curdy
New Member
Hey guys, brand new to the site. I was checking out a couple of other posts and it certainly seems like there's plenty of experience on here. I'm working towards running my house on 100% biodiesel. *Note: I'm not running on vegetable oil...this is processed biodiesel from vegetable oil.* My Riello 40 burner didn't quite like the B100, so for now I'm running on a 50/50 (B50) blend with No. 2 heating oil. My heating guy was pretty confident with a couple of adjustments we can get the burner to fire just fine on B100.
One of the additional measures I'd like to take is to preheat the oil before the burner. Given that the tank is located in a relatively cold garage and the fuel line passes through a cold crawl space, I think it will help quite a bit. I'm going to run some 3/8" BIP pipe to and from the filter and use that length to preheat. Rather than mess with the potential risks of heat tape I'd like to use the heat from the boiler.
We're going to have the plumber add a zone on soon for room the boiler sits in (currently the room is only heated with the radiant heat from the boiler). While he has it drained and is working on it, what would you recommend be the best way to preheat the oil? Would it make sense just to simply wrap copper tubing around the return line and then around the oil pipe and filter...fill it with water and just let convection current do its work? Or would it be possible to add a zone just for this purpose and reduce it down to tubing size and then wrap it around the pipe and filter?
We are set up with zone valves, so I would think adding a zone to preheat wouldn't be expensive. Is it even a good idea to run a zone on 1/4" copper tubing?
Thanks in advance!
One of the additional measures I'd like to take is to preheat the oil before the burner. Given that the tank is located in a relatively cold garage and the fuel line passes through a cold crawl space, I think it will help quite a bit. I'm going to run some 3/8" BIP pipe to and from the filter and use that length to preheat. Rather than mess with the potential risks of heat tape I'd like to use the heat from the boiler.
We're going to have the plumber add a zone on soon for room the boiler sits in (currently the room is only heated with the radiant heat from the boiler). While he has it drained and is working on it, what would you recommend be the best way to preheat the oil? Would it make sense just to simply wrap copper tubing around the return line and then around the oil pipe and filter...fill it with water and just let convection current do its work? Or would it be possible to add a zone just for this purpose and reduce it down to tubing size and then wrap it around the pipe and filter?
We are set up with zone valves, so I would think adding a zone to preheat wouldn't be expensive. Is it even a good idea to run a zone on 1/4" copper tubing?
Thanks in advance!