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  2. Wood gas - Wikipedia

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    A bus, powered by wood gas generated by a gasifier on a trailer, Leeds, England, c. 1943. The first wood gasifier was apparently built by Gustav Bischof in 1839. The first vehicle powered by wood gas was built by T.H. Parker in 1901. [2] Around 1900, many cities delivered fuel gases (centrally produced, typically from coal) to residences.

  3. Solid fuel - Wikipedia

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    Today, burning of wood is the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. Wood fuel can be used for cooking and heating, and occasionally for fueling steam engines and steam turbines that generate electricity. Wood may be used indoors in a furnace, stove, or fireplace, or outdoors in a furnace, campfire, or bonfire.

  4. Wood fuel - Wikipedia

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    The discovery of how to make fire for the purpose of burning wood is regarded as one of humanity's most important advances. The use of wood as a fuel source for heating is much older than civilization and is assumed to have been used by Neanderthals. Today, burning of wood is the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass.

  5. Petroleum product - Wikipedia

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    Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection of well-defined usually pure organic compounds, petroleum products are complex mixtures. [1] Most petroleum is converted into petroleum products, which include several classes of fuels. [2]

  6. Category:Wood products - Wikipedia

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  7. Pellet fuel - Wikipedia

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    Pellets can be made from any one of five general categories of biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy crops, and untreated lumber. [2] Wood pellets are the most common type of pellet fuel and are generally made from compacted sawdust [ 3 ] and related industrial wastes from the milling of lumber ...

  8. Watching 'Elf' this Christmas? Make this menu, including ...

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    Ingredients: For Maple-Bacon Meatballs, about 25. 1/8 cup maple syrup. 1 cup Panko, bread crumbs. 3/4 cup whole milk. 2 pounds ground pork. 10 ounces bacon, small dice or ground

  9. Charcoal - Wikipedia

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    Common charcoal is made from peat, coal, wood, coconut shell, or petroleum. Sugar charcoal is obtained from the carbonization of sugar and is particularly pure. It is purified by boiling with acids to remove any mineral matter and is then burned for a long time in a current of chlorine to remove the last traces of hydrogen. [2]