Midco Radiant burner....results of first heating season

The Steam Whisperer (Formerly Boilerpro)

My Burner Tech, Brad,  installed a Modulating Midco LNB1000 on an old Pacific Steel boiler. While the combustion numbers on high fire were almost the same as the existing modern conventional burner, the fuel usage was dramatically different.   Brad ran the numbers, correcting for degree days, and found over a 30% drop in fuel usage with the new burner.  I suspect about 1/2 this drop is due to the modulation, but the other half is probably due to the better heat transfer of the radiant design.  The installation was on a larger single zone, single pipe steam system.....no TRV's.

Looks like I'm going to start selling a lot of these

Steamhead

Not bad

for just changing the burner. What was in there before? 

The Steam Whisperer (Formerly Boilerpro)

Wow, that was quick....

I think it was a Power Flame

nicholas bonham-carter

Modulating control

How was that Midco controlled?

It does look like the way of the future.--NBC

nicholas bonham-carter

Control system

I would still like to know how to control these burners.--NBC

nicholas bonham-carter

homemade modulating burner

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