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Gas from wood? That's my specialty and the name of this site.
It is now possible to turn wood into Wood-Gas which is then easy to burn efficiently with low emissions, as shown above. I have been working on wood-gas stoves since I became aware of the world cooking problem on a trip to South Africa in 1985. We have developed both
natural convection (with Ron Larson) and
forced convection stoves (Patent applied for). Check out these papers for the principles of WoodGas stoves and performance details. We expect to continue this work indefinitely and hope to deploy a billion stoves to ease the world cooking problem - an ambitious target. (You can also use larger variations of these stoves for clean, indoor cooking and other major heat applications.)
Our first target for this fundamental new development is the U.S. campstove market. There are lots of campers that don't want to lug propane or gasoline on their backs and do want to use the biomass they find along the way. There are lots of others worried about possible cutoff of gas or power. They are critical users and we will welcome their comments (at
tombreed@comcast.net).
We believe our WoodGas Cook Stove far exceeds the performance of any other biomass cooking device. It will burn twigs, chips or the wood-pellets widely sold in hardware stores (typically $3 for a 40 lb bag). It generates 1.5 - 3 KW of heat, comparable to the big element on an electric stove; it burns only 10 g of fuel/min (40% efficient); and it can be used indoors with minimal emissions. It uses a single AA cell that lasts 3 hours on HIGH and 6 hours on LOW. We hope a lithium hydride battery and solar charger will be available as an accessory soon.
The current dimensions for the WoodGas LE are:
Weight: 23 oz
Height: 6.25"
Diameter: 5.1 "
We plan to sell these stoves in the US campstove market first to establish our manufacturing and sales abilities before designing stoves for the international community. The stove sells for
$55 plus shipping and comes with a full instructional manual.
You can purchase a Woodgas Stove
through this site.
Our second target for wood-gas stoves will be the refugee camps around the world that have 40 million mouths to cook for, and are currently using propane, gasoline or kerosene. They have the skills to manufacture the stove and labor to do it. They could also manufacture for the country as a whole. The BEF is prepared to apply our skills to the needs of developing countries and recommend a stove program that fits local conditions. If interested in working with the Biomass Energy Foundation to develop a stove program for other countries, please check with us at
tombreed@comcast.net.
You can purchase a WoodGas
Camp Stove through our online bookstore.
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