Fluidyne Pioneer Class

General Discussion
#1

Hi there,

I am in the possession of a fluidyne pioneer class gasifier and am in the process of trying to get it back up and running. Has anyone here successfully run one before and is there some more documentation on the operating procedures and requirements, safety features and general construction of the gasifier.
I am using this gasifier for a project however my organisation requires a lot more documentation and evidence of how it runs before I am allowed to start it up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

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#2

As far as I know this is the only documentation for that gasifier.

Edit: here’s a link to his website which is essentially an archive.

http://www.fluidynenz.gwprojects.org/

You’ll want to use very small sized fuel. Maybe 1x1" cubes. Chips are annoying to work with unless you get them totally dry and classified in a decent size range.

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#3

If you’d like non-specific gasifier documentation here is the link to FAO-72. You should be able to cite this. ISBN 92-5-102436-7

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#4

Hi Henry , would love to see a few photo’s of your gasifier if that’s possible , i read about this gasifier many years ago and was hoping to see one in action seeing’s as i read somewhere there are a few are reportedly here in Melbourne , AU somewhere .

Dave

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Here are some images, the unit was donated to my university a number of years ago and has sat in storage. It was missing the hopper so we have constructed something we believe is adequate for our needs. It has not been run for a long time and we need some sort of basis and reference for running before the department will be happy for us to try and start it up

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#6

Can you take some pictures and measurements of the restriction, reduction length, nozzle orifice size and how far apart the tips of the nozzles are?

I believe the schematic I linked earlier is the final design changes with editing shown in red ink. Just trying to make sure they match up to your gasifier.

I believe these were designed for running a 10KW generator, so at minimum it should fuel a 500cc engine. Unless I’m wrong and it generated 10kw of energy itself. I don’t know the main intention of this gasifier. The only filtration this unit has is a cyclone, and I don’t see a fine particulate filter that would make it safe for powering an ICE.

Edit: the restriction is 100mm which seems awfully large for a 500cc engine. Maybe this gasifier was designed for using the gas in something else? Too bad Doug isn’t alive to chime in.

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#7

Just judging by the restriction size you may be able to fuel a 2-3L displacement engine if you add more filtration after the cooler.

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#8

If this is not a filter, what is it? :cowboy_hat_face:

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#9

It could be, hard to say. I’m not terribly familiar with Fluidyne stuff.

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