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I WORKED A FEW HRS. IN THE SHOP RECENTLY BUT AM NOT BACK AT IT LIKE I WAS. SUMMER HEAT, WORK, VACATION ECT. ECT . HOPE TO GET WORKING ON MY GASIFIER MORE, SOON DAVE
Looking good Dave! So where do you plan on putting the cast refractory material? Would that go inside your stainless hearth cone? Also still kinda confused on your air preheat flow pattern. Thought about buying a whole hearth from Ben.
Pellet Dave
Hey Dave,
When mixing castable at my work "Alcoa Aluminum Smelter" we will mix it two different ways wet cast and dry cast. The wet cast is what we use when we want to pour the castable to form an insulated flour of a new aluminum pot. We use just a regular cement mixer and add the water first "important so you don't freeze up your mixer" and then add the bags of castable until desired consistency.
When we are building the walls of the aluminum pots we use mostly fire brick, but in places we pack in dry cast. Mixing the dry cast is not a fun job; we use a mixing pan 3'x4' 18" deep. The process is the opposite for dry cast we poor out the bags of castable into the mix pan first. Next we take a hose with a spray nozzle and spray into the castable until the entire surface is damp. Next we take hoes and chop up the castable pulling it to one side of the pan while someone else sprays it with more water. We mix it in until we have a damp, but not liquid mix of castable. You should be able to pick up and clump it together in your hands. Since you are doing this on a small scale I would probably suggest just mixing it on a concrete surface. One thing that is extremely important is that you wear at least a dust mask while working with this stuff. It has a large amount of silica and can crystallize in your lungs if you inhale it. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask.
The new gasifiers looking good Dave! Great pics, To bad about the kegifier, I have built more gasifiers that never saw the light of day than ones that did.
Hello David,
viel Arbeit und sehr schön ....aber etwas groß...es sieht aus wie 50KW...Entschuldigung.Lieber Freund wahrscheinlich viel kleiner! Außerdem gibt es hier Probleme der Brückenbildung(Teere und Wasser am Holz)Wenn hier meine kleine Tochter nicht wäre die mich brauch würde ich mal kurz in die USA kommen und wir würden mal zusammen etwas bauen!Ein Schrottplatz ist das Leben für mich!Aber ich brauche auch Maschinen!Na die bau ich dann aus Deinem Schrott.Hoffe Du hast was zum Schweissen...Lach.
Nee aber wirklich Dein Gaser ist richtig gross!!!Das glüht dann auch...Hast Du dafür einen Motor?...Schluss mit dem Spass!- Lass uns richtig arbeiten!-Dein Freund Jörg aus Eastern-Germany
Hey Dave
I think all will agree that antisieze is a must with stainless,and yes there is special antisieze for stainless.If you got tha bolts at the local hardwre they most likely will be of a poor grade dispite there markings ( I hate that)
Good luck with you endeavor
I agree Dave, It's a wealth of information, such diversity! I have been amazed at all the differnt designs from back then. this tech is definitely forgotten gold!
Dave,
I have not really done much DUEL FUEL testing, i have seen it done, see no real reason unless you are using a diesel........I am assuming you are thinking about converting some of your trucks........I did run in to some problems with running a Isuzu C223 diesel engine on wood gas.....there are a lot of info. that is incorrect in the literature; but, the part about needing a direct injecting diesel is correct, had problems with pre-detonation of the woodgas (a lot of this stuff i read i have to see for my self Ha,Ha)
This Toyota 22r I am using now is a dream, it starts so easy on wood gas even when the out side air temp is down around 0 degrees Fahrenheit..... I currently have a 25 hp three phase motor (Asynchronous Induction Generator) that i am using for my generator and connecting to the grid......In the near future I will be making some videos on how to use three phase motors as single phase stand alone and grid tie generators. I have just been so busy lately!!!
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Pellet Dave
When mixing castable at my work "Alcoa Aluminum Smelter" we will mix it two different ways wet cast and dry cast. The wet cast is what we use when we want to pour the castable to form an insulated flour of a new aluminum pot. We use just a regular cement mixer and add the water first "important so you don't freeze up your mixer" and then add the bags of castable until desired consistency.
When we are building the walls of the aluminum pots we use mostly fire brick, but in places we pack in dry cast. Mixing the dry cast is not a fun job; we use a mixing pan 3'x4' 18" deep. The process is the opposite for dry cast we poor out the bags of castable into the mix pan first. Next we take a hose with a spray nozzle and spray into the castable until the entire surface is damp. Next we take hoes and chop up the castable pulling it to one side of the pan while someone else sprays it with more water. We mix it in until we have a damp, but not liquid mix of castable. You should be able to pick up and clump it together in your hands. Since you are doing this on a small scale I would probably suggest just mixing it on a concrete surface. One thing that is extremely important is that you wear at least a dust mask while working with this stuff. It has a large amount of silica and can crystallize in your lungs if you inhale it. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask.
Shane
viel Arbeit und sehr schön ....aber etwas groß...es sieht aus wie 50KW...Entschuldigung.Lieber Freund wahrscheinlich viel kleiner! Außerdem gibt es hier Probleme der Brückenbildung(Teere und Wasser am Holz)Wenn hier meine kleine Tochter nicht wäre die mich brauch würde ich mal kurz in die USA kommen und wir würden mal zusammen etwas bauen!Ein Schrottplatz ist das Leben für mich!Aber ich brauche auch Maschinen!Na die bau ich dann aus Deinem Schrott.Hoffe Du hast was zum Schweissen...Lach.
Nee aber wirklich Dein Gaser ist richtig gross!!!Das glüht dann auch...Hast Du dafür einen Motor?...Schluss mit dem Spass!- Lass uns richtig arbeiten!-Dein Freund Jörg aus Eastern-Germany
I think all will agree that antisieze is a must with stainless,and yes there is special antisieze for stainless.If you got tha bolts at the local hardwre they most likely will be of a poor grade dispite there markings ( I hate that)
Good luck with you endeavor
Chris
I have not really done much DUEL FUEL testing, i have seen it done, see no real reason unless you are using a diesel........I am assuming you are thinking about converting some of your trucks........I did run in to some problems with running a Isuzu C223 diesel engine on wood gas.....there are a lot of info. that is incorrect in the literature; but, the part about needing a direct injecting diesel is correct, had problems with pre-detonation of the woodgas (a lot of this stuff i read i have to see for my self Ha,Ha)
This Toyota 22r I am using now is a dream, it starts so easy on wood gas even when the out side air temp is down around 0 degrees Fahrenheit..... I currently have a 25 hp three phase motor (Asynchronous Induction Generator) that i am using for my generator and connecting to the grid......In the near future I will be making some videos on how to use three phase motors as single phase stand alone and grid tie generators. I have just been so busy lately!!!
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