Troubleshooting - Air Burners 100 Series Operating Manual

S100 Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner with HATZ 3H50 / 4H50 Diesel Engine
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.
2. Fire burning at one end.
Load heavy materials directly on top of the burning area. This causes the flames to fan
out in an effort to reach the top of the pile. As the fire begins to spread, keep material
piled on top of the flames until the entire FireBox is burning.
3. Fire smoking too much.
The most common reason for a smoking fire is too much dirt or dense materials going
into the FireBox and reducing the heat. You must make sure the wood waste material
is free from large amounts of dirt. Load from your "Good Wood" pile to bring the tem-
perature back up
You may have overloaded the box or loaded the box too fast. Example: if you only
have 1 ton of material burning you can not load in 3 tons of material. The new material
will smother the fire. Stop loading and let the fire catch up. The material you are load-
ing may have a very high moisture content. You can either load at a slower rate or mix
the wetter material with dryer material.
If you are letting the fire burn down or the load in the box is less than 3 feet deep you
may need to turn the air down by reducing the engine RPM.
4. Smoke from one area of the box
The area is probably not burning well. Add smaller material from your "good wood" pile
to this area to help build the fire. As the smoke clears add heavier material.
5. Smoke from under the base rails or bottom of panels.
Loose dirt was not properly shoveled around inside of box to seal between panel bot-
toms and the ground. To fix, shovel dirt around the outside where the smoke is escap-
ing. Once the ash inside builds up this will stop.
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