Gerry, during the time that your reactor had the gas pocket, how was your venturi loop functioning? You previously said that you never got the gas buildup in your reactor, and that the loop was only circulating water. When the gas did build up, did you get any misting action with the loop? Was gas flowing through the loop? Getting chopped up? Even if you didn't see any mist in the tank, maybe the co2 was getting recirculated from the reactor via V.Loop and was helping efficiency. Maybe this is why you saw pearling much sooner than when there was no bubble in your reactor?
I would think that if your co2 bubbles were totally dissolved before they exited the reactor, that the reduced flow through the reactor wouldn't be able to increase its efficiency any higher (Before air/gas pocket built up in reactor) It would seem that lower flow would increase contact time with the co2 bubbles, but if the bubbles were previously getting dissolved entirely, that lower flow INSIDE the reactor would serve no purpose. Right? I'm just thinking....
I think a weaker pump driving the reactor would make the water flow through the reactor slower, but wouldn't produce a gas pocket inside it. But I think SOME gas buildup is the point of having/using the venturi loop on the reactor. I wouldn't downgrade your reactor pump, but I also wouldn't release the gas buildup either, or only a little bit - but not the entire "pocket". That way you can take advantage of the gas recirculating through your V. Loop.
Sorry for rambling...I tend to write via "stream of consciousness"
Still, I'm curious as to what your venturi loop was actually doing at this time....
Guh-Bye!
-Mike B-
I would think that if your co2 bubbles were totally dissolved before they exited the reactor, that the reduced flow through the reactor wouldn't be able to increase its efficiency any higher (Before air/gas pocket built up in reactor) It would seem that lower flow would increase contact time with the co2 bubbles, but if the bubbles were previously getting dissolved entirely, that lower flow INSIDE the reactor would serve no purpose. Right? I'm just thinking....
I think a weaker pump driving the reactor would make the water flow through the reactor slower, but wouldn't produce a gas pocket inside it. But I think SOME gas buildup is the point of having/using the venturi loop on the reactor. I wouldn't downgrade your reactor pump, but I also wouldn't release the gas buildup either, or only a little bit - but not the entire "pocket". That way you can take advantage of the gas recirculating through your V. Loop.
Sorry for rambling...I tend to write via "stream of consciousness"
Still, I'm curious as to what your venturi loop was actually doing at this time....
Guh-Bye!
-Mike B-