Smokeless Corn Burner

Smokeless Corn Burner ENERGY Alternative Fuels 11-6-24 Once you light the thermostatically controlled Apache corn stove, all you have to do is keep the 50-lb. capacity hoppers on either side of the firebox full. Two small augers at the bottom of each hopper feed corn into the firebox and two fans fuel the fire and blow heated air out of the stove. The stove, which was first featured in FARM SHOW's Vol. 11, No. 2, is unique in that all combustion takes place in a small 4 by 10-in. area inside the firebox. Air is forced into the small fire chamber from all directions to keep the fire hot enough to burn the corn with no smoke, no creosote and only 1% ash. Corn feeds into the fire from the bottom, pushing up into the fire area. Thanks to the fan-controlled burn and restricted fire chamber, flue temperatures do not rise above 350 degrees so you can vent the stove out a sidewall the same way you'd vent a clothes dryer. No chimney required. "The best thing about this stove is that it's as easy to control as a furnace. You set the thermostat and it'll maintain steady, even heat. It'll burn for 1 to 5 days without refilling, depending on the weather, and you don't have to make a mess hauling wood into the house," says Myers. The cornburner stove sells for $1,395. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nu Energy Marketing, Inc., Rt. 4, Box 253, China Grove, N. C. 28023 (ph 704 983-2544 or 857-6166).

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