09-28-2016, 08:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-28-2016, 08:20 PM by the penguin.)
We sell and service large industrial boilers, we burn them all, natural gas, propane, methane, hydrogen, some odd bio-gases, # 2 oil, #4 oil, #6 and waste oil.
The usual problem with waste oil, for the most part is its not a known quantity, is it all oil? part transmission fluid?? Different brands and types of oil burn differently, a couple of the newer synthetics, actually have a flame suppressant, so it won't burn in the red hot turbo on shut down, they don't burn worth a crap, The last job with that type of oil, had to burn the oil through a gas flame envelope, surrounding the oil flame, to keep a constant source of ignition.
We are also a Clean Burn rep, for auto shops, in most cases, the stuff they try to burn, is the real problem, anti-freeze don't burn worth a crap, brake fluid can ruin the pump seals. They feel as it came out of the car its burnable. I have 3 transmission shops, that burn nothing but 100% transmission fluid, never have any problems, burns clean and very little maintenance.
You also have to be careful with homemade burners/heaters, we have had a couple people in CNY, who burnt their shops/homes down and the insurance company wouldn't pay off as the heating device didn't have a UL listing, or any other code listings.
The usual problem with waste oil, for the most part is its not a known quantity, is it all oil? part transmission fluid?? Different brands and types of oil burn differently, a couple of the newer synthetics, actually have a flame suppressant, so it won't burn in the red hot turbo on shut down, they don't burn worth a crap, The last job with that type of oil, had to burn the oil through a gas flame envelope, surrounding the oil flame, to keep a constant source of ignition.
We are also a Clean Burn rep, for auto shops, in most cases, the stuff they try to burn, is the real problem, anti-freeze don't burn worth a crap, brake fluid can ruin the pump seals. They feel as it came out of the car its burnable. I have 3 transmission shops, that burn nothing but 100% transmission fluid, never have any problems, burns clean and very little maintenance.
You also have to be careful with homemade burners/heaters, we have had a couple people in CNY, who burnt their shops/homes down and the insurance company wouldn't pay off as the heating device didn't have a UL listing, or any other code listings.
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