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Hi. I just joined this conversation and I have a question. Why not use a continuous narrow slot instead of individual ribbons? Width x length = area of circular input. Would this work equally as well as a ribbon burner? Secondly, has anyone tried a dual or quad sided burner such that the flames hit the crucible on four sides instead of one? I’m building a 55 gallon burner (top loaded) and am considering these ideas. Thanks, Paul

Hey guys. I’m new here. Just signed in. I’m building a propane ribbon furnace with a 55 gal oil drum. All new to me. I think I’m going with a blower and vertical ribbons but I have so many questions. 1. Insulation (brick bs cloth and that mortar stuff to bond and keep in place. 2. I’m an optical physicist (designer) and have been playing around with diffuser (mixer?) ideas. I’ll share when I hAve my plans drawn. 3. How to go from input pipe to ribbon nozzles. What should I look for? Calculate? Do I make the sum of the Nobel areas equal to the pipe area? Is there a good way to channel or bridge the open area of the pipe to the many nozzles? 4. I heard that the nozzles should be angled at 30 degrees off center (not pointing radially inwards but off by 30 deg). So would this mean if I have three columns of ribbons, each column needs to be angled a little more? If not then column two would be pointing more that 30 degrees and column three more than that. Get my drift? anyway, I’m glad I found you guys. I’m basing my design off a YouTube video that seemed fairly decent. https://youtu.be/3yEkQhki4IE i hope this is the right link. Thoughts and comments are appreciated. Thanks. Mosul.