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late reply to stalled kiln and cold weather

updated fri 31 may 96

 

Dan Wilson on thu 2 may 96

>When I used to fire atmospheric burners with gas to cone 10-11 in mid
>winter (minus 10-20), I used a device called a vaporiser which I rented
>from the propane company.

Hello Bob

Your note sent me running to my local Propane supplier with pointed
questions regarding vaporizors. It appears that these devices are only
meant to be installed on larger tanks. It seems smaller tanks are not
designed to accommodate them because the gas evaporates within them. Larger
tanks with this system feed the gas in liquid form to the vaporizor and
then....you guessed it vaporize it! The possibility of using a vaporizor
from an automobile application also appears unfeasable since the volume of
gas supplied by them is inadequate. In frustration I bought another 25 gal
tank but I'm not going to fill it until I've explored the possibility of
designing and building a vaporizing system for smaller tanks. My computer
can do that can't it?

Thanks......Dan