Found Dreaming

I build a new oil burner the other day.
It is rather experimental, but I am toying with the idea of casting a 36" tall steam engine, and perhaps purchasing a larger crucible, maybe a #70 or larger if it will fit in my furnace.

So I decided to try and make sure I could melt that much metal, maybe 175 lbs of iron, so built this burner with a 3" dia burner tube and a 1hp blower.

I think the blower is overkill for my #30 crucible with iron, but no problem to damper the intake down a bit.

It seems to work ok so far, I tried it out twice just to get the feel for operating it.

You don't want to screw around with one this size without having a fuel and compressed air shutoff valve next to your hand at all times. A flame-out takes quick action to get the fuel off.

I use diesel so that I can get a clean burn with no smoke, and I don't bother the neighbors.
The blower is quiet. It is a Grizzly dust colletor blower.

The nozzle is a Delavan siphon-type with a slightly pressurized fuel tank (perhaps 20 lbs).

175# !! Sounds like huge Cupola territory!! We'll have to talk about some of my crazy ideas sometime.

And the new burner in action.

It can put more fuel into the furnace than it can atomize, and I am pushing a 1 gph delevan nozzle to somewhere between 2 and 4 gal/hr.

I may need to make a larger spray nozzle to get a slower lower pressure flow with more atomization over a larger area, but it works ok at about 2 gal/hr.

Where are you located Pat?

I am in TN