In the embryonic and early development years of automatic, oil heating systems in Canada, high temperature fire brick were the building blocks of the \u201cfire box\u201d [combustion chamber]. The firebox, holding a 2.600 degree F. flame in check, was a critical component, determining both system safety and performance. It would be skilfully crafted on-the-job, according to the size of the fire chamber, the combustion rate and the unique flame configuration of the oil burner, \u201csoft\u201d fire brick, A P Green, Circa 1940.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technical Significance:<\/strong> In the embryonic and early development years of automatic, oil heating systems in Canada, high temperature fire brick were the building blocks of the \u201cfire box\u201d [combustion chamber]. Shaped much like regular bricks, but made from clays withstanding high temperature<\/p>\n\n\n\n The firebox, holding a 2.600 degree F. flame in check, was a critical component, determining both system safety and performance, a matter of concern for the installer and technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It would be skilfully crafted on-the-job, according to the combustion rate and the unique flame configuration of the oil burner the size of the fire chamber and the gut feel of the installer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industrial Significance:<\/strong> Most heating automatic oil heating systems of the 1920\u2019s on into the 40\u2019s in Canada were of the \u201cconversion\u201d type, typically coal and wood fired furnaces and boilers in which oil burners were installed. Wood and coal grates were removed and firebrick used to build a box like configuration, typically, but not always, with a hole at one end to receive the blast tube of the oil burner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The significant developments in ceramics engineering, reflected in the refractory materials of the period, should not be understated, for they made possible the evolution of automatic home heating and its seminal contribution to life in Canada. An unobtrusive technology in the public eye, the accomplishments in ceramics engineering tend to get lost in the midst of the Gee-Whiz technological achievements in combustion and electric control engineering of the 1920\u2019s and 30\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the 1960\u2019s much ceramic-based combustion chamber engineering would give way to light weight stainless steel configurations, considered preferable for the new world of unitary equipment, pre-tested and shipped to the job site ready for installation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pressure Atomizing Oil Burner Equipment and Systems \u2013 Other Components and Parts In the embryonic and early development years of automatic, oil heating systems in Canada, high temperature fire brick…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[209,211,212,206],"class_list":["post-20320","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-heating","cpt_portfolio_group-industrial","cpt_portfolio_group-institutional","cpt_portfolio_group-residential"],"yoast_head":"\n
With the evolution of the industry came soft light weight fire brick, as well as pre-cast moulded refractory materials, in a range of sizes, pre-shaped for certain firing rates and fire chambers, see ID#245<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The construction of fireboxes was an art form of the day, with all to often little for the installer to guide him in a wide range of decisions to be made, effecting the performance of the oil burner and the safety of the system see references<\/p>\n\n\n\n