sunflower screenings in a coal boiler

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mikedheat

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Nov 5, 2019
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hi guys,
i'm new to the forum and thought i'd look for some help.
i heat a 3000 sq. ft. shop with floor heat, a 3000 sq. ft. home with a radiator in my furnace and some floor heat, and 1000 sq. ft. garage with floor heat. I used to do this all with coal, but coal started getting expensive(about $5000 a year - half of that cost is freight from Alberta). I now run sunflower screenings(or hulls) through my coal stoker boiler and it works really well(costs me only $2000 a year). Well, it doesn't burn that efficiently, but it causes no problems and its really cheap. I pay between $20 and $40 per ton of the stuff and order by the b-train. I have the storage on my yard and it keeps my costs down and reduces how often i need to order fuel. i really want to stay with this fuel type.

My issue is my boiler is getting old and i probably only have a season or 2 left with my current boiler. Is anyone out here burning sunflower screenings? Or something similar? They behave a lot like pellets.

I'm looking for a new outdoor stove capable of around 300k btu/hr that would be CSA or UL certified to satisfied my insurance that could use the screenings i have available.

thanks in advance,
 
Heatmaster's B series is an auger fed boiler with the capability of burning screenings, coal, chips and more. Their number is 877 325-9792.
 
ill second the B-series. burning decent fuel they work great