oil burner sizing??

[twobears1224]

is there a standard or rule of thumb on how big a oil gun/nozzle you use on a evaporator?? say you have a 2x6 what size gun/nozzle should you use or a 4x12?? i,ve always used wood and i,am kinda curious.

delbert

[treefinder]

i have a 4x12 and i run two guns and i have 4.5gph per gun . at 100psi its about 10gph between the both.the rule for this is length x width divided by 5 this shows 9.3 gph. so you could run 90 psi to make this work. so on one gun i would run 9.5gph. mine evaporates about 130gph give or take because of the weather.one other thing i forgot if you transformed your wood fired to a oil then you would want your nozzle to be 9.5gph x 80 degree so your heat will reach the whole pan.