Coal Ash

Greetings fellow board members,

Happy to report that boring is good, our home is warm and I have plenty of hot water when I need it.

My KAA-4-1 drama is no longer a soap opera thanks to Waldo Lemieux to whom I owe a great deal.

I am looking for the thread describing how a length of PVC Pipe, a PVC Sweep Tee and a dust deputy
is used to sift coal ashes to reclaim unburned coal from my coal ash. I sent a PM to the gentleman that described it briefly on the forum seeking more information but I have not received a reply from him.

Greetings ..... I designed my own ... a fun project !

Leon, before you get too deep into this project I think you should take a closer look at the material you are reclaiming. I suspect most of it was poor quality coal (higher shale content) to begin with, and there might not be enough carbon/gasses left in it to bother with.

x2. Even if you succeed in sifting out the fine ash, dumping the coarser stuff back into the hopper could easily contribute to outfires, since you have no assurance of how much of it is actually combustible. It's normal to wish for zero unburned coal but in reality that probably means the fire is getting too much air. Like with your car engine you shouldn't care that a small percentage of fuel goes out with the exhaust. I'd suggest using good coal, making sure the ash band is the right width (after a continuous long burn) and not worrying much about the appearance of the ash.

Mike

Thanks Rob and Pacowy you have made up my mind.

I spent too much time around nut and stove anthracite
to give it more serious thought.

We can still do 5 or 6 pages if you want. It's getting a little boring around here