autumnwillow
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Hi,
I've been lurking the forums researching on how to make my fume hood first before proceeding with AR refining. Basically I just want to refine a maximum 50 oz per day. Then when I am able to make this setup work, I would probably create something bigger.
I do not have problems with the other equipments required except for the fume hood with wet scrubber.
Just a few questions if anybody could answer.
1) Why are most of the fume hoods here made of wood? I have found some polypropylene sheet (black polypropylene) supplier with 8.0 mm thickness, if i use these to make my fume hood will it be okay?
2) Why PVC tubes and not polypropylene tubes (PPR tubes)? Is there anything that I haven't read in these forums on why would PVC tubes would be better in the process?
3) Is it okay to use cylinders made of polypropylene (the one used in industrial water purifiers) as my wet scrubber? Polypropylene connected tubes with a bubbler at the bottom of each cylinder (i plan to use a fish tank bubbler to spread the gas further), 1st and 2nd cylinders will be a caustic solution and the last cylinder would have distilled water filled, sand, lime stones, bio balls and a mist eliminator on top.
4) I plan to use a vacuum pump at the end of the system but I need the hood to remain in a non-vacuum state. Will this setup work with a 9 cfm vacuum pump? If I use the air blower concept will there be bottleneck somewhere? Probably gas backfiring from my wet scrubbers?
5) Will a 3 feet cube fume box be enough for 50 oz refining? If not, what can a 3 feet cube fume box refine at most?
I know questions 3 & 4 are hard to understand, I'll try to draw a schematic diagram tomorrow.
I will share all my progress here with photos.
Thank you!
I've been lurking the forums researching on how to make my fume hood first before proceeding with AR refining. Basically I just want to refine a maximum 50 oz per day. Then when I am able to make this setup work, I would probably create something bigger.
I do not have problems with the other equipments required except for the fume hood with wet scrubber.
Just a few questions if anybody could answer.
1) Why are most of the fume hoods here made of wood? I have found some polypropylene sheet (black polypropylene) supplier with 8.0 mm thickness, if i use these to make my fume hood will it be okay?
2) Why PVC tubes and not polypropylene tubes (PPR tubes)? Is there anything that I haven't read in these forums on why would PVC tubes would be better in the process?
3) Is it okay to use cylinders made of polypropylene (the one used in industrial water purifiers) as my wet scrubber? Polypropylene connected tubes with a bubbler at the bottom of each cylinder (i plan to use a fish tank bubbler to spread the gas further), 1st and 2nd cylinders will be a caustic solution and the last cylinder would have distilled water filled, sand, lime stones, bio balls and a mist eliminator on top.
4) I plan to use a vacuum pump at the end of the system but I need the hood to remain in a non-vacuum state. Will this setup work with a 9 cfm vacuum pump? If I use the air blower concept will there be bottleneck somewhere? Probably gas backfiring from my wet scrubbers?
5) Will a 3 feet cube fume box be enough for 50 oz refining? If not, what can a 3 feet cube fume box refine at most?
I know questions 3 & 4 are hard to understand, I'll try to draw a schematic diagram tomorrow.
I will share all my progress here with photos.
Thank you!