rev.hodl on Nostr: The proof of concept wood gasifier exploded... https://i.imgur.com/PGGzTRS.jpeg I've ...
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.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #gasifier #woodgas #fail #lakesatoshi
![](https://i.imgur.com/PGGzTRS.jpeg)
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.
![](https://i.imgur.com/5EY3DRN.jpeg)
![](https://i.imgur.com/kBHaq5N.jpeg)
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.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #gasifier #woodgas #fail #lakesatoshi
quoting nevent1q…tyjm
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.
#plebminer #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #homemining #homesteading #permies #permaculture #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #gasifier #woodgas #syngas
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