After considering the various pros and cons of several fuels for an electric generator I looked into Woodgas engines and found this interesting video from NatGeo Planet Mechanics:
Not the most practical way to generate power but there are some advantages:
1. Renewable fuel source (wood)
2. Lower pollution emissions than gasoline and most other fossil fuels
3. Fuel may be local (if generator shed is near your cabin on remote property surrounded by forest or if you live next to a tree trimmer who brings back truck loads of wood chips 5 days a week.)
So my idea is buy parts cheap from a local junk yard and used auto parts, small lawn mower engine, auto alternator as generator + inverter or just buy a used gasoline/propane/N.G. generator and modify it.
My end goal would be just to generate enough electricity to keep a deep freeze chest running in a cabin while I was actually there.
Major problems:
1. Not allowing Hydrogen gas to explode (keep generator shed far from cabin)
2. Some mechanism on a timer to shake the wood gas burn chamber to keep it running at optimum.
Any thoughts or comments on this crazy idea?
Any links to someone who has actually done this on a large scale, not just that tiny Biolite?
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