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1 Page 1 of 5 Using an air curtain to burn bug tree debris Posted on May 23, 2013 by Bill Gabbert I have heard of air curtains, but had not seen one being used until today. After Hurricane Andrew devastated a large section of south Florida in 1992, an air curtain was used to dispose of a huge pile of debris (we lovingly called Mount Trashmore) which for a while was the highest point in that part of the state. An air curtain is not terribly sophisticated. It simply pumps air into the area where material is burning. The extra air flow and oxygen greatly shortens the time it takes to burn the fuel.

2 Page 2 of 5 Wednesday I visited a site near Custer, South Dakota where Bayfield, Colorado based NRG Consulting Services is conducting contract work on private land. They are thinning and reducing the fuel around structures as well as cutting and burning beetle-infested trees. Some of the thinned and bug trees they are cutting are green, partially green, or at least have a moisture content high enough to make it impossible to burn in a conventional slash pile right away. But if they wait for the wood to dry out enough to burn, the beetles will hatch and disperse to other trees.

3 Page 3 of 5 The air curtain makes it possible to burn the high-moisture content wood immediately. The brand new portable unit they were using Wednesday has a movable ceramiclined firebox mounted to a trailer. The box is raised and lowered by a hydraulic lift system. Once on site, the fire box, which has no bottom or floor, is lowered to the ground. So the burning occurs on the ground, surrounded by the box. If you notice the line of holes in the wall of the box in the photo below, that s where the air comes out at a fairly high velocity. A small diesel engine powers the blower and the hydraulics that raises and lowers the fire box. While I was at the site the system was producing virtually no smoke. The photo below shows what was left after a full day of use. At the end of the day they let it sit overnight, then the next morning they may raise the fire box and move it to a different location.

4 Page 4 of 5 While a fire in an air curtain is less likely than a burn pile to escape, there is some fire hazard associated with the system. At one point I happened to look down at the sleeve of my cotton shirt and saw a small burning ember about the size of a gnat. I brushed it off and saw that it left a small burn mark on my shirt. Then I noticed that the cotton shirt of the crew boss had at least a dozen holes just like the new one in my shirt. The gentleman closest to the machine, the person feeding it, was shrewdly wearing a Nomex shirt. I looked around and didn t see any spot fires in the area. A burning permit is required to operate an air curtain in the Black Hills of South Dakota, which these folks had. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged air curtain by Bill Gabbert. Bookmark the permalink [

5 Page 5 of 5 About Bill Gabbert Wildland fire has been a major part of Bill Gabbert s life for several decades. After growing up in the south, he migrated to southern California where he lived for 20 years, working as a wildland firefighter. Later he took his affinity for firefighting to Indiana and eventually the Black Hills of South Dakota where he was the Fire Management Officer for a group of seven national parks. Today he is the creator and owner of WildfireToday.com and Sagacity Wildfire Services and serves as an expert witness in wildland fire. If you are interested in wildland fire, welcome grab a cup of coffee and put your feet up. Google+ View all posts by Bill Gabbert 3 THOUGHTS ON USING AN AIR CURTAIN TO BURN BUG TREE DEBRIS Robert Tissell on May 23, 2013 at 10:19 am said: I m familiar with the much larger Air Curtain Destructor units from the clean-up of the Lake Arrowhead, CA area after their beetle kill in the last decade. These units utilize a trench for the burning waste, and handle whole trees in bulk. Jim on May 23, 2013 at 11:40 am said: I was thinking gee, wouldn t it be good to capture that heat as electricity? A further search found this Bill Gabbert on May 23, 2013 at 11:56 am said: Nice find, Jim.

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