Clean burning waste oil heater based on Ozzirt's design

Pardon my messy garage I just finished another project for work. I like this heater because it requires no electricity and it burns very hot and clean. A couple more modifications and it'll be all done. I'm considering doing another one for the house. My gas bill was like 200 bucks last month or some ridiculous thing. Anyway I'm just tickled that I have a way to create heat for my garage for free and it's clean! And thanks Spike (Ozzirt) for the help!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• waste
• oil
• secondary
• burner
• clean
• emissions

[ozzirt]

This is to remove water that often finds it's way into the drums and tanks where the oil is gathered.

I have a second small (approx 1 Gallon) settler on the outlet line to the house, and a huge one (approx 25 Gallon) that is going to be removed as it is totally unnecessary.

In 12 years it has only caught a few litres of water.

Tomorrow I will put up a video explaining these arrangements in more detail.

It will work best if it is near the heater as warm oil separates out much faster.

[yonmoore]

Yea, it still needs a few finishing touches and a water separator is definitely one of them. I thought about buying one of those glass sediment bowls they use on compressed air lines but I'm not sure how it'd work for oil I'd have to look at one and check it out. I need a better way to shield that valve from the heat too but I think I have an idea in mind.

[blakewells66]

Good looking heater!

[ozzirt]

Whatever you install, it does not have to be anything fancy, a tank of about 1gallon

capacity with the oil inlet near the bottom and the outlet near the top and a drain valve

right in the very bottom to run off any moisture.

Even though I take the water off my oil when I put it in my storage tanks, there is always a

small amount of condensation that forms inside the storage tank.

It's 4:00am here, but i will get you a video clip once the sun gets up :-)

[ozzirt]

For my supply lines which are 30 -40 metres long I use 3/4" polyethylene garden irrigation pipe, it's oil proof, tough, and cheap. The only concession that I make is that I secure any fittings in it, with stainless steel hose clamps, I don't trust the plastic clips although they should be OK as they work with 100psi of water pressure and my system only has a few PSI.

The other thing is make sure that the drain on your settling tank is 3/4" min., as the emulsified oil and water is quite thick.

[ozzirt]

Lookin' goooodd!!!

The slight "hiccups" you are getting are from a small amount of water in your oil supply. This can be dangerous and the half burned vapour that puffs back usually smells absolutely foul.

I try to get rid of all the water in my system just by putting a relatively small settling tank in the oil line before it gets to the heater. Being paranoid as i am i actually have three settling tanks.

One on the line where I fill my main storage tank

Continued.....