Critical Dimensions For Mixing Venturi?

Dec 12, 2006 3 Replies

Hello. Does anyone know what parts of a gas inspirator (venturi) primarily affect the fuel/air ratio? I've tried searching high and low for the answer to this and can't find it anywhere. It seems like a black art or something.



See, what I'm doing is building a reproduction of a pest scaring device which makes a loud noise to scare away birds and animals from crops, just in case anyone was curious. The goal is to have an adjustable fuel/air ratio to vary the flame speed. This changes the "tone" that is produced. Maximum flame speed occurs when the mixture is stoichiometric and tapers off on either side. I figured someone on here would know about this because sometimes people make their own custom burners for their kilns.



Thank you, Robert



The adjustable wheel that can be screwed up or down by hand asjusts the oxygen allowed to flow through the venturi, this gives a richer or leaner mixture of air/fuel ratio. the closer the wheel to the venturi the richer the flame with a decrease in flame velocity, screwing the wheel away from the venturi allows more air in, a cleaner burn and an increase in velocity, the pressure of the gas supply remains constsnt throughout.

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