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AirBurners S-Series Operating Manual

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Operating Manual
S-Series Air Curtain Burner
Equipped With
Electric Motor and VFD Speed Control
(S-111E, S-116E, S-119E, S-220E and S-327E)
Above Ground Self Contained
Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner
"Better Economically - Better Environmentally"
Visit Our Web Site at:
Factory and Main Office
www.AirBurners.com
Air Burners, Inc.
4390 SW Cargo Way
Palm City, FL 34990
Phone: 772-220-7303 or 888-566-3900
FAX:
772-220-7302
E-mail: support@airburners.com
© 1998-2018 Air Burners, Inc.
The words Air Burners and the Air Burners Logo are Registered Trademarks of Air Burners, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice. Dimensions & metric conversions rounded.
(Vers. 10.26.2017 B)

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  • Page 1 Operating Manual S-Series Air Curtain Burner Equipped With Electric Motor and VFD Speed Control (S-111E, S-116E, S-119E, S-220E and S-327E) Above Ground Self Contained Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner "Better Economically - Better Environmentally" Visit Our Web Site at: Factory and Main Office www.AirBurners.com...
  • Page 2 Phone: 772-220-7303 or 888-566-3900 FAX: 772-220-7302 E-mail: support@airburners.com © 1998-2018 Air Burners, Inc. The words Air Burners and the Air Burners Logo are Registered Trademarks of Air Burners, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice. Dimensions & metric conversions rounded.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    INDEX PRINCIPLE OF AIR CURTAIN BURNING ........Page 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF S-SERIES ........Page 2 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ............Page 5 HOW TO SET UP THE MACHINE ........... Page 8 SITE PREPARATION ............... Page 10 LOADING AND STARTING A FIRE ..........Page 13 HOW TO FEED A FIRE ..............
  • Page 4 FAX: 772-220-7302 E-mail: support@airburners.com © 1998-2018 Air Burners, Inc. The words Air Burners and the Air Burners Logo are Registered Trademarks of Air Burners, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice. Dimensions & metric conversions rounded.

  • Page 5: Principle Of Air Curtain Burning

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL PRINCIPLE OF AIR CURTAIN INCINERATION OPERATION Air curtain incinerators are designed primarily as a pollution control device. Using a Diesel engine or electric motor driven fan, these machines generate a curtain of air with a very particular mass flow and velocity.

  • Page 6: General Description Of S-Series

    The standard S-Series machines are offered in several sizes. The smallest is the S- 111 (11 ft. FireBox) and the largest is the S-327 (27 ft. FireBox). The table below shows the approximate dimensions.
  • Page 7 OPERATING MANUAL GENERAL DESCRIPTION S-SERIES When delivered to a job site, the S-Series machine is ready for use as soon as it is off- loaded. The entire system is built on a skid type base frame which is designed for easy movement over the ground.
  • Page 8 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL FireBox in Operation: Smoked trapped by Air Curtain and re-burned S-327 Rear Doors Open IMPORTANT: Notice, how dirt is placed all around the inside bottom to close any openings under the skids that may be caused by uneven terrain.

  • Page 9: Safety Considerations

    READ ALL SECTIONS OF THIS MANUAL BEFORE YOU BEGIN BURNING OPERATIONS The S-Series machine operator is dealing with fire on a daily basis; it is very important that each and every individual involved with the machine be alert and practice very rig- id safety precautions.
  • Page 10 Use the ladder built into the unit and never go beyond the top step, or use a step ladder or similar platform located at a safe distance from the unit. Do not stand along the rails or on top of the S-Series unit under any circumstance. DANGER: Falling into the FireBox will cause serious injury or death.
  • Page 11 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL Personal Safety Operators need to be aware of the following potential hazards: A) Flying hot embers being released from the fire. Operators or anyone within the 100 foot radius of the fire should wear appropriate fire resistant clothing. The ideal outwear for an operator would include a “Nomex”...

  • Page 12: How To Set Up The Machine

    The S-Series units are totally self-contained and ready to use upon delivery to the job site. The electrically powered S-Series units are built on a skid base that is designed to facilitate dragging the unit into position near the on-site external electric power connec- tion and grounding rod.
  • Page 13 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO SET UP THE MACHINE C) STARTING Electric Motor and VFD Ensure that the ground wire is properly con- nected to the grounding lug (See Page 23) and the grounding rod.

  • Page 14: Site Preparation

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL SITE PREPARATION THE GOALS TO GOOD SITE PREPARATION ARE: To place the wood piles for easy access. To sort the waste wood pile. To organize the inflow of new wood waste. When locating the FireBox;...
  • Page 15 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL SITE PREPARATION Faster operation through staging the wood piles Air Burners FireBoxes were designed primarily as a pollution control device but operat- ed correctly they will burn clean wood two or three times faster than open burning. To achieve the best throughput the fire must remain at the highest temperature possible.
  • Page 16 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL SITE PREPARATION The “Two Pile System” For an efficient operation you would have two piles; The first pile or “main debris” pile, is the material being generated from the land fill or transfer station operation and is located away from the ember path but with good ac- cess to your loading machinery.

  • Page 17: Loading And Starting A Fire

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL LOADING AND STARTING THE FIREBOX THE GOALS IN STARTING AN S-SERIES UNIT ARE: To achieve an even fire across the length of the box. To start the fire from the bottom of the initial pile.
  • Page 18 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL LOADING AND STARTING THE FIREBOX Once you have this smaller material loaded and your accelerant added (if used) load some larger heavier material on top, such as logs or big branches. Load these heavier materials, also from your “good wood”...
  • Page 19 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL LOADING AND STARTING THE FIREBOX To minimize start-up smoke you can: Use your driest materials. Ensure your materials do not retain dirt or sand. Use Diesel fuel to accelerate the light up. COLD START LIGHTING The air should be off.
  • Page 20 Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL LOADING AND STARTING THE FIREBOX HOT START A hot start uses the coals from the previous days burning operation. Depending on how much ash is in the unit a hot start can be done once or twice before the unit will need to be emptied.

  • Page 21: How To Feed A Fire

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO FEED A FIRE It will generally take 30 to 60 minutes for the fire to build to a point where the tempera- tures are sufficient for the unit to be operating with minimal smoke. Add material from your Good Wood pile slowly for the first hour.

  • Page 22: Shutdown

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL SHUTDOWN HOW TO BURN FIRE DOWN FOR SHUT DOWN All loading should stop one or two hours before you intend to put the fire out. As the fire burns down, maintain the air speed until the box begins to smoke. As the smoke increases reduce the air speed in increments to Positions Normal 1 and the Cool Down Position.

  • Page 23: Ash Removal

    OPERATING MANUAL ASH REMOVAL HOW TO EMPTY THE S-SERIES UNITS The box will operate with up to 3 feet of ash inside, but as the ash gets deeper the effi- ciency of the unit goes down. Three feet of ash would represent approximately 20 hours of burning.

  • Page 24: Troubleshooting

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING 1. Fire will not start. Material in FireBox has too much air space. To correct, load heavy material such as stumps to make the lower material pack down. Use torches and light from the bottom so the fire burns up.

  • Page 25: Maintenance And Care Of The Unit

    FireBox to prevent warping of the manifold. Do not operate the FireBox S-Series (E), if weather conditions may indicate a possible interruption of power during the work day.

  • Page 26: Vfd Servicing Specifications & Motor/Vfd Wiring

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL VFD SERVICING SPECIFICATIONS Other than as indicated under Periodic Maintenance, there are no user-serviceable parts. Should the VFD require attention or re-programming, a qualified technician should be engaged to perform this work. There are no supply voltage (480V) circuit breakers or fuses inside the NEMA enclo- sure, only three internal control circuit fuses.

  • Page 27: Vfd/Motor Wiring (Continued)

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL Default Shut-down of VFD and Motor / VFD Wiring (Continued) The external power lead of proper gauge must be connected to the power distribu- tion block in the upper left corner (see right photo; (VFD model and connection block may vary).

  • Page 28: Lifting Points

    Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD) OPERATING MANUAL LIFTING POINTS There are four designated lifting pad eyes for lifting all FireBox Series units by suitable crane. Only lift by attaching cables or straps to these four pad eyes. Their locations are marked with yellow lifting point labels with up-arrows.

This manual is also suitable for:

S-111eS-116eS-119eS-220eS-327e

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