A gasifyer is a mechanical contraption for heating wood chips, or many other types of dry organic matter, to a temperature high enough to release the volatile gasses locked inside them. The gasses produced can be burnt in an engine to make energy or just burned in a heating system. The main structure of the gasifier may be a canister perhaps the size of an oil drum which needs to be well insulated to retain the heat.

A small layer of burning fuel is held within a container inside the drum. Outside air is allowed through to the bed of fuel creating a controlled burn, and starting the production of gas.

This makes the whole operation self contained.

This small controlled fire is exactly what is needed to allow the gasses to be released uniformly. And heating and drying the rest of the fuel stock means it will also readily burn when it , in turn, falls into the fire grating. Ideally the fire should make roughly 1200 degrees F. The combustible gasses produced ascend and escape at the top of the gasifier. They then need to be cooled and filtered, partly to scrub the gas, particularly if it is to be burnt in an engine, and cooled to produce a denser mixture which is more thermally effective.

A small power station, moveable and self contained, is one of the distinct advantages of the gasifier. A four cylinder engine needs an oil barrel sized gas producer, but if the fuel is a waste product, the gas is just as good.

Any combination of chipped wood and or branches, rice or maize husks, shells, pits, animal droppings, in reality any waste organic material, can be used. In particular parts a fuel crop such as a fast growing willow may be used.

Could this be a novel source of fuel? Commercial agriculture needs to spend money disposing of large amounts of waste to landfill. And not to overlook the char produced by the gasifier is a beneficial soil conditioner and fertiliser, a environmentally-friendly bonus?

Using a gasifier will seriously reduce house hold expanses, even allow off grid living.

The end result with home gasification is a clean burning fuel with little contamination. An added advantage.

Many claim that 1 gallon of petrol is equal to 20lbs of dry chipped wood. A gasifier of reasonable size will provide all the gas to run a selected engine, the bigger the gasifier the bigger the engine. A gasifyer does not necessarily need any external power nevertheless this will help to start the machine, someone will still have to fuel the machine. With an internal combustion engine the induction will pull air through the hearth creating a self sustaining cycle.

As a green alternative energy source a gasifyer and gasolene generator offers a serious solution.

This Process is Two Centuries old, but is as applicable now when the planet needs an appropriate new fuel source. Find out now how heat and electricity can be produced with the latest generation of gasifiers. Find out more at The Gasifyer. Com.