Air Burners S-100 SERIES, Operating Manual

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S - 100 Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner with HATZ 3H50TIC Diesel Engine
OPERATING MANUAL
HOW TO FEED A FIRE
It will generally take 30 minutes for the fire to build to a point where the temperatures
are sufficient for the unit to be operating with minimal smoke.
1. Add material from your “ Good Wood ” pile slowly for the first hour. It takes about
an hour for the fire to reach minimum temperature. Your goal is to achieve an
even and hot fire across the unit.
2. For continuous operation the engine RPM is run at full throttle (preset at the
factory). If the fire is burning very hot with no smoke the RPM can be reduced
by 1000 RPM to save fuel but that is very dependent on the waste material.
3. If you get excessive smoke and ash when you load the wood waste while drop-
ping the load through the air curtain, then you may need to turn the RPM ’ s
down temporarily as you load. This is most likely earlier in the burn operation.
4. Take caution when loading the unit that the material to be burned is not
“ dumped ” in the box too quickly causing hot embers to be thrown from the unit.
5. If you have an area in the box that is smoking, this indicates the temperature is
low in that area. Add material from the “ Good Wood ” pile to get the fire tempera-
ture up. Once that area is burning, add some of the heavier material.
6. The rate at which you load the unit varies depending on moisture content of the
materials and the temperature of the fire. If you overload the box you will notice
an increase in white smoke. White smoke is an indication that the temperature
is dropping. If the smoke increases stop loading until the fire has caught - up.
You can also bring the temperature up by adding materials from the “ Good
Wood ” pile.
7. For the highest throughput load “ LESS MORE OFTEN. ” Smaller bucket loads
more often will give the materials a better chance to ignite and will result in your
highest throughput of material. Oversized bucket loads may smother the fire
for a short period before it ignites this will slow the burning down and reduce
your daily throughput.
8. The load in the box should not go higher than the bottom of the manifold. If the
material is piled higher, it will begin to break the air curtain and more smoke will
escape.
The fire should be loaded continuously throughout the day, in order to maintain operat-
ing temperatures. If the fire is not loaded continuously, the temperature will drop, the
through - put will go down and more smoke will escape.
“ If it ’ s burning clean it ’ s burning hot; if there is smoke, you ’ re losing money. ”