----- Original Message ----- From: Dana Linscott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] simple SVO burner design...might work for Glycerin
> Louis, > No Kidding! I fly a homebuilt too. > > We looked at the "waste oil" furnaces that were > available either as plans or redi-built and decided > early on that we wanted a design that was modular, > required no outside power source, required minimal > filtering,and was as simple as possible. Essentially > the design I described in my previous post is a > glorified candle. Can't get much simpler. On one of > the early tests I simply set up a single burner and > used 20' of exhaust pipe to vent it to a metal > chimney. I was amazed at how much heat it produced. > You can figure how many burners you need to replace an > existng heater by extrapolating BTU value of 1/2 cup > of WVO per burner. We do use a warerbed heater to keep > the WVO at a constant temp. in an insulated tank but I > suspect that if the power went out it would be several > days before the WVO changed viscosity significantly. > > Dana > > > --- Louie Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks Dana i'm just finnishing building my 4th > > airplane. i built a wast oil furnace for my shop > > this summer. > > it's working fine , but it needs electricity and > > compressed air > > to work. i want to start experiment on a heater that > > uses > > wvo that uses no power . > > louis > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/iHh8lD/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
