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Assembling the GEK gasifier and preparing for fire

Step 2Downdraft reactor assembly

Downdraft reactor assembly
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Attach stainless steel gas lines

- Turn insert upside down
- Tighten one gas line into elbo coupling.
- Bend clockwise, around the outside of the next coupling, continue around to the second coupling then bend down and start wrapping clock wise and down around insert. Keep wrapping until its obvious which attachment it goes to in the mid flange.
- Bend a 90 degree angle about four or five inches from the end of the gas line and screw it onto the attached coupling.
- Repeat process until all five gas lines are installed.
- Make sure not to overlap lines, they should all fit without crossing.
- Turn reactor right side up.


Install 1/2" by 6" long Pipe Nipples
- Screw in 1/2" Pipe Nipples into threaded couples inside the reactor insert on the bottom plate.


Install Reduction Bell
- Put two lines of weather stripping around the circumference of the 6" hole in the bottom plate.
- Put reduction bell inside reactor on top of weather stripping.
- Place washers and nuts on bolts. tighten.


Insert Air Inlet Nozzles
- Place a ring of weather stripping around the base of the pipe nipple.
- Slide one inch section of 1" pipe down and push into weather stripping.
- Place another ring of weather stripping on top of 1" pipe section.
- Rub a piece of weather strip into threads at the top of the pipe nipple, this will help secure air inlet nozzles.
- Slide air inlet nozzles over pipe nipples and push into ring of weather stripping.
- Orient nozzle so it points in between adjacent two nozzles. Once all installed, they will make a five sided star, all pointing to the center of the reduction bell opening.



Assemble Reactor Insert and Gas Cowling
- Pull off two rows of weather stripping, lay onto flange at top of cowling, in between bolt holes and inner circumference of flange. Press lightly to get it to stick.
- Slide Reactor Insert into Gas Cowling.
- Align Reactor Insert and the Gas Cowlings bolt holes so that the Lighting Inlet is at the front of the Gas Cowling. It will line up with the 1/2" close nipple in the Cowling.
- Tighten nuts and bolts around flange.
- Put cap on 1/2" nipple instrumentation port in gas cowling
- Put 1" plug in lighting port

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Apr 1, 2009. 3:53 PMCarmen Izaguirre says:
super perfect

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