The AMazeing Heat Cornburner

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TheA-Maze-ing Heat Cornburner
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The process starts when the corn is delivered, in
bulk and augered into the corn bin.
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The Corn Runs Downhill.
ltltltlt The corn gravity feeds down into the
basement.
In the basement we collect it in bucketfulsgtgtgtgtgt
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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

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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.
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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.

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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!!!

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Blast Furnace Effect
While the corn is being fed into the fire pot a
blower adds air to fan the fire.
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The Firepot
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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.

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The End!!
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