Hallo Jim, about which temp range are we talking?
if it has to be fibre, i know that sometimes the old folks used to impregnate it with graphite powder. If the temp.is low enough for high temp grease, you could try some copper/graphit mounting paste on the fibre rope. Rolf Am Samstag, 27. August 2011 08:39:19 schrieb jim mason: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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/
