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<blockquote data-quote="mwj" data-source="post: 1062505" data-attributes="member: 491"><p>I built a big one about 30 years ago to burn scrap railroad ties to heat a big shop. The burner went inside of a 1500 gal. tank with space all the way around. To extract the heat I forced air into the bottom of the open space and the hot air came out a 12 inch duct pipe at the top. With pressure around the burn chamber if there were any leaks they wouldn't contaminate the heated air. The biggest improvement was covering the whole thing with a mound of ag lime. It served as a huge heat sink for the whole system and stopped the cool period when it was needing fuel. We let the blower run all the time and slowed it down with a rheostat control if it was overly warm. The big problem was the help would get carried away sometimes and fill it with to much wood. How are you planning on extracting the heated air in your setup?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mwj, post: 1062505, member: 491"] I built a big one about 30 years ago to burn scrap railroad ties to heat a big shop. The burner went inside of a 1500 gal. tank with space all the way around. To extract the heat I forced air into the bottom of the open space and the hot air came out a 12 inch duct pipe at the top. With pressure around the burn chamber if there were any leaks they wouldn't contaminate the heated air. The biggest improvement was covering the whole thing with a mound of ag lime. It served as a huge heat sink for the whole system and stopped the cool period when it was needing fuel. We let the blower run all the time and slowed it down with a rheostat control if it was overly warm. The big problem was the help would get carried away sometimes and fill it with to much wood. How are you planning on extracting the heated air in your setup? [/QUOTE]
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