Look at my skimmer project!!!!

[blueheaven]

Take a look at my draft for a skimmer project in school. It uses a counter current concept plus a new AirWhirl© concept by me and my friends. Hope it works. DIY guru out there pls comment and point out anything i overlooked.

[BarraCudaTM]

it will work .. but you got to replace so many airstones! abit tedious and expensive choice.

[blueheaven]

sorri, i forgot to mention that the two disks of airstones will spin at 50rpm at opposite directions. imagine all that current and agitation inside the chamber.

[ai[k²]wan]

u need 8 single outlet air pumps, or a 8 outlet resun pump to drive this. a bit xiong too.

[[d]3v|L]

just curious but how u gonna make that thing turn?

[ervine]

3v|L,Nov 27 2003, 09:58 PM] just curious but how u gonna make that thing turn?

Yah man... how ah?

[marineOP]

blueheaven, should the position of the inlet and outlet be reverse? the inlet on top may disrupt the formation of the foam.

[Hon]

Get a hiblow pump to do that job. I just gave my 10yrs old hiblow to my bro. He is pumping that sucker to his 3 x 4ft tank and the bubble are still strong ...

[roidan]

but hor..if the 2 discs do the turn..wun the airtubes get entangled up? hehe..paiseh...i may have misunderstood the diagram...

[islander]

liquids filling up a vessel,chamber or dryer needs to be from the bottom to top reason being is simple,if ur inlet is from the top,the water will not fill the side or the wall of the chamber instead it will just drop.Unlike gases filling up a chamber from top to bottom where it will fill,forced down and maximize its volume as it goes down ur chamber.

jus a thought though....

[blueheaven]

thanks everyone. i will post some edited pics asap.