Air Burners, Inc.
BurnBoss Series Air Curtain Burner (Kubota Z482
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E3 Engine)
OPERATING MANUAL
(Vers. 08.08.2017)
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PRINCIPLE OF AIR CURTAIN INCINERATION
OPERATION
Air curtain burners are designed primarily as a pollution control device. Using a diesel
engine driven fan, these machines generate a curtain of air with a very particular mass
flow and velocity. This curtain of air acts as a trap over the top of an earthen trench or
thermo ceramic lined FireBox. The wood debris is dumped into the trench or FireBox
and then ignited (usually with a propane torch and with a small amount of diesel) just
as you would light any other pile of wood you intended to burn. Once the fire has
gained strength, the air curtain is turned on. The air curtain traps most of the smoke
particles and causes them to re
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burn under the air curtain where the temperatures ex-
ceed 1,800º F. These machines do not inject any fuels into the fire, the fire is sustained
only by adding more wood debris. The air from the air curtain is not heated. The only
fuel used in the continuous operation is that of the diesel engine driven fan.
