Charcoal Gasifier

There are some advantages with using charcoal (rather than wood) for gasification (section taken from: Troy Martz Gasifier). These may include:

Sufficiently drying wood/biomass to an appropriate water content % takes days. Charcoal can be made and used in mere hours.
The byproduct of charcoal sizing (anything under 1/16th of an inch) just happens to be perfectly sized for biochar...w hat a great byproduct to have
We don’t have to worry about tar! Thus, filtration in the down line is relegated to ash and dust… easily done.
Pure carbon is a perfect catalyst for the reduction process… You never really get 100% there with biomass.
We eliminated “pyrolysis” from the problem we’re trying to solve, so the gasifier design becomes infinitely more flexible than the “Imbert” design
We can scale gas production with the same system by merely swapping out a single nozzle size – we can go from 2kW to 50kW with the same machine!
Yes, charcoal has less BTU’s, but we can also utilize those BTU’s by capturing and using that heat with a smart charcoal retort design
Charcoal gasifiers have the potential to produce far more powerful gas flow than biomass gasifiers... Cracking steam is the key.

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