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The A-Maze-ing Heat Cornburner

The A-Maze-ing Heat Cornburner. The process starts when the corn is delivered, in bulk and augered into the corn bin. The Corn Runs Downhill…. <<<< The corn gravity feeds down into the basement. In the basement we collect it in bucketfuls>>>>>. Buckets of Corn are Dumped into the Hopper.

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The A-Maze-ing Heat Cornburner

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  1. TheA-Maze-ing Heat Cornburner

  2. The process starts when the corn is delivered, in bulk and augered into the corn bin.

  3. The Corn Runs Downhill…. <<<< The corn gravity feeds down into the basement. In the basement we collect it in bucketfuls>>>>>

  4. Buckets of Corn are Dumped into the Hopper • Bucket loads are dumped in • This can burn for a week • We screen it as we put it in • Hopper holds 500 lbs. of corn • No mice have ever gotten into it • It needs to be emptied out in Spring

  5. The 1st Auger (2 rpm) At the bottom of the hopper the corn drops down where an auger begins moving the corn toward the furnace. A timer can be set to control how long this auger goes off and on. We have it at 10 sec. on and 12 sec. off.

  6. The corn is moved on to the 2nd auger (4 rpm) • Corn drops when it hits the firebreak hole • The 2nd auger then pushes it into to bottom of the firepot • The 2nd auger runs steadily whenever the thermostat calls for heat.

  7. Corn augers into bottom of the firepot The corn feeds the fire from the bottom while the fire burns down from the top • This is a boiler furnace • This fire can heat the water extremely hot!! • But NO, it never POPS!!!

  8. Blast Furnace Effect While the corn is being fed into the fire pot a blower adds air to “fan” the fire.

  9. The Firepot

  10. The Water Pump • A water pump circulates the water from the cornburning boiler to the baseboard vents on the main floor of the house. • It only goes on when the thermostat on the main floor calls for heat. • This is a very steady, quiet, and non-smelly method of heating.

  11. The End!! Back to our Cordwood Homepage Email us at shejudd@direcway.com

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