WWII and auto gas producers

[jono]

can anyone offer info on how gas producers produced gas as used during or after WWII. What and how was used to produce the gas. I am tld gas producers used a bag on the roof for storage while car was running. How viable would it be today to make your own gas in this same fashion and would impco digester gas equipment be the shot ? I am told FYR people are doing this for some fuel purposes again

thanks

[franz]

The only bags I have seen mounted on roofs are in use in China and other developing parts of the world. Very large bladders were mounted on the roofs and held down with fishnets. A crude mixer pulled fuel in from the roof and the control was often accomplished with the use of a hand valve!

I have not heard of this used after WWII. The distribution system was already worked out and there was a surplus of equipment left over. Before the war was a different story, especially with natural gas.

See this:
http://c-5.org/Archives/Other/CNG_2006/ ... NG_101.pdf

and a diligent web search may turn up some photos of actual current day buses on natural gas.

Franz

[Imperial73]

The book from the early fifties, the propane-butane power manual, can give you a good idea of the technology used at the time. Very good book.

[Steptoe]

Stuff and links here
viewtopic.php?t=650

[jono]

alright, thanks. Does not seem to be a convenient fuel source anyway.

[alehander]

Check out the truck with the bed-mounted wood gasifier at the bottom of the pics table:
http://www.c-5.org/07_lab.php

This thing could idle on the stuff, but not drive. It clearly uses top-notch construction techniques and some specialty parts, lol.

[jono]

here's one of low kB

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=automotive gas producer during wwII&btnG=Search&meta=cr=countryAU