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Old 03-15-2010, 05:23 PM
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I think they will work out nicely for you. There are two sort of key learnings I can distill out of that whole thread of mine for you:

1) The pellets need to be fluidized in your reactor, dancing and churning around all the time
2) Don't worry about the overall volume of pellets at first, just get the TLF reactor say about 1/2 full. It's more important that they are fluidized in the reactor than it is how much you have of them.

Smaller learnings maybe include:
1) Presoak the pellets overnight before using so that they're good and waterlogged, otherwise you'll have startup issues with them floating to the top
2) Cut the foam sponges in half, or go and get some quilting mesh to use instead. All you want to insure that pellets can't get to where you don't want them - but sponges are a little bit too restrictive and are also more prone to clogging over time.

Any questions with them - ask away! We're here for ya'!!!
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