this is my storage tank hold 11 ton

good job!

homemade wrote:


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with all the talk of clinkers, i just have a helical reduction gearbox 16:1 then feed that into a 30:1 worm feed gearbox all fed with a 1/16 hp motor old evaporator motor, and then grind clinker into a coarse powder kinda the consistency of sea salt, the only problem i see arising is i use a #40 chain and it might break, should of went to a 50 or 60

Did someone say homemade. Yes, burning on the fourth year. I have pic. on the computer somewhere. I try to dig them up so you can see the design. Does anyone know if I can upload Solidworks files, as I made alot of cad plans afterwards. I was messaging with a gent. in MN who also built his own. But his was a hot water system. When I put mine together there was about 10 guys in the area toying around I think the rest gave it up last year whne corn hit $3.00. I 've been thinking about building a pellet mill and changing over.

Yes, please do post them up, in this new forum. Thanks......Brian

are you feeding from top and is it in house or in garage,
that is where mine is and how i feed mine, all controlled by mitsubishi plc
just using times, have a water heater top t-stat to say if water is warm enough to go automatic and will drop out when water temp falls below 120, fire died or something

Just fired it up for the year. If I start before it gets cold my wife complains it's to hot. I always tell her take something off. It doesn't work. My furnace is a hot air unit, top feed burner pot, I have to change out the burner pot every night with a clean one. I'd like to change that. It sounds like you setup cleans itself. I like that idea. I worked on a selfcleaning pot design last year, something on the idea of a Maxium but I gave up when it got cold and went back to the old tried and true. It is in my basement and hooked up to my regular forced air system. I'm thinking about remodeling my basement, if I do I'll pour a couple inches over the existing floor and put in radiant tubes. Then when I add onto my garage I wanted to build a hot water system for the garage and build a basement under the garage. You talked about a PLC I haven't any experience with those but have toyed with the idea. Mine is a series of relays and fan controls. When the t-stat calls for heat it turns the auger and draft blower on, until the t-stat is satisfied. The large air circulation fan runs on it's own fan control independant of everything else. When the t-stat is satisfied and heat is not needed it drops into idle mode and starts the auger and draft blower intermitently ( on for 2min, off for 3 min right now). I have a small timing belt running the auger with a set of small gears so I can adjust the speed if I want. I have it set so it runs well and now I don't adjust or change to much but the first winter was quit an experience. I think my father and I carried it out of the basement and back to the shop for more welding 4 times. Alot of work but I have the corn handling system and furnace working pretty good now. I haven't had time to find pics. yet. Can I get a primer on loading pics. to this forum. Talk slow I'm better with a welder, torch, and lathe than a one of these fancy picture typewriter Thingys that lets you talk to folks all around the whole great big world. shucks golly!!!

Tom

think i might of stumbled on to something i have black fly ash building up around my burner and it has insulated it so well that the whole burner pot is glowing red sure makes it burn better , so i might try to insulate the burn pot to keep it really hot, another thing what temp do most outside corm burners keep the water the only one i ever seen was a farmer and he kept his at around 175 mine is running around 120 to 130 and the house is VERY warm and it is 10 degrees outside,

just some thoughts for tonight sitting here being all warm and cozy and wondering what can go wrong next

hope all had or having a good thanksgiving

ed

A general accepted temperature of 140 is minimal operation for a condensing boiler to keep the products of combustion in a gas suspension and not condensing on vessel or fires tubes. That is a corrosive material that will curve your spine, rot your teeth, and keep the country from winning the war.

Now if your load doesn't require energy bearing liquid that hot - build a temperature reducing loop.