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Waste Motor Oil / steam atomized waste oil burner in locomotive
« on: May 23, 2013, 09:31:35 pm »
Greetings - I'm a long time steam railroader with experience in tourist railroads and railroad museums, and now planning an overhaul of a 1926 steam locomotive. The little railroad in question is a museum operation, and has been running a small steam switch engine on waste oil for several years now. The train has grown and we need a bigger engine - so, we're overhauling one.
We get our waste oil from CAT and CUMMINS maintenance contractors changing out oil in emergency generators. It isn't all lube though....other things seem to always find their way in.
The current engine uses a Van Boden Ingles style burner - a slot drools oil out that drops down in front of another narrow slot through which blows a blast of steam. The oil is blown into a refractory lined firebox and combusts, heat being maintained through the heat sunk into the refractory material. This style of burner is very forgiving of pretty ugly oil.....but not very efficient or clean.
I'm interested in technology to allow us to make the oil cleaner so we can perhaps use more complex and advanced burners to handle it better and provide us with more complete combustion. I'm also wondering what other high output burners might be out there wautung to be found.......
Thanks and best wishes.
Dave
We get our waste oil from CAT and CUMMINS maintenance contractors changing out oil in emergency generators. It isn't all lube though....other things seem to always find their way in.
The current engine uses a Van Boden Ingles style burner - a slot drools oil out that drops down in front of another narrow slot through which blows a blast of steam. The oil is blown into a refractory lined firebox and combusts, heat being maintained through the heat sunk into the refractory material. This style of burner is very forgiving of pretty ugly oil.....but not very efficient or clean.
I'm interested in technology to allow us to make the oil cleaner so we can perhaps use more complex and advanced burners to handle it better and provide us with more complete combustion. I'm also wondering what other high output burners might be out there wautung to be found.......
Thanks and best wishes.
Dave