<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 December 2017 at 05:43, Frank Shields <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:franke@cruzio.com" target="_blank">franke@cruzio.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font size="+1">This is an interesting topic and one i have
wondered about. When packing hard a pipe with biomass then
flushing with N2 then placing in an oven to heat from the
outside to a temperature to 550c a lot of gases come out the
small hole at the end. That will ignite if the door is opened
and O2 contact. I have wondered if any heat is being produced in
the pipe itself? or all from external heat? If there is it can't
be much because the temperature advances at a continuous rate.
Should you see the temperature jump well above 550c its because
air leaked in to the furnace and there is a flame. <br></font></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="+1">Frank it is interesting what you seem to be showing when opening the door is that the pyrolysis offgas coming out of the hole is above its auotignition point. What would be relevant to the current discussion is :</font></div><div><font size="+1">1 the temperature variation inside the tube <br></font></div><div><font size="+1"><br></font></div><div><font size="+1">2 the varying analysis of the composition of offgas as the tube heats up.</font></div><div><font size="+1"><br></font></div><div><font size="+1">Andrew</font><br></div></div></div></div>