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Principles of burning corn

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bubba 2

12-02-2005 18:01:17




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How do corn stoves work? Is the corn augered into the burner.Is there a fan that force feeds the flame? Does the stove burn only a little bit of corn at a time? What causes the clinkers to form in the burner? What about the stoves that clinkers are not a problem?How are they different?How is the fire started? Would it be helpful to grind the corn first? How fast does corn burn?




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randymn

12-03-2005 18:00:02




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 Re: Principles of burning corn in reply to bubba 2, 12-02-2005 18:01:17  
Try, www.iburncorn.com - alot of good info.



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bradk

12-03-2005 16:26:06




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 Re: Principles of burning corn in reply to bubba 2, 12-02-2005 18:01:17  
Hey,bubba 2...I just installed my corn stove this week and so far so good.My manufacturer recommends sprinkling chicken scratch(oyster shells)about a good handfull to each bushel of corn to avoid clinkers.I also have my corn dried to 11.5% moisture and screened.The setting I have mine set at is 3 out of 9 heat settings and burns about a bushel a day.Coldiron has covered the rest.~brad



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MN Bob

12-02-2005 19:09:31




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 Re: Principles of burning corn in reply to bubba 2, 12-02-2005 18:01:17  
Try this web site, also type in corn burner in the google or other search engine, lots of good info from the university's.
http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/energy/cornburners.html Good luck



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Coldiron

12-02-2005 18:48:45




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 Re: Principles of burning corn in reply to bubba 2, 12-02-2005 18:01:17  
Bubba2, The corn is augered into a burning pot that has air forced into it. The ensuing turbulence creates the hottest fire for effeciency. The better the turbulence the less clinker you should have but will still have a lot of ash as unburned residue. Clinkers will form from a lot of different fuels, coal, wood pellets, fuel oils, or any fire that is not burning to the max effeciency. Fires can get started by using wax impregnated wood shavings, wood pellets soaked in charcoal lighter or a lot of different fire starters. The time it takes the corn to burn is dependent upon the size of the pot and the available combustion air. The more btu the stove the larger the pot and fan for combustion air. The ideal stove would cycle the amount of corn added to the pot but most systems go for an auger with ? rpm and when the thermostat is satisfied that the room is up to temp the auger shuts off. The stove then goes to pilot flame condition so the auger comes on every 8 min or so for about 45 sec and feeds a handfull of corn in to allow for a fire in the pot when it needs to continue with a full flame to satisfy the thermostat. There are newer, self start systems that I am not familiar with but I am looking in to upgrading my older system with in the future. HTH

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