Naturally aspirated burner designs

I am pretty familiar with the Reil-type burners and also with the Porter-type axial choke burners. I believe the Porter type are certainly more efficient, i.e. you get more usable heat and less carbon monoxide per volume of gas. I think Mikey's book has some limitations in its presentation, but the basic design is sound (I have made one) and I found it straightforward to make and it works well. I haven't made a forge burner yet, just a 1/2" hand burner. One thing to note is that you can mix and match accelerator designs. In other words, Mikey describes a different accelerator with each size burner, but you can e.g. use the accelerator from the 3/4" burner on the 1/2" burner.

GWE

I spent some time playing with the Riel Burner design as well as the side arm. I never really had the right parts and pieces though so my results are suspicious. Never did get anything I was happy with but did come up with one that worked kind of ok. I ended up buying the Rex burner and won't waste my time on anything else untill somebody shows me different can be better. A buddy of mine made a forced air burner and it's not as good as the Rex in my opinion. Of course all this is a far cry from what is probably out there in the industrial world. I don't have a lot of experience to compare from.

GA

I have made a bunch of Reil burners, which I'm pretty happy with. I can't comment on Porter's as the ones I'm building are still in pieces. :(

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