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Straw-Fired Burner Cuts Drying Costs
Taking a cue from high-efficiency wood stoves, Terry Greer of Arenzville, Ill., built his straw-burning furnace to be air tight, equipped with forced air draft and thermostatic controls. This enables him to precisely control air temperature entering his drying bin.
A backup LP burner kicks in if temper
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Straw-Fired Burner Cuts Drying Costs ENERGY Crop Residue Burners 25-2-7 Taking a cue from high-efficiency wood stoves, Terry Greer of Arenzville, Ill., built his straw-burning furnace to be air tight, equipped with forced air draft and thermostatic controls. This enables him to precisely control air temperature entering his drying bin.
A backup LP burner kicks in if temperature from the burner drops below 120?'s. The burning chamber is covered with a shroud so that heated air is drawn off at the far end and blown into his drying bin. He made the burner from an old fertilizer tank.
Greer's crop drying furnace was first featured in Vol. 7, No. 5, 1983. We were unable to contact Greer for this update.
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