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Finding The Right Furnace To Burn Corn
Several Corn has joined the list of popular alternatives to fossil fuels. Its high-heat value, ease of handling, and ready availability in some sections of the U.S. have greenhouse growers looking for information on cost, handling, and equipment suppliers. Corn is a renewable fuel that can be an economical alternative where it is readily available. Compare the cost of the corn with the cost of your present fuel and factor in the cost of the burner and the extra labor for handling the corn and the ashes.
Most of the corn burner manufacturers make stoves for the residential market. There are a limited number that make units large enough for greenhouse use. The following is a listing of some that make furnaces or boilers larger than 200,000 BTUs (British thermal unit) per hour.
- Alternative Energy Products; Smithville, OH; 330-669-2881; www.cornstoves.com
- Carroll Construction Co.; Sears, MI; 989-382-5650; www.thecornburner.com
- Heatmor; Warroad, MN; 800-834-7552; www.heatmor.com
- Ja-Ran Enterprises, Inc.; Lexington, MI; 810-359-7985; www.ia-ran.com
- Jackson Lumber Harvester Co., Inc.; Mondovi, WI; www.jacksonlbrharvester.com
- Pro-Fab Industries, Inc.; Manitoba, Canada; 204-364-2211; www.profab.org
- Pinnacle Stove Sales, Inc.; Quesnel, BC, Canada; 250-992-5050; www.pinnaclestove.com
- Universal Grain Burner; Plymouth, WI; 877-339-0061; www.americanroyal.net
- Year-a-round Corp.; Mankato, MN; 800-418-9390; www.year-a-round.com
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