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Finally found a chance to work on the wood gasifier proof of concept I started in the winter. I was able to get a weak flare on the exhaust end which will ultimately feed the generator, but on the air intake side I was able to get a very nice flare. The gas from this flare is probably way to dirty to run the generator without gumming it up, so I'll have to keep tweaking things until I can get the exhaust gas side to have better pressure. Definitely a took a step closer to mining Bitcoin with wood today though.

The plan for this first gasifier is to run an S9 at 980w by powering a 1.2kw generator with wood gas. It's built from mostly stuff I already had and about $60 in additional parts.

The next big adjustments will be to try high temperature silicone as a sealant and to adjust the shaker grate to catch more of the incoming air. Right now I think too much is blowing over the top of the fuel and not enough at the heart of the burn.

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rev.hodl 2y ago

The proof of concept wood gasifier exploded...

I've been working on a simple (and cheap) wood gasifier to better understand the concept in hopes of building a larger one to provide auxiliary power to the homestead and to produce biochar while mining some Bitcoin at the same time.

The lid kept blowing off this one so I started clamping it on but that caused it to start leaking the smoke out.

I got some high temp silicone to see if that could form a gasket to keep the wood gas from leaking out. It worked well and I was able to get a clean flare from the filtered exhaust side of the gasifier. As soon as I had everything hooked up to the generator and pulled the cord just enough back pressure must have been created to blow the little metal trash can totally out of shape. A flame blasted out of the air intake and burned up my blower too. I had hopes of showing this contraption off at the Lake Satoshi Retreat but it's back to the drawing board for now.

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Vardamir 2y ago

Awesome project. What about using an All American pressure canner?

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rev.hodl 2y ago

I've seen people use pressure canners. I don't have one that I'm willing to use. I do have some old compressor tanks that I'm going to use for the next build. I won't have time to mess with it for a few more months though.