All You Need to Know About Wood Gasification

The term wood gasification may come across as a bit cryptic or feel like it requires a graduate
degree in chemical engineering to truly understand. However, for making a wise wood boiler
purchasing decision, there are only a few things you need to know.
Definition of Gasification
According to Wikipedia, "Gasification is a process that converts carbonaceous materials, such as
coal, petroleum, or biomass (such as wood), into the simpler elements carbon monoxide and
hydrogen by reacting the raw material at high temperatures."
In the temperature range of 395 F to 535 F (i.e. a regular fire), the majority of the gases are
released from the wood in combination with the smoke. Those gases contain about 50% to 80% of
the heat content of the wood. This process results in a gas mixture that is often referred to as
synthesis gas or syngas or in the case of a wood fuel woodgas.
If one were to stop the reaction at this stage, the woodgas may be used as a fuel for a number of
purposes. The gas may even be cooled and cleaned to remove tars and particulates and used as
fuel in a variety of other applications, including engines!
How Wood Gasification and Complete Combustion is Achieved in Wood Gasification Boilers
In gasification wood boilers the wood gases don't just go up and out the chimney, as is the case with
standard wood boilers. Instead, the reaction is continued and the emitted woodgas is superheated
and mixed with air resulting in complete combustion. The heat is then transferred to a boiler for
efficient distribution. An additional benefit of the gasification process is that the complete combustion
leaves little or no ash.
There are several common schools of thought for applying wood gasification and secondary
combustion principles in the design of a residential or small-scale wood boiler, here are two of the
most common approaches:

Continuous burn: Dual combustion chambers. Many of the wood gasification models
imported from Europe employ this technique. These units are designed to operate properly
when they burn a load of wood in one continuous burn and transfer the resulting heat to a
water storage container (usually 400-1000 gallons or more) where it is stored until the heat is
needed.

In these systems, the gases flow down through the fire into a secondary chamber where
firebrick (or a ceramic material) creates the superheated environment necessary to complete
the efficient combustion process. Keeping this secondary chamber at high temperatures is
key to the performance of the overall system, hence the need for one continuous burn so
that this chamber does not cool and lower the boiler efficiency.

On-demand burn: Single combustion chamber. The Greenwood wood boiler uses a single
burn chamber to foster wood gasification. During normal operation, a patented thermal mass
maintains the firebox at the high temperatures required for complete combustion. The
CrossFire Combustion System regulates air flow and the amount of heat being delivered to
the home. This enables the system to operate as an on-demand system, thereby removing
the need for the water storage tank outlined above. This design not only simplifies the
operation and maintenance of the unit, but also enables a greater variability of fuel
composition (e.g. whole log wood and wood moisture content). Click here for more on
updraft wood gasification.

Conclusion
So, if you are researching a purchase of a wood boiler, the bottom line is that wood gasification
boilers that provide complete combustion are better than traditional water-jacketed wood boilers.
Some key points to take away from this article include:

In general, gasification is very efficient in extracting energy from different types of organic
materials, including wood.

Extremely high combustion efficiency is obtained by gasification, thereby creating minimal

emissions.

With respect to wood boilers, wood gasification means:

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Less wood is required,

Significantly lower emissions/smoke, and

Less ash.

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