Re: GAS-L: Why won't my gas light?

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

Joel Florian wrote:
> 
> Anyway, my primary objective was to build a gasifier that would produce gas
> that I could burn 10 or 20 feet away in a propane burner.  If I succeeded in

..you want to match flame speed to gas flow speed.  
Much higher for propane than for sawdust gas.

> that objective, I have a couple of old generators  with worn out gas
> engines....  If I can't get this gasifier working, I may change gears and
> try pyrolysis (ie plug the ports in the tank I made  and put in on top of a
> stove so the sawdust cooks in the absence of oxygen)
> 
> Please correct me where I'm wrong.  A lot hinges on this experiment.

..my flare head is a 4"dia by 4" can sitting on a 2" pipe,
bottom is open, top is a perforated steel plate.
Blow gas out the 2" pipe, to draw air into the can and mix 
with gas.  Flame is held onto the perforated plate and 
ignites fresh gas mix, nice turbulent flame, 3' by 6' tall.

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