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Technical report of on turning an agricultural tractor to wood gas power https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/60... When it comes to alternative fuels, the conversation usually revolves around compressed natural gas or biofuels such as ethanol or biodiesel. But even before the concept of low-carbon or carbon-neutral fuels existed, a few early producers and daring drivers tried something completely different: wood! The first automobile fuel from natural coal was obtained by the German chemical engineer F. Bergius in 1911. In 1920, the German engineer Georges Imbert developed a design for a gas generator unit suitable for installation on any vehicle. Since the end of the twenties, Imbert's generator units have been mass-produced in almost all countries with an automobile industry and sometimes even attracted the attention of local artists and were willingly displayed in their works.Aftermarket companies were keen to sell kits to upgrade existing vehicles.and by the end of the 1930s, in Europe alone there were about half a million vehicles equipped with such installations. While wood energy initially attracted some attention from early automakers, it ultimately had its own set of drawbacks. The primary problems were the weight of the wood gas generator systems, the fact that they reduced engine power and required a huge amount of wood, which was not acceptable to the end user. Most systems required wood in pieces no longer than 3 inches long and 2 inches in diameter, which was stored for at least six months to dry thoroughly. Hardwoods such as birch and oak were best, but woods with high resin content were to be avoided. Some systems were set up to burn charcoal, which also had the disadvantage of being highly sensitive to humidity. Most systems included a furnace to burn the fuel, as well as a cooler and filter for the resulting gases, all connected by a network of pipes. All these disadvantages led to the system having to be modified. Installations began to appear, which could be fueled not only by wood, but also by wood and coal, peat and agricultural waste. During start-up, the driver had to check whether the gas was clean enough to be used in the engine, which sometimes led to fires. Since the early 1940s, the production of cars and trucks in Germany exceeded the country's capacity to produce fuel for them. After visiting an exhibition of Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks equipped with charcoal gas generators in 1940, Adolf Hitler declared: - "Cars of this type will retain their special significance after the war" And already by the autumn of 1941, about 150 thousand generator gas vehicles were in use in Germany and in the territories it controlled. The goal at that time was "to save every drop of fuel for the Wehrmacht." It should be noted that gas-generator vehicles were widely used in Germany in the post-war period. Here is a gas-powered Mercedes from the Berlin taxi company. Note the numbers - until 1947, cars registered in the Soviet sector of Berlin had Cyrillic letters in the number. Today, such installations for cars are not used on an industrial scale. The only country that uses this type of transport is North Korea!The use of cars with smoke generators in North Korea is due to the scarcity of material resources and harsh sanctions against the occupation regime, which limits the development of the population in this territory of Korea, both in the technical and material direction. To set such North Korean jalopies in motion, two people are needed. One of them directly drives the car and is in the cabin. The second is busy processing wood into chips and loading it into the smoke generator. ____________________________________________________________________ Когда речь заходит об альтернативных видах топлива, разговор обычно идет о сжатом природном газе или биотопливе, таком как этанол или биодизель. Но еще до того, как появилась концепция низкоуглеродного или углеродно-нейтрального топлива, несколько первых производителей и отчаянных водителей попробовали нечто совершенно иное, а именно древесину! Впервые автомобильное топливо из природного каменного угля получил немецкий химик-технолог Ф. Бергиус. в 1911 году. В 1920 году немецкий же инженер Жорж Имбер разработал конструкцию газогенераторной установки. Хотя древесная энергия изначально привлекла некоторое внимание ранних автопроизводителей, в конечном итоге она тоже имела ряд недостатков. Первоочередными проблемами стали вес систем генераторов древесного газа, и тот факт, что они снижали мощность двигателя, и требовали огромное количество древесины, которое не устраивало конечного потребителя. Адольф Гитлер заявил: "Автомобили данного типа сохранят свое особое значение и после войны". Целью тогда было «сберечь каждую каплю топлива для Вермахта». Геринг подписал декрет об открытии Центральной генераторной канцелярии