Shelled corn in a Stoker?
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We can't find any stoker coal near us. We were told we could burn shelled corn in our Combustioneer coal stoker heater. So I researched it and found out it is possible. My question is can we burn 100 % shelled corn in the heater with nothing added to it? Our heater is a bottom feed with a auger. Thanks.
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My combustioneer has a plate on the side of it that mentions biomass fuel.
I do know shelled corn makes a clinker in a corn burning stove....... Try it, I can't think of anything bad that could happen.
I do know shelled corn makes a clinker in a corn burning stove....... Try it, I can't think of anything bad that could happen.
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Yer gonna have a gooy mess.
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Nothin ventured, nothin gained D--I remember someone tryin it yrs ago but forget the outcome?? Keep us posted if ya have at it.
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Thanks for all of your replies. I will post the results if we try it.
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We used to do business with a company that had a government contract to explore burning everything from cherry pits to rice hulls. It can be done and the research is there to be found. Your taxes already paid a fortune to find out.
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IIRC experience doing this with EFM underfed anthracite stokers was that it works best in a 50/50 blend with another fuel (coal, wood pellets, etc).
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An older farmer friend of mine told me one year corn prices were so low they burned it in their stoker because it was cheaper then coal. He didn’t go into any details and I don’t know what kind of stoker they had.
Having said that, my pellet stove is multi fuel and I’ve burned corn, nut shells, cherry pits and dog food. The dog food left a greasy film on everything but it did burn good. Corn burned excellent.
Having said that, my pellet stove is multi fuel and I’ve burned corn, nut shells, cherry pits and dog food. The dog food left a greasy film on everything but it did burn good. Corn burned excellent.
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I should keep up with corn burning stove stuff more than i do but it was common a decade+ ago here, especially with farmers and ag employees. Then corn went up in price. Then it went low again and now its quite high again. Its pretty much like propane with up and down prices. If you dont have an actual farmer source you'll likely be disappointed in price year to year.
That said, corn on the cob burns fairly well too in a hand fed stove too. I'd hate to have to burn it year round but it beats being cold. Walk in a house burning corn and you know it by the smell.
That said, corn on the cob burns fairly well too in a hand fed stove too. I'd hate to have to burn it year round but it beats being cold. Walk in a house burning corn and you know it by the smell.
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There’s a few grain elevators around here that will sell it. The only issue they have is loading you. They need a pretty big target or they end up with corn everywhere. That they don’t like.
The prices do fluctuate like crazy. That’s one of the good things about a multi fuel stove. It’s good to have other options. In a pinch I can heat my house with darn near anything. Soft/hard coal, wood, the above mentioned(although I’m not sure I would go with dog food again) and the dreaded propane. I’ve had the same full tank for about 10 years now.
The prices do fluctuate like crazy. That’s one of the good things about a multi fuel stove. It’s good to have other options. In a pinch I can heat my house with darn near anything. Soft/hard coal, wood, the above mentioned(although I’m not sure I would go with dog food again) and the dreaded propane. I’ve had the same full tank for about 10 years now.
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I asked surgeon if I could have toes/foot back & was gonna see how they burned--he declined!!!!!!!!!! Soo, no research done!! LOL
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