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see also Compressed Fuel Gas
Gasifier construction set: [1]
Mike Koch's gasifier, U. Missouri, Columbia, 2008 Capstone Project, Mechanical Engineering: [2]
A gasifier can also be used to make biochar. Here are some simple design examples for charcoal/biochar-producing biomass gasifiers:
- 50 kilowatt wood pellet gasifier
- Charcoal kiln at A.R.T.I.
- Folke Günther's design: "the simplest of the simple - a two-barrel charcoal retort"
- Tom Reed's TurboStove

Conversation with Ben Hansen

Ben is building a 40 kW gasifier CHP system, and may be interested in a steam engine
Packed bed, downdraft:
Modified fluidyne gasifier.
Doug Williams – fluidyne gasifier - http://www.fluidynenz.250x.com/
Fab shop in Viroqua – friend of Ben – Roger Tullifson, Tollifson repair– did a heat exchanger for diesel exhaust.
Dig up solenoid valves contact – some open source people
The Gasifier Experimenters Kit (GEK) wiki - http://gekgasifier.pbworks.com/
Ben's gasifier - not open source, though:

[[Image:gasifierben.jpg]|thumb|Ben's gasifier.]

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 *Gasifier construction set: [http://allpowerlabs.org/gasification/gek/index.html]
 *Mike Koch's gasifier, U. Missouri, Columbia, 2008 Capstone Project, Mechanical Engineering: [http://openfarmtech.org/BiomassGasifier.ppt]
-*A gasifier can also be used to make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar BIOCHAR]. Here are some simple design examples for charcoal/biochar-producing biomass gasifiers:
+*A gasifier can also be used to make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar biochar]. Here are some simple design examples for charcoal/biochar-producing biomass gasifiers:
 **[http://www.repp.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/English/bigtop.htm 50 kilowatt wood pellet gasifier]
 **[http://www.arti-india.org/content/view/80/52/ Charcoal kiln at A.R.T.I.]