This is awesome.

[pyoor_excuse]

Look: A gasifier run ice.

It makes me miss living in Bristol where I had friends nearby who would probably have been entertained and helpful in the process of building such a thing. Clearly UK legislation would make building one of these in a car somewhat difficult (ironically since WWII shots show vehicles with gasifiers pootling around the UK). Clearly a van would be a better basis for producing one, although you'd have to isolate it from the passenger cab.

Anyhow, work calls.

Comments

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Does gasifier viability depend on the mixture of "trash" you have to work with? WW2 gasifiers were mostly running on wood AFAIK, and were supposed to be a bit species-sensitive for what worked best. Does a modern "trash" of mixed plastics and a bit of kebab work as well, or does it need a more sophisticated gasifier to get those tasty hydrocarbons? Cow or pig slurry (I've done cow!) work great, but the liquid content makes them unportable.

Maybe it's time for a new Mad Max film, where gasifier-powered vehicles hunt down Mel Gibson, just for being such a git. Wouldn't even need to set it in the future, let's just do it.

[quercus.livejournal.com]

...and Clarkson.

[pyoor_excuse]

They didn't really say, it suggests that they're running it on walnut shells and wood chips. An easy combination to come by ;-)

I'd suspect that general modern waste'd not be a great choice of material to run it on, but you can always select out a bit. And living right by a trading estate I'm sure I could source more sensible waste :)

[morris1000.livejournal.com]

brilliant. I want one. I want one on a trailer, just like the wartime ones, painted green to match the Morris, and with a nice name like 'Simplex' written on the side in script, a la stationary engines.

[loopback0.livejournal.com]

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