drkillroy
Mechanical
- May 19, 2005
- 15
Hi:
I am looking for info on how to design a better boiler. I don't know which is the best forum to post my questions. The system is built by Switzer. It is company a short distance from my home builds wood fired boilers for residential heating. I believe I can make some improvements over what he does and would like to find the correct forum to post these questions.
The boiler is located outside in its own building with all the circulation pumps, expansion tanks, and dampening controls. His theory (a sensible one) is that the wood burns more completely, efficiently, when burning hot for a short period of time rather than an over the night smolder. The booiler is well insulated and holds anywhere from 200 to 1000 gallons of water. This way a fire is only needed every 2 to 4 days depending on heat storage capacity and demand. There is far less smoke than the other style wood burning boilers. I was really sold on the Switzer design since I saw it in action on a farmers home. He started the fire with a small amount of kindling, some paper and saw dust. Within moments, the fire was roaring with large pieces of wood being added to the fire. Two hours later he added cut up pieces of auto tires. He burned about 4 car tires in the next few hours. I saw very little smoke coming out of the chimney.
Please let me know where to post my questions related to the boiler.
Thanks drkillroy
I am looking for info on how to design a better boiler. I don't know which is the best forum to post my questions. The system is built by Switzer. It is company a short distance from my home builds wood fired boilers for residential heating. I believe I can make some improvements over what he does and would like to find the correct forum to post these questions.
The boiler is located outside in its own building with all the circulation pumps, expansion tanks, and dampening controls. His theory (a sensible one) is that the wood burns more completely, efficiently, when burning hot for a short period of time rather than an over the night smolder. The booiler is well insulated and holds anywhere from 200 to 1000 gallons of water. This way a fire is only needed every 2 to 4 days depending on heat storage capacity and demand. There is far less smoke than the other style wood burning boilers. I was really sold on the Switzer design since I saw it in action on a farmers home. He started the fire with a small amount of kindling, some paper and saw dust. Within moments, the fire was roaring with large pieces of wood being added to the fire. Two hours later he added cut up pieces of auto tires. He burned about 4 car tires in the next few hours. I saw very little smoke coming out of the chimney.
Please let me know where to post my questions related to the boiler.
Thanks drkillroy