On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:57:23 +1200, doug.williams wrote in message <a8f91ab435814b67ad2367da4facb...@dougspc>:
> Hi Brian and Gasification Colleagues, > > It's not always easy to be correct when you analyse these flares, and > you need to tell us more about how you are burning the gas after it > leaves the gasifier. > > 1. Is it first cooled and cleaned of dust and moisture? > > 2. If not,what temperature is the gas at the exit point of the > gasifier? > > 3. Are you able to control the amount of combustion air going into > the burner nozzle? > > 4. What temperature is the flare exhibiting from the probe I saw you > using in the flare? > > 5. Can you feel a stinging type of radiation from the flare if you > place your hand or face close up? > > ------------------------ > Greg has already offered some examples of the possible answers, but > there are other factors to influence the flare behaviour, which can > be narrowed down for your specific gasification flare experience that > you share with us. ..the gray core right under your flame, wet tar vapors? ..try fit a cloth or paper filter in your gas piping to try collect some of it. Steam (water vapors) and wet charcoal dust "burns" and burns colorfully too. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_listserv.repp.org http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org http://info.bioenergylists.org
