stationary version of these in Nova Scotia used for operating a grain dryer and providing heat for hog barns. The burner is a cylinder large enough for round bales and high enough to put in 4 bales at a time. You keep adding bales at top, controlled fire is in bottom. As I recall they can run for about 3 days, using 8 to 10 bales per day, then they must shut down to clean ash. Apparently that is only couple wheel barrows. That unit was designed about 30 years ago and was designed specifically to use round bales as fuel.

If you wish to learn more about these go to google search and type in Haute Gasifier. I will warn you, much of this is devoted to large commercial stationary type operations, such as power generation with coal and wood chips. Sift through it you will find some that suit your use.

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