do people think it possible to really get an air tight atm seal with fiberglass or ceramic rope as the gasket? most boiler doors can tolerate a little tiny bit of leaking air, but at the base of a gasifier any air you let in is going to burn some of your gas. yes, you can really tolerate a bit of this too, but ideally, we'd have absolutely zero air in.
it seems difficult to do this with regular braided rope. maybe impregnating it with high temp grease is enough to make it seal. what is the collected wisdom on door seals? for reference, here's the basic different types of ropes available: http://www.mcmaster.com/#bulb-seal-gaskets/=dspae9 j -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Mason Website: http://www.whatiamupto.com Current Projects: - Gasifier Experimenters Kit (the GEK): http://www.gekgasifier.com - Escape from Berkeley alt fuels vehicle race: www.escapefromberkeley.com - ALL Power Labs on Twitter: http://twitter.com/allpowerlabs - Shipyard Announce list: http://lists.spaceship.com/listinfo.cgi/icp-spaceship.com _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
