Charcoal is so much easier and does not need half of these components. But essentially a raw wood gasifier must make charcoal to produce good gas, but uses the water content of the wood to help hydrogen gas content where as a charcoal gasifier needs water added for hydrogen content but also to moderate the metal melting Temps they reach

@@BigBeavrSlayer Very interesting .. thanks for that explanation! Makes sense!

@@BigBeavrSlayer .. there is a new video up on this channel, "GenGaz - Lagunov" called "A Hundred Years of Firewood-Powered Vehicles (documentary) .. 49 min long .. you might enjoy seeing all the different setups.

@@MerwinARTist I have been following Sergei for a while he is on the forum as well. Very well educated gentleman from Ukraine with more reading history on working gasifiers then most people

@@BigBeavrSlayer That's awesome!! 🙂

I have yet to change it in the toyota, since it never sees oxygen it does not decompose, I just wash it down very well with a garden hose once a month until the water comes out the drain clean. Most guys say to change it annually I just haven't done it yet it's still cleaning the gas pretty good and helps shed a lot of moisture from the gas