Gas Mantle

Basics

• A Device that Dramatically Improves the Brightness of Flame Based Lanterns / Lamps
• Mainly:
  • Gas Lamps (Traditionally Town Gas , but now mainly Methane , or Propane , or White Gas )
    • These should also run off of DME , experimentation needed with Syngas , Hydrogen , and Raw Biogas (Sulfur Deposits / SOx Emissions ?)
  • Pressurized Liquid Fuel Lanterns ( Kerosene Lanterns / White Gas Lanterns )
    • Experimentation needed with running these off of various Alcohols
• They work via using the flame to heat Incandescent Materials and/or Candoluminescent Materials that are formed in a mesh "mantle"
• Thus rather than optimizing a flame for brightness, the flame can be adapted for Clean Combustion / Efficiency (Needs Clarification Between the Two)
• Reduces Indoor Air Pollution Where Fueled Lanterns are Still used for Indoor Lighting ( <- Make page on areas where electric lighting is not accessible etc)

Can One Be Designed Using Only Appropriate Materials

• Most Commercial Options Use Thorium dioxide
• 99% thorium dioxide and 1% cerium dioxide

Internal Links

• Limelight
• Propane Lantern

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Gas Mantles
• The Wikipedia Page on Clamond Baskets (Used Magnesium Oxide rather than other minerals)
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "Technology Connections" Titled "How the gas mantle made lamps 10X brighter"
• The Oil Field Wiki Page on Gas Mantles
• A Wayback Machine Archive of the Page "Pressure Lamps International A Brief History of the Incandescent Mantle Pressure Lamp"