EVENT	Date	October (28) 2023
	Description	Pluse Air test 2
	Goal	Sliding gate / pulse air effects
	Team	Darrell Markewitz (M)
		Neil Peterson
		Kiernan Rogers
		Richard Schwitzer
	photos	Sarah Scroggie
FURNACE	Type	standard short shaft
	Walls	cylinder / clay+sand+horse	7 to 4
	Interior		25
	Height		62
	Stack		45
	Base		18
	Packing	charcoal fines	19
	Tuyere	standard copper
	Diameter		2
	Angle		-22.5
	Proud		5
	Air System	standard electric blower / sliding gate
	Extraction	bottom / furnace collapse
MATERIALS	Ore	DD 1 (red)	51% Fe
	Charcoal	Oak / Ash
CLOCK	ELAPSED	EVENT	AIR		CHARCOAL			ORE
					UNIT	COUNT	TOTAL	Unit	TOTAL
			pressure	LpM	bucket		kg	kg	kg
			psi		oak = 2.0
					ash = 1.7
830		start wood splints pre-heat
905		start sliding gate, minimal air		touch
		adjust rate to 1 per second
917		open blast slightly		200
922		increase, assumed loss?		600
924	T 56	first rough charcoal to ignite - oak			1	1	2.0
926		fill with rough charcoal			3	4	8.0
944		probe to settle			1	5	10.0
945		tape to seal leak at volume gate
958	T 34	probe to settle, start graded			1	6	12.0
1200		start main sequence
1218		air increase against pulsing amount		800
1219	19	probe to settle			1	7	14.0
1240		column ignited - top touches off
1241	22				1	8	16.0
1303	22				1	9	18.0
1330	27	first slag addition			1	10	20.0	.8 S	.8 S
1357	27				1	11	22.0	1 S	1.8 S
1425	28				1	12	24.0	1 S	2.8 S
1450	25	first ore addition			1	13	26.0	1 O	1 O
1512		air via wind gauge (?)		22 kph
1545	55	slag bowl observed too high			1	14	28.0	1	2
1605	20	dropped slag bowl (additional volume)			1	15	30.0	1	3
1631	26				1	16	32.0	1	4
1711	40	air increase		900	1	17	34.0	1	5
1744	33				1	18	36.0	1	6
1814	30	switch to ash charcoal / increase ore			1	19	37.7	1.5	7.5
1847	33				1	20	39.4	1.5	9
1923	36				1	21	41.1	1.5	10.5
1955	32	increase ore			1	22	42.8	2	12.5
2005		poked to settle
2025	30				1	23	44.5	2	14.5
2102	37				1	24	46.2	3	17.5
2132	30	final to cover / start burn down			1	25	47.9
2237	T 65	start extraction
TOTALS
	Charcoal		48	kg
	Ore		17.5	kg
		iron slag added	2.8	kg
	Bloom	total 3023 gm	3	kg
	Gromps
	Yield		17	%
	Condition	fragmented / 2 kg retained
	Quality