Gasifier Experimenters Kit

Gasifier Experimenters KitThe reactor was pulled at a flow rate thatexperience suggests is about its mid range ofoperation. This corresponds to 1-1.5" of H2Ovacuum across the reactor (before the cycloneand filter). We cannot yet quantify this flowrate in volumetric terms, but in experience ithas corresponded to running a gasoline gensetat around 2kwe. (Apologies for annoyingvagueness, we're still trying to acquire a fullinstrumentation suite)We hard installed 6 type K thermocouplesinto the GEK to generate the temp data. Wewere careful to keep TCs in the actual gasstreams and not touching pipe or vessel walls.We also tried to weigh the reactor duringrunning so as to measure fuel consumption,but alas, success eluded us.Here's some pictures of the process, alongwith the locals mulling over the situation(Bear Kaufmann, Charlie Sellers and Dennis).http://www.allpowerlabs.org/gasification/gek/gekreports/report3/report3.html (4 of 10) [10/9/2008 08:04:38]