Wooden generator how does it work

A hand drill. Cut out two cardboard discs roughly 3cm in diameter making a 4—5mm hole in the centre. Put the nail in the hole, pushing one disc up to its head. Cover the next 2—3cm of the nail's surface with a couple of layers of insulating tape. Slide on the other disc until it butts up against the tape, then wind more tape on the other side to fix it in position and the cardboard discs are no more than 2—3cm apart.

Uncoil 30cm or so of wire from the reel to shape a lead from the coil, and start winding the remaining wire around the insulating tape between the two cardboard discs. To keep track, this may help to make a tick mark on a piece of paper after every turns. Covering the nail with a single layer of turns, continue building up layers one on top of the other. After about of turns, leave about 30cm of wire-free at the other end and then cover the windings with insulating tape. Remove a cm or more of the insulation from the two end wires by scraping off the enamel, and connect them to the bulb holder.

Fit the bulb into the holder. Pass the bolt within the hole drilled into the base of the magnet, and fasten it by tightening the nut. Bring the magnet to about 1mm of the nail head, which should be slightly off-centre from the middle of the spinning magnet. Making sure of the gap between the magnet and the nail head is as small as possible, also not so close that they touch.

The rest is generally wasted—in the form of heat—as it's dumped out the exhaust pipe or drawn from the radiator. So, to take advantage of this squandered resource, we routed the powerplant's cooling system—along with the "jacket" that surrounds its exhaust manifold—into a gallon "closed loop" For our summertime demonstrations, we've plumbed a small hot-water space heater into the primary loop from the engine.

Our experimentation won't end there, either. As soon as we're totally satisfied with the electricity-producing portion of our setup, we're going to bolt an air compressor onto the accessory bracket at the front of the engine, strap a belt around it, and run a pneumatic line into a buried air storage tank next to the shop. The cool earth will help to condense any moisture, and the pressurized "atmosphere" can then be used to drive tools or spray paint.

Actually, we're limited only by our imaginations when it comes to thinking up new tasks for our generator to perform. There seems to be enough surplus power in the engine to allow us to operate even an automotive air conditioning compressor, which should be capable of cooling a small house.

At any rate, we feel that we've made a number of noteworthy discoveries in the course of our small-scale research, not the least of which is the fact that a home's electrical needs can be supplied by wood gasification.

Of course, this cost could be reduced substantially if a used alternator and an unmodified engine were utilized. But we're not, by any means, finished yet. Keep an eye on future issues for more reports about our cogeneration system, because we'll be keeping you informed of our progress as we go along.

Could you please provide me with more background and update information on this project? Is it possible to receive some older magazines in one shipment? Thanks in advance. We just released an engine that runs directly off of heat - Heat the head of the engine to F and it runs - You can use any type of fuel, wood, solar, propane, natural gas, or waste heat.

Check us out at www. Do you have any updates to this experiment? My son and I will build 2 separate 25KwHr wood gasifier plants, one at his house and one at my house, 15 miles away. We plan to run these into the grid via current net metering programs available to us. We want to know if the MEN 10KW generation plant for the your "Eco-village" workshop is still operating and, what have your experiences with it been? We are having a hard time finding equipment for connecting our generator to the grid.

If we were using wind or solar, no problem. Or, if we were using tons of methane from a huge hog operation, generating KW to a megawatt, again, no problem. But in the 10KW to 75 KW range their seems a great void. What we think we can do at present is to use induction motors as generators, but since they don't come in sizes bigger than about 10HP in single phase, and since we need about 40 HP, we will attempt to use HP 3 phase induction motors to do the job.

Any input you can provide will be much appreciated. Pete Stanaitis you can see what we do at: www. Join us for a much anticipated return to the Lone Star State! Earlybird ticket discounts are now available online.

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