I have been using veggie oil to heat our home for a few years now.
I am running a converted slow combustion wood stove on used cooking oil.
It uses an air blower, which provides air for the combustion and a copper pipe in the airflow carries the fuel into the burner bowl (High Temperature Stainless Steel) where combustion occurs.
In our house, we have a wet back in the fire to boost our hot water system in Winter. I have a circulation pump to circulate the hot water to 3 hydronic radiators in the house. I can vary the speed of water circulation using a light dimmer. This allows me to concentrate on boosting the hot water system, or both boosting and home heating.
The fuel is in a large storage tank on the outside wall of the house and I have a fuel filter and a small 12v fuel pump to provide pressure to push the oil thru the valves and into the burner bowl.
I have a thermostat, monitoring the temperature of the water as it leaves the stove. I normally have it set at 60°C, but can set it higher or lower as required. The thermostat switches controls 2 solenoid valves which sends the oil flow to either of 2 needle valves, which set the low and high oil flow rates.
On the high setting, the burner bowl glows cherry red.
Oil consumption is about 1.5 to 2 litres per hour.
Check out my you tube videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQ8nhQjTxAs9MCSwUutblw
The first one is the prototype system which proved the concept and was outdoors to avoid accidental incineration of our home.
The second video is when I converted the slow combustion stove to use cooking oil. Since then, I have had a cupboard made to cover the plumbing and electrical bits and moved the blower outside the house to reduce the noise levels.
While the burner is noisy, like a flame thrower or small jet engine. We can still hold a conversation in the same room, without any difficulty, at normal speech levels.
Just thought that y'all might be interested in this, given that noting has being posted on the forum for a few days now.
Stay safe, stay healthy.
Tony
I am running a converted slow combustion wood stove on used cooking oil.
It uses an air blower, which provides air for the combustion and a copper pipe in the airflow carries the fuel into the burner bowl (High Temperature Stainless Steel) where combustion occurs.
In our house, we have a wet back in the fire to boost our hot water system in Winter. I have a circulation pump to circulate the hot water to 3 hydronic radiators in the house. I can vary the speed of water circulation using a light dimmer. This allows me to concentrate on boosting the hot water system, or both boosting and home heating.
The fuel is in a large storage tank on the outside wall of the house and I have a fuel filter and a small 12v fuel pump to provide pressure to push the oil thru the valves and into the burner bowl.
I have a thermostat, monitoring the temperature of the water as it leaves the stove. I normally have it set at 60°C, but can set it higher or lower as required. The thermostat switches controls 2 solenoid valves which sends the oil flow to either of 2 needle valves, which set the low and high oil flow rates.
On the high setting, the burner bowl glows cherry red.
Oil consumption is about 1.5 to 2 litres per hour.
Check out my you tube videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQ8nhQjTxAs9MCSwUutblw
The first one is the prototype system which proved the concept and was outdoors to avoid accidental incineration of our home.
The second video is when I converted the slow combustion stove to use cooking oil. Since then, I have had a cupboard made to cover the plumbing and electrical bits and moved the blower outside the house to reduce the noise levels.
While the burner is noisy, like a flame thrower or small jet engine. We can still hold a conversation in the same room, without any difficulty, at normal speech levels.
Just thought that y'all might be interested in this, given that noting has being posted on the forum for a few days now.
Stay safe, stay healthy.
Tony
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