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Question about radiant floor and kiln drying.

Started by Crusarius, August 07, 2017, 12:53:49 PM

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Because of the heat losses in the garage, if the heating unit delivers 50,000 BTU, you will have about 25,000 BTU per hour for evaporation.  This will evaporate about 20 - 25 pounds of water, which is 0.75 to1 % MC loss from 1000 BF.  Note that 50,000 BTU is about 15 kWh
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Quote from: GeneWengert-WoodDoc on September 20, 2017, 11:52:50 PM
Because of the heat losses in the garage, if the heating unit delivers 50,000 BTU, you will have about 25,000 BTU per hour for evaporation.  This will evaporate about 20 - 25 pounds of water, which is 0.75 to1 % MC loss from 1000 BF.  Note that 50,000 BTU is about 15 kWh
I'm sorry Doc but I don't know if that is good or bad?
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Any way I could contact the guy by you?
I am considering creating a kiln using a shipping container with an OWB and would love to pick his brain.


Quote from: SlowJoeCrow on September 06, 2017, 08:01:00 AM
There is a fella not far from me that has a shipping container kiln that he heats with a water-to-air heat exchanger and a OWB.  This is a feasible way to do it but I am also positive that he supplements it with another heat source for the final sterilization and pitch setting at the end.  I am not certain what heat source he is using in addition to the HE.  He has dried and sterilized wood for me on several occasions with great results.
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