Alex The orange glow in the flame is incandescent carbon above 1000 C. So , in cool parts of the unburied gases you don't see the soot. But where there is a diffusion flame with air , it lights up.
It would be interesting to view the flme/gas structure with infra red goggles. Tom Reed From Tom Reed AKA Dr Thomas B Reed 508 353 7841 Www.Woodgas.com On Dec 7, 2011, at 6:44 AM, Alex English <[email protected]> wrote: > Doug ,Tom, > > Although the dazzling blue flame is but the revealing icing on your linear > gasifier cake. I have a question about it. Did InstrumenTom measure its > exhaust? Numbers? > > "With all gas going to the flare stack, this flow of 147 scft/min made an > impressive flare roughly 2m high. In this mode, considerable information is > obtained from the flare, especially the presence of carbon blacks, or tars, > which contaminate the feathery ends of the outer edges." > > When I see changes in the feathery ends of the outer edges, I'm inclined to > think that it is from the formation of compounds formed within an oxygen > starved portion of the flame. > If black carbons or tars where carried over from the gasifier might you not > see them glowing lower down in the flame as well? > Can you make the flare flame tips change colour by pushing it rich? > > Thanks for posting the report. > > Alex > > >> >> Hi Gasification Colleagues, >> >> The new photo file for the latest update on our Californian Development >> Project, is now available to see on the Fluidyne Archive >> www.fluidynenz.250x.com >> >> Hope you can all access the file, and please let me know if you >> have difficulty. >> Doug Williams, >> Fluidyne Gasification. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gasification mailing list >> >> to Send a Message to the list, use the email address >> [email protected] >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page >> http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org >> >> for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: >> http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
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