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brokeassredneck (brokeassredneck@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 23:52:12 JST

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@WhiteAmericanEskimo @Alex_Fog @RichardKuklinskisIcyGlare @KiKi88 @Diogenese_Shiplap @JoshuaSlocum @frankymcfrank more people need to see this , and read up on it .. a pickup would be more practical ...

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WhiteAmericanEskimo (whiteamericaneskimo@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 23:52:12 JST

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@brokeassredneck @Alex_Fog @RichardKuklinskisIcyGlare @KiKi88 @Diogenese_Shiplap @JoshuaSlocum @frankymcfrank The commercial term for a wood gas generator, or Holzkohevergaser in German, was the Imbert-holz-gas system which then was shortened to Holzgas. The gas was used to fuel vehicle engines thus saving on petrol/gasoline and diesel. The Imbert system is a closed external combustion system designed to produce gas that can be cooled and used in an internal combustion engine.
The Imbert system uses wood pellets and the gas produced needs cleaning and cooling prior to passing to the cylinders of the vehicle, otherwise it would choke up with residue. During the production process, biomass or other carbon-containing materials are gasified within the oxygen-limited closed environment of a wood gas generator to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
These gases can then be burnt as a fuel within an oxygen rich environment to produce carbon dioxide, water and heat. In Germany, around 500,000 gas powered vehicles were in use at the end of the war due to the lack of petroleum.