Self-Help Books on Alternative Energy Sources and Energy Conservation with emphasis on Solar Energy and Consumer Guidance. Other books in the Energy Series: Understanding and Maintaining Burners | All About WOOD: As A Fuel, Heating, Stoves | Wood Pellet Handbook and Buyers Guide | Best Use of Fuel, How To Get The Most Heat From Your Fuel | Energy Tips, Coping With energy Problems In A Power Hungry Culture | Emergency Power From Solar Electricity, Vol 1 | Emergency Power From Solar Electricity, Vol 2 |  This Book

The Book Applies To All Burners. Originally written for ceramists who should know what they are doing when they use a kiln, this book may be applied to burners, whatever their application. This is not an engineering book. It is written in English for the non-engineer to understand what Buirners are all about. Besides, Engineering books cost ten times more. Wood burning and combustion are no less critical to get the best performance from a woodstove. It is, after all, another burner.  NASA's Shuttles aren't the only things going into orbit. Have you noticed fuel prices? NOW is the tiime to make sure that you are getting all the heat possible from the fuel you buy.  This is the consumer's book.

Burners: Understanding,Maintaining, and Using Burners, 
Ralph W. Ritchie 

Description
The burner effectively converts a fuel into heat. Each fuel type requires a burner unique to that fuel. Knowing how they work and how to take care of them is essential to getting the heat from the fuel. A burner can be as simple as a grate in a firebox or as complicated as the pumps, atomizers, blowers, and combustion chamber of an oil burner.
The key to efficient burning of any fuel is the burner. The proper choice of burner is the difference between success and failure in fuel combustion efficiency. The purpose of the book is to provide the consumer with a better unbderstanding of a critical component in the heating system.  A similar purpose is available to the ceramist who needs to understand the burner's function in detail. 

Burner Complexity

As the heat content of a given fuel increases, so does the complexity of the burning system: Natural gas, methane, will burn, although inefficiently, coming out of the end of a pipe. On the other hand, diesel fuel must be vaporized under pressure, preheated,  mixed with the right amount of air, and injected into a properly heated combustion chamber-- all toward the goal of getting efficient heat release from something as simple as oil.

Burner Maintenance

Not only must a burner be understood, but it is necessary to know what it takes to keep each type working. Normal operation requires upkeep and as a burner system becomes more complex, so does its upkeep.

The Consumer

As a Consumer, it is always nice to know what needs to be done to keep your heating system working. Ever get a snow-job from a service man? From a salesman? As a potential buyer of a furnace or kiln, you have the ability to make a more intelligent choice. You cannot always depend on a salesman for all the facts. He is more likely to promote what he has to sell.

ISBN: 0-939656-45-0, $13.95 ;

Also available AS AN eBOOK:  .ISBN: 0-939656-39-6   7.95