Gasifier Experimenters Kit

QuadrafierTheQuadrafierGasifier:A learning gasifierrig of updraft,downdraft,crossdraft, andfluidized bed on asingle frame.Jim Mason.Jan/Feb 2007Sept, 08. See updatedgasifier at: GasifierExperimenters Kit (GEK)Recetly I tired of my ever growing notebook of complex gasifier designs, allunbuilt, and decided to just get started building some simple and quick ones. Itseemed far more would be learned by building multiple ones in quick iteration,using readiliy obtainable obtainium, than trying to straight out build theimagined "perfect" one. The process turned out to be vastly more educationalthan I ever imagined.I decided to build one of each of the 4 main types of gaifiers (updraft,downdraft, cross-draft and fluidized bed) on the same frame and at the samesize, allowing for easy comparisons between types. (ok, maybe I will eventuallyneed a TLUD and a cyclonic one too, but for now, a 4 in 1 covers my maininterests.)To make it interesting (and fast and cheap), I decided that I could only buildwith junk i had lying around the shop, and a few home depot parts. Purposelyhttp://whatiamupto.com/gasification/quadrafier/index.html (1 of 6) [10/9/2008 08:00:07]