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Mat 26, 1916. 



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EQUIPMENT FOR BUBNINO OIL. 



I am greatly interested in an article 

 which appeared in The Eeview of April 

 20 page 78, under the title, "Favors 

 Oil as Fuel." The article was written 

 by E. W. Kersey, in reply to the argu- 

 ments of a previous writer, who had 

 discouraged the use of oil as a green- 

 house fuel. I am enough of a mechanic 

 to be able to follow Mr. Kersey's ex- 

 planation and I think I see my way 

 clear to equipping my heating system 

 with a similar contrivance. I shall 

 be under g^reat obligations to you if 

 you will kindly give me some informa- 

 tion on the following points: What 

 kind of burners and what size of motor 

 and pump would be needed to equip a 

 Moninger hot water, firebox boiler? 



B. A. C— Wis. 



We are burning crude oil under our 

 Lord & Burnham hot water boilers, No. 

 646, using as power a i/4-horsepower 

 self-starting motor, connected by a belt 

 to a No. 3 Root's positive-pressure 

 blower. The rotary oil pump is also 

 belt-driven; it pumps the oil from a 

 large oil tank sunk in the ground. The 

 oil pump has a three-quarter intake and 

 can be procured from the Crane Co., 

 Chicago. We use about thirty to thirty- 

 five pounds of pressure on the burner. 

 We made the burner ourselves, but 

 can supply anyone with it and we 

 think it is one of the best on the mar- 

 ket. 



As to the lining of the firebox, much 

 depends on its size and construction. 

 If we had more data about B. A. C. 's 

 requirements, we should be glad to give 

 him more definite directions. We find 

 that crude oil is the best, cheapest and 

 most convenient fuel we have ever used 

 and we would not consider any other. 

 In fact, our outfit will continue to oper- 

 ate and to maintain an even tempera- 

 ture in our greenhouses as long as 

 there is any oil and power to work on. 



Now as to the way we operate our 

 system. The oil as it is pumped from 

 the tank is run through a CC strainer 



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before it reaches the pump; then 

 through a coil which we run into one 

 of the flues to heat the oil; then into 

 a water separator, as there seems to be 

 more or less water in the oil; then into 

 the burner, which is operated by a 

 needle valve, to give the desired force 

 of flame. We made the water separator 

 out of an old steam trap. Unless the 

 water is separated from the oil, it is 

 liable to cause trouble. 



We shall be glad to give any further 

 information on this subject to The 

 Review or to any of its readers. We 

 feel grateful to The Review for the 

 many good suggestions we have received 

 from it and we should not like to miss 

 a single copy. R. W. Kersey. 



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On a separate sheet you will find a 

 rough sketch of my greenhouse, in 

 which I recently installed a hot water 

 heating system. The house is 22x90 

 and twelve feet high to the ridge, with 

 two feet of glass and three feet of 

 boarding in each side wall. The boiler 

 is at the rear end. The house is pretty 

 well protected. There are two flow 

 pipes, each 3-inch for a distance of 

 about twenty feet from the boiler; then 

 they are reduced to 2^-inch. The rea- 

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 that arrangement. 



There are three 80-foot coils of 1%- 

 inch "pipe, distributed as follows: A 

 6-pipe coil on the north wall, a 4-pipe 

 coil under the center bench and a 6-pipe 

 coil under the. south bench. The house 

 runs east and west. One flow pipe feeds 

 the coils on the north wall and under 



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the center bench; the other flow pipe 

 feeds the south coil and a radiator and 

 coil in the store, after being reduced to 

 2-inch. The radiation in the store is 

 about 100 feet. 



The coil on the north wall is giving 

 me trouble. The two or three lower 

 pipes never get warm enough to giv« 

 any heat. Is there enough piping to 

 heat the house to 60 degrees in zero 

 weather? The flow pipes run slightly 

 uphill and there is an air vent in each 

 flow pipe at the highest point. The 

 coils have a slight downward slant to- 

 ward the boiler. The expansion tank, 

 which is about four feet above the 

 highest point, has to be refilled about 

 every four or five hours; it holds about 



