First Down Draft Charcoal Gasifier

[BrianAltEnergy (Brian Madera)]

Somehow I missed this short thread:

Cyclone filter / cooler

Hi, I read a post by DJ (I think) where he mentioned that a cyclone makes a rather compact cooler. I am interested in exploring this and was wondering if having 2 or 3 cyclones in tandem (with some heat exchange enhancements) could provide the cooling drop needed to get condensation. Since the cyclones work on velocity, the inlets, diameters and height ratios would need to be optimized to remove finer and finer particles. Here is the cyclone I am using today. I think I got the proportions off t…