Blashak Users
- Adamiscold
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- Joined: Fri. Feb. 29, 2008 7:09 am
- Location: Winchendon,Ma
This is my first year burning coal and I would have to say my ash isn't whitest/gray it does have some color to it. I was told by the guy at the store that it was last years left over bags if that means anything.
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- Posts: 1037
- Joined: Sat. Oct. 28, 2006 9:24 am
- Location: Hustonville, Ky
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Legacy SF-270
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 503
- Coal Size/Type: Stoker/Bit, Pea or Nut Anthracite
Remember, most of this is reclaimed coal from culm piles or it is strip mined, what you are burning this year probably came from a different pile or different stip mine sight. All companies have these inconsistancies.
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Bk
I have a suggestion that when someone posts a picture of coal ash that they put a item in
the picture to give us a perspective of the size,and also list the size of coal used to produce
this ash.Some members already do this and it is helpful to put the ash/clinker in the correct
relationship. A coin or a dollar bill are good references.
I would like to know which coal source has the softest ash in a nut and pea size,so it is easy to break
up in a stove /boiler.I used Blaschalk nut and it had a very stony hard texture and some small
clinkers of melted iron like material in it,maybe other coal will be softer and easily broken up.
I burned real good and produced good heat,so its good coal for strip mined.
BigBarney
the picture to give us a perspective of the size,and also list the size of coal used to produce
this ash.Some members already do this and it is helpful to put the ash/clinker in the correct
relationship. A coin or a dollar bill are good references.
I would like to know which coal source has the softest ash in a nut and pea size,so it is easy to break
up in a stove /boiler.I used Blaschalk nut and it had a very stony hard texture and some small
clinkers of melted iron like material in it,maybe other coal will be softer and easily broken up.
I burned real good and produced good heat,so its good coal for strip mined.
BigBarney
- coal berner
- Member
- Posts: 3600
- Joined: Tue. Jan. 09, 2007 12:44 am
- Location: Pottsville PA. Schuylkill County PA. The Hart Of Anthracite Coal Country.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1986 Electric Furnace Man 520 DF
When your a company the size of blaschak that are in 19 different coal veins you ash will be
different color from load to load. It all depends if they where running more white ash coal that day or more Red ash coal that day. You might get more BTU's on one load then the next load. They
Run 2500 tons of raw coal day threw that breaker you will see differences between load to load
in color of ash and BTU's output . They are one of the most Consistent in Quality Surface mining company around . Much better then Most Surface mining Co.
different color from load to load. It all depends if they where running more white ash coal that day or more Red ash coal that day. You might get more BTU's on one load then the next load. They
Run 2500 tons of raw coal day threw that breaker you will see differences between load to load
in color of ash and BTU's output . They are one of the most Consistent in Quality Surface mining company around . Much better then Most Surface mining Co.