I have not had much time to get on here for a while, but I thought I would stop in and show off my latest project that I completed last winter. project has a few electronic components but it has over 2000 lbs of carbon steel!
I had been getting tired on how natural gas and LP gas prices have been skyrocketing in the past few years, and it had gotten to the point where I would spend up to $1,400.00 a winter on LP Gas.... so I decided to build me an out door wood burning boiler system to heat my house, I have plenty of resources for good firewood so I said why not?
But once I got started on the project, I decided to go one more step, and create a "smokeless" outdoor wood boiler.....
So this is what I ended up with, a smokeless wood gassification outdoor wood boiler.... I built it for a little over $600.00, although a comparable one on the market would have cost me $12,000.00!! And so far, I have spent $65.00 all winter to heat my 3600 sq ft home...
View of smoke stack and Primary combustion area:
http://youtu.be/-fZHdCscsE4
View of secondary burn area:
http://youtu.be/K3CLAs5ECb8
This unit basically has 2 combustion chambers, the primary chamber "gassifies" the wood almost to the point of pyrolysis, the "smoke" is then drawn back through the hot coals to heat it up to 1100 degrees, which at that point super heated combustion air is injected and mixed with the heated gas which is then burned in the secondary chamber that burns up to 2200 degrees.....
I had been getting tired on how natural gas and LP gas prices have been skyrocketing in the past few years, and it had gotten to the point where I would spend up to $1,400.00 a winter on LP Gas.... so I decided to build me an out door wood burning boiler system to heat my house, I have plenty of resources for good firewood so I said why not?
But once I got started on the project, I decided to go one more step, and create a "smokeless" outdoor wood boiler.....
So this is what I ended up with, a smokeless wood gassification outdoor wood boiler.... I built it for a little over $600.00, although a comparable one on the market would have cost me $12,000.00!! And so far, I have spent $65.00 all winter to heat my 3600 sq ft home...
View of smoke stack and Primary combustion area:
http://youtu.be/-fZHdCscsE4
View of secondary burn area:
http://youtu.be/K3CLAs5ECb8
This unit basically has 2 combustion chambers, the primary chamber "gassifies" the wood almost to the point of pyrolysis, the "smoke" is then drawn back through the hot coals to heat it up to 1100 degrees, which at that point super heated combustion air is injected and mixed with the heated gas which is then burned in the secondary chamber that burns up to 2200 degrees.....
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