Re: GAS-L: Heat for poultry houses

[CAVM@aol.com]

Tom,

My quest is to find a combustion technology to help the small poultry farmer 
who has 4 broiler houses and is getting killed by the cost of propane lately. 
 Of course, nothing can be done this winter but we can make some changes for 
next winter.

Poultry litter, loose, pelleted, or cubed, is an option for fuel, as is wood, 
sawdust, coal, whatever.

If electricity can be gotten from the system also, maybe it could help cool 
the birds in the summer too.

Each house is 50 X 500 usually and 4 houses make a normal set.  If 2 stoves 
are needed to heat each house that would not be so good, but not terrible 
either.  On the other hand, 1 furnace for all 4 houses maybe out of reach 
economically for the farmer.  Each house needs 500,000 BTU per hour normally 
and 700,000 to 1,000,000 peak.

Neal Van Milligen
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In a message dated 1/31/2001 10:11:01 AM Central Standard Time, 
Reedtb2@cs.com writes:

<< 
 Our Turbo cooking stove generates a flame of 3 kW, about 10,000 Btus/h.  
 
 Or are you talking about the sawdust burner (not mine)?
 
 TOM REED
  >>
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