Home › Updraft › Taxonomy term

Inverted Downdraft

Twister Top

Submitted by Jeff Davis on Sat, 2008-12-27 05:14
Last updated January 10, 2009
in
Burning air dried wood chips.
Twister Top pic 1: Burning air dried wood chips.

Mr Switchgrass - burning/gasifying switchgrass

Submitted by Jeff Davis on Sun, 2008-11-30 03:10
Last updated December 30, 2008
in

Mr Switchgrass is an inverted downdraft gasifier design that burns/gasifiers chopped switchgrass or weeds with little to no smoke problems. A rule of thumb is that each section will burn for a solid ten minutes at full flame. I measured 66 lbs for one load and it ran for about 40 to 50 minutes.

Burner FlameBurner Flame
Burn Flame 2: Started with paper or house trash.Burn Flame 2: Started with paper or house trash.
Burn Flame 3: Smoke free flame.Burn Flame 3: Smoke free flame.
Burn Flame 4Burn Flame 4
Burn Flame 5: Very clean burn.Burn Flame 5: Very clean burn.
Bale Storage: This is how I stored the bales of switchgrass.Bale Storage: This is how I stored the bales of switchgrass.
Flue: No smoke from the stack.Flue: No smoke from the stack.
Transformation Tower: More proof of the clean burn.Transformation Tower: More proof of the clean burn.
Air tube and grate: Grate and air tube.Air tube and grate: Grate and air tube.
Loaded: Here you can see a new load of switchgrass, air tube and air holes.Loaded: Here you can see a new load of switchgrass, air tube and air holes.

Puffergas.com

Syndicate content