05/08/2025
If you are wondering what I have been up to the past months….this was one of my projects….
I collected Ralphie’s p**p for 3 months to convert it into p**p gas that you can cook on….
If you want to learn more about Sam’s projects check the links below:
Links:
Patreon.com/disruptivelyuseful
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Description:
What is P**p-gas? P**p-gas is a light, flammable gas that is produced as a by-product of making biochar from p**p, and other biomass wastes. Biochar can be made from any dry biomass, simply by heating it in the absence of oxygen. When the biochar is made from wood, the gas produced as byproduct of this process is often called "wood-gas", so when the biochar is made from p**p, it makes sense to me to call it "p**p-gas".
P**p-gas is a mixture of Hydrogen (H2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and other light hydrocarbons with the general formula (CxHy). It's essentially cooled and filtered smoke, and it's chemically distinct from natural gas, or biogas made from biodigesters, but it can be used in a similar way, for cooking, heating, or even generating electricity to power hybrid-p**p-gas electric golf carts, using nothing but p**p and sunshine.
The biochar reactor generates gas by using solar energy as dump load, powering two 750W resistive water heating elements, regulated to 1000W to consume 1kWh per hour. These heating elements drive the pyrolysis of any dry (or not so dry) waste you put in the reactor, by dumping solar energy into the reactor during the peak of the day, when the batteries get full and available solar energy would otherwise be wasted.
The electric solar heating breaks down the waste into biochar and smoke. The smoke is then cooled and filtered, which causes all of the heavy tars, organic compounds, and water v***r to condense out into a liquid, effectively refining it and selecting for only the lightest gasses that can't condense into liquid. After being cooled and filtered, the gas is clean enough to cook with, or to generate electricity with slightly modified generator.
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