2015 NSR Gas Station

[Sabbadess]

Hi Wood Gassers,

Here is a quick video showing my latest system build:



These will be for sale in 2015 after I finish my validation runs.

Stephen

[Pascal Kirchner]

Hey Stephen,
why did you connect the cyclone filter after the cooler ?
wouldn´t it be better to put it directly behind the gasifier ?
the most small particles will be filtered out before the gas condesing in the cooler.

regards Pascal

[Sabbadess]

Hi Pascal,

True. At some point I may go to two cyclones, but so far I haven't found a need. The problem is that I don't want to decrease the pipe size coming out of the gasifier to get proper cyclone gas speeds because it will create a debris "bottle neck" or trap. If I add a 1.5" inlet cyclone after the gasifier, I not sure how effective it would be. It would be running very slow for the gas speeds I typically use and it would add a lot of cost and gas flow restriction.

You are correct. The only debris my cyclone is collecting feels like talcum powder when it is dry.

Stephen

[Pascal Kirchner]

Hey Stephen
Did you have water mixed with coal dust in the cooler tubes ?
I found out that these mixture is very terrible to clean...
that´s why i only filter in hot stage and after filtering i clean it. So my condensate looks like apple juice.
did you have some pictures from the mixture falling out of the cyclone ?

regards Pascal

[Sabbadess]

Hi Pascal,

During my last run I burned chips and there was no condensate despite the low temperatures. The "flour" like char dust from the cyclone was slightly damp but that was all.

I will post pictures of my first, second, and third char sump debris next time I run. I thought about taking pictures but didn't. Most of my debris ends up in the second sump as 8-10mm flakes.

Stephen