Hey y'all. Got it figured out. It had nothing to do with the yahoo group and everything to do with my browser settings. Lesson: It's hard to find a problem...
Hi Anthony/meshke, The reduction zone is 9" in diameter and the restriction is 4 1/4" in diameter, 4" up from the bottom of the reduction zone. The grate is...
Hi Arvid, my engine is 3.5 litre v8 high(ish) compression rover engine (chrysler originated i think). I tend to run (if it will) to 3000 rpm as this for my...
Hi Rod, if you re talking of the drawing of my gasifier then it should be a picture looking sideways. goto Home / photos and have a little butchers in there....
ok, going by DJ's math... i'm coming up with 6" as what your restriction should be for that size of engine running at the RPM so i would say you probably are...
Mike, I was supprised to see condensation temps going into the cyclone. Originally I had 1" black pipe for attachment. It did plug after a week. I have 1.5"...
Hey all, i found the problem with the bunging up. there was a hard plug of soot level with the lower mounting holes in my cyclone, about 6" up from the top of...
Hi Arvid, cheers for the terminology, i d not heard that before. First gear at pull off is pretty easy, as is first to second gear, second to third is a fair...
Hi Arvid, yup , mike l pointed that out a few posts ago. It is welded on the bottom of the reduction zone and on the drawing i did, the dotted line is...
Gareth, More importantly(in my feeble mind) is hard you are sucking on the gasifier. If I pull Victoria 1 over 12" of water it soots like a 1950's coal...
that's kinda what i was getting at. doing the math, his engine needs 30.24L of gas per second. don't care what the the diameter of the reduction tube is, it...
Hi Arvid, If you look right from the nozzles (as the drawing is photographed sideways) there is the step down into the hearth , the narrowing for the...
Hi all, ok, concensus is that a bigger restriction is needed so i shall get the bits sorted and knock up another gasifier over the next couple of weeks. I...
Gareth, I still have 14 more posts to read through. What kind of wood are you using and what is the approximate weight of a 5 gallon pail of it, dry of course...
is it possible that you can change the restriction size in the unit you have built? ... From: gareth_woolley <gareth_woolley@...> Subject: [WoodGas] Re:...
ok, still can't see it but that don't matter. I am under the impression that the open parts of the grate should be about the same area or even a little smaller...
Terry, Anthony or meschke is fine. I am probably more used to meschke. i always just sign meschke because it is uncommon so people won't confuse me. and...
I usually run WOT on the highway but my truck runs fine in town and back roads. It is around 6000 pounds and pulling around 1000 of trailer with a 4.3L. I...
Gareth, Here are some numbers for you. My hopper is 22 inches from the nozzles to the highest level I will fill it and is 15 inches in diameter. This...
Arvid, I agree about the grate surface area. I feel it's a key point of the whole system. Meschke, It's a blind area so I can't see. What should be happening...
gasification is an exercise in compromise when i'm looking at sizing, i'm basing my system on what will be the most common operational rpm of the engine i'm...
Hi Arvin, I have continued with the GM tradition and have run the same engines for near 40 years now. They red lined at 3000 rpm back when and now the same...
its all good Mike. I agree with you... id try to keep my redline under 3000 on my pickup truck too. 2200 rpm is what i'd design for on my pickup. 3600 would be...
Arvid, I'd have to throw piles and piles of crap out of my truck to cross that border. It used to be where you could bring anything into Canada and would get...
I hear ya there Mike, the world has gotten truly stupid. I drove big trucks for a while... went from only needed my smile and a birth cert to need a fast pass...
