[Gasification] Lesson Learned

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JF
I hav been experimenting with a tubular grate, with a controllable shroud, along the "Kalle" design.
It has occurred to me that I could probably get good service from a "CARBON" grate.
How would it perform, if I made a bunch of carbon washers separated by stainless  "wavy" washer spacers?
Would the red hot carbon give any beneficial effect to the gas making process? could it supplement the duties of the CHAR? would it perform better than ceramics? Has any one considered "Electrically Insulating" the grate
for the purpose of passing an electric charge through the fire? Are there any inventors out there?
"Ionizing gas" is a rewarding technology. Who has ionized their fire lately? carbon is expensive, but every battery dry cell has a carbon electrode.
 
GF
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: jeff0124 at velocity.net
To: gasification at listserv.repp.org
Sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: [Gasification] Lesson Learned


Dear List,

I was running the Gas-of-Fire 1000 on hardwood pellets when I noticed that
they started to pass through my somewhat course grate (rat holing). I love
this open top/fuel magazineless design for learning. Well, I knew what
would happen next, when some of my char bed went by-by. But I kept going…

Of course my flame cooler was yellow/red, ouch. It never really recovered
from this (for this run). Oh the look on my face when I drained the
condensation! TAR HEAVEN! Now this is the way to tar up an engine.

So after a modification to the grates I now have two good 45 min runs with
100% pellets. Paper fireballs didn’t have this problem. Well, the problem
was more with my grates. I’ve spent a lot of time on modifying these
grates!


Jeff



-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA

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