Babington Burner

Bab Lab Continued

Building on the work in the last post – if one simply puts a shroud around the Babington burner flame to retain the heat – the flame becomes self sustaining. Preheated to 140 F, the oil lights immediately and continues to burn: It’s...

Bab Lab

The spirits run high as Bob’s Bab Lab produces a roaring Babington burner flame at Factor e Farm: Our next steps are to put a shroud around the flame for flame continuity, and installing a water heat exchange coil in the shroud for hydronic heating,...

Babington Burner Trial One

Today we started to put together our Babington burner. This burner is important because it is a versatile source of heat for: space heating, metal melting, glassworks, pottery, steam engines for remote power, heat engines for mobile power in cars and...