Wood gas is a fuel gas that can be used for furnaces, stoves, and vehicles. During the production process, biomass or related carbon-containing materials...
10 KB (1,038 words) - 02:57, 13 July 2024
A wood gas generator is a gasification unit which converts timber or charcoal into wood gas, a producer gas consisting of atmospheric nitrogen, carbon...
24 KB (2,872 words) - 00:50, 24 August 2024
Syngas (redirect from Synthetic gas)
example, wood gas was used to power cars in Europe during WWII (in Germany alone half a million cars were built or rebuilt to run on wood gas). Syngas...
15 KB (1,414 words) - 11:29, 29 March 2024
In the US, producer gas may also be referred to by other names based on the fuel used for production such as wood gas. Producer gas may also be referred...
10 KB (1,384 words) - 10:25, 12 August 2024
natural gas Wood gas, obtained mainly from wood, once was popular and of relevance to biofuels Biogas, obtained from landfills Blast furnace gas Hydrogen...
9 KB (980 words) - 03:12, 5 March 2024
that time, the most common fuels for gas lighting were wood gas, coal gas and, in limited cases, water gas. Early gas lights were ignited manually by lamplighters...
53 KB (6,745 words) - 05:14, 1 September 2024
Locomotive (section Wood Gas Generation)
existence today. Locomotives may generate their power from fuel (wood, coal, petroleum or natural gas), or they may take power from an outside source of electricity...
56 KB (6,333 words) - 14:29, 13 September 2024
Stove (section Wood-burning)
Stoves can be powered with many fuels, such as electricity, natural gas, gasoline, wood, and coal. Due to concerns about air pollution, efforts have been...
45 KB (5,632 words) - 22:29, 14 September 2024
Charcoal (section By-product of wood tar production)
and wood tar Gaseous products – wood gas Residual product – wood charcoal Common charcoal is made from peat, coal, wood, coconut shell, or petroleum. Sugar...
40 KB (4,677 words) - 18:12, 16 September 2024
Environmental remediation Gas lighting Gas Works Park Gasifier Gasometer Gasworks History of manufactured gas Illuminating gas Mond gas Wood gas Speight, James G...
36 KB (3,938 words) - 12:15, 4 August 2024