Wondering what burner nozzle type works best for a syrup system.
Wondering what burner nozzle type works best for a syrup system.
Greg Halladay
Modified D&G 18" x 7' oil fired arch
with 18"x 4' 5" drop flue back pan, and 18"x3' front pan, new 20' x 32' sugar house built in 2013, 375 taps in 2016 using a Sap Puller.
Are you looking for info regarding oil burner nozzles or looking to change to natural gas or propane? Also, what size pan are you trying to heat? The 18" x 7' pan?
I recently built a small (21.5" x 30") batch evaporator which runs on natural gas, but can easily be converted to propane by adding the right orifice to each burner.
I used stainless steel U-burners by Hearth Product Controls (come in various sizes) and Dante Products air-gas mixing chambers to get a very clean and hot blue flame burn. The burners I have are 18"x6" and can produce up to 90k BTU depending upon supply line sizing.
Here are some pictures of what I built:
https://www.sugartree.run/2019/03/cu...vaporator.html
Last edited by DRoseum; 03-18-2019 at 11:14 AM.
D. Roseum
www.roseummaple.com
~100 taps on 3/16 custom temp controlled vacuum; shurflo vacuum #2; custom nat gas evap with auto-drawoff and tank level gas shut-off controller; homemade RO #1; homemade RO #2; SL SS filter press
2021: 27.1 gallons
2022: 35 gallons
I use oil but wondering if the nozzle pattern i have i believe its a B pattern is the right type for this application its a 45% 2.5 gph nozzle.
Greg Halladay
Modified D&G 18" x 7' oil fired arch
with 18"x 4' 5" drop flue back pan, and 18"x3' front pan, new 20' x 32' sugar house built in 2013, 375 taps in 2016 using a Sap Puller.
I run a 4.0 70 degree B. Th issue you need to figure out is your fire box. There are some charts online that show you how big of a nozzle you should use on the particular sized firebox. The charts are designed for home usage, not maple making, but it at least gives you an idea on what you can or cant use.
2022 4x40" RO, Welch 1397 Vac Pump, 3 Guzzler Pumps, Lapierre Releaser, 1100 taps
2021 Twin Baby Boys, Close to 650 taps
2020 Upgraded RO to 2 post and 7GBS Pump. 265 taps
2019 Smoky Lake 2x6 raised flue, Autodraw system, Maple Jet Filter Press, a beautiful new bride to be my sugaring partner :-)
2017 Expanded Sugar Shack, new 2x6 with float box, NEXTgen Maple RO, 250+ taps, still on sap sacks
2016 Sugar Shack, 2x6 evaporator, 160 taps, all on Sap Sacks
2014 110 taps
2013 35 taps
Smoky Lake 2x6 fuel-oil fired, raised flue, hoods, SSR, concentric exhaust
Home-built auto draw off
Home-built RO - double XLE 4040, PLC controlled
8x10 Sugar Shed
200 taps on tubing with Shurflo vacuum with solar
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