[Gasification] Resistance wire ignition

[Steve Carroll]

I'm not sure that a glow plug or hot surface ignitor
will work for me but I am interested in what that down
draft log gasifier uses.  I'm also just interested in
the gasifier itself because that happens to be what
I'm building.

Steve

--- AJH <list at sylva.icuklive.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:13:08 -0700 (PDT), Steve
> Carroll wrote:
> 
> >Has anyone tried using a resistance wire heating
> >element to start their gasifiers either by heating
> the
> >air or by heating the biomass directly? 
> 
> Most pellet stoves use a small electric element over
> which air is
> sucked to ignites the pellets, it is very similar to
> an electric hair
> dryer. One of the downdraught log gasifiers I "look
> after" has one
> that pressurises the hopper, on a timer so it starts
> up a preloaded
> batch of logs in the morning to pre warm the house.
> The lady of the
> house then reloads it in the afternoon ready for the
> next day.
> 
> AJH
> 
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