Right, on the hunt for information here.
I need to build another heater for my workshop. last years burner, well, burnt out.
5 months of use and it had been so hot the steel started to sag.
Next project requirements :
Ability to burn wood efficently.
Ability to burn waste oil.
Ability to radiate heat well.
So, my plan so far seems to revolve around a full size second burn chamber.
Was thinking :
47kg bottle as main fuel chamber.
4 inch square intake with flap to front.
flat top, exhaust to rear - exhaust to enter another smaller(think 19kg) bottle with internal baffles.
Air intake to secondry ? I was thinking a peice of internal pipe, running from the outside of the first chamber, straight up through the main chamber and into the secondry, damper built in.
now, the issue we had last year was with the sheer volume of wood consumed. our burner last year was a simple design, a 47kg bottle, 5 inch flue straight out the top, big sealed door, intake 1/3rd way up the bottle with choke.
You could fit an entire pallet in this thing ( broken up) light it, and 10 mins later it was gone.......
So, this year i need to work in an oil burner. We have a good source of waste oil, NOT black waste oil, but from a factor that changes fleet oil - this stuff comes to us looking like new oil ! For the boil burner i was thinking :
a length of copper pipe, of a small dia ( brake pipe ?) That enters the main chamber, coils round a peice of 4 inch pipe( tacked onto the inside near the top) then travels to the lower part of the chamber. The oil will then drip into a steel tray made from 2mm plate, and filled with some sort of media. perhaps cat litter or similar. the tray will be at the rear, and be circular in shape ( following the inside of the bottle) Only a inch wide.
the oil will be likely fed in with a small pump, or gravity fed ( not got that far yet) and some form of valve setup.
ANY input welcome, this doesnt need to be pretty, it just needs to make lots and lots of heat !!!! For reference, we are trying to heat a old building that is circa 200m2, which is half under ground.....and leaks like crazy !
will perhaps throw a sketch together later. i had another idea for a burner, but it involves significantly MORE metal work, and may not be as effective........
I need to build another heater for my workshop. last years burner, well, burnt out.
5 months of use and it had been so hot the steel started to sag.
Next project requirements :
Ability to burn wood efficently.
Ability to burn waste oil.
Ability to radiate heat well.
So, my plan so far seems to revolve around a full size second burn chamber.
Was thinking :
47kg bottle as main fuel chamber.
4 inch square intake with flap to front.
flat top, exhaust to rear - exhaust to enter another smaller(think 19kg) bottle with internal baffles.
Air intake to secondry ? I was thinking a peice of internal pipe, running from the outside of the first chamber, straight up through the main chamber and into the secondry, damper built in.
now, the issue we had last year was with the sheer volume of wood consumed. our burner last year was a simple design, a 47kg bottle, 5 inch flue straight out the top, big sealed door, intake 1/3rd way up the bottle with choke.
You could fit an entire pallet in this thing ( broken up) light it, and 10 mins later it was gone.......
So, this year i need to work in an oil burner. We have a good source of waste oil, NOT black waste oil, but from a factor that changes fleet oil - this stuff comes to us looking like new oil ! For the boil burner i was thinking :
a length of copper pipe, of a small dia ( brake pipe ?) That enters the main chamber, coils round a peice of 4 inch pipe( tacked onto the inside near the top) then travels to the lower part of the chamber. The oil will then drip into a steel tray made from 2mm plate, and filled with some sort of media. perhaps cat litter or similar. the tray will be at the rear, and be circular in shape ( following the inside of the bottle) Only a inch wide.
the oil will be likely fed in with a small pump, or gravity fed ( not got that far yet) and some form of valve setup.
ANY input welcome, this doesnt need to be pretty, it just needs to make lots and lots of heat !!!! For reference, we are trying to heat a old building that is circa 200m2, which is half under ground.....and leaks like crazy !
will perhaps throw a sketch together later. i had another idea for a burner, but it involves significantly MORE metal work, and may not be as effective........
