Homemade Waste Oil Burner

My version of a Turk burner, borrowing from plans found on the web.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• turk
• burner
• waste
• oil

[LOPEZdJUNGLIST]

whys it waste oil use it for something, heat your house with it

[perjan6666]

hi look at my burner it burns cleaner youtube.com/watch?v=2bKNpb6-FO­U

[2550osiosterdalen]

Did you go further on this experiment? could you make a video of that in case? It seems to burn the oil efficiently, congratulations.

[Rhinoch8]

What is a turk burner for?

[glumpy10]

@timzchef

No, But it is like saying if you can't boil water you shouldn't try to cook. :0)

If people don't have a rudimentary knowledge of how to go about making something so simple then they certainly don't have any understanding in the potential problems and dangers in operating it and would put themselves and others in danger by taking a shortcut on the knowledge of constructing such a device.

[phillipgaley]

@definca And, you can fill a glass jug with the dirty oil and see how long it takes to simply settle—without vibration and heat. I have sampled settled oil, pouring it out of a five-gallon can, and then running into bottom sludge; I'm going to offer a "guesstimate" and say, it would take at least five years.

In removing pans from older engines, I have scraped out as much as, say, 1/4 cup.

The older the engine, the faster the bearing wear. Newer engine, clear oil, no lead.

[phillipgaley]

@definca A centrifuge is what they use on all ships—continuously cycling the oil through, so that, in the sight glasses, it always looks clear and bright; but for the cost, that would, of course, be "just the ticket".

If you are ever around where a mechanic removes the engine pan, you will be able to see the layer of gray sediment, tightly packed, gradually pounded down, from vibration in years of engine service—much less in the engines of those who change their oil more often, and, vise versa.

[definca]

@phillipgaley , interesting comment, I am wondering how much heavy stuff settles to the bottom of your waste oil container. It makes sense to let it settle and burn off the top stuff mainly. Secondly you can use a simple centrifuge and clean the oil almost perfectly and recycle the sludge to haz waste.

[phillipgaley]

@c670809 SPREADS LEAD (Pb) CONTAMINATION all around where you live--from the wear from the engine bearings, . . .

[phillipgaley]

@definca SPREADS LEAD (Pb) CONTAMINATION all around where you live--from the wear from the engine bearings, . . .