CO2 Burner

[Roadblock]

How much would a burner add to an open room, intake and out take fans, if it is burning 112 grams of LPG every hour and is on 12 hrs a day lights on.

Im using it to add heat to the room, my fans operate to keep a set temperature and they are slowed down a lot by the cold outside, without the burner I cant get above 22 lights on, with the burner the room is a constant 26-7. was just wondering how much CO2 was being added to the room at that burn rate.

 

[exploziv]

Google is your friend:

How much CO2 does 1kg of LPG produce?


1 kg of L-gas consists for 61,4% of carbon, or 614 grammes of carbon per kg of L-gas. In order to combust this carbon to CO2, 1638 grammes of oxygen is needed. The sum is then 614 + 1638 = 2252 grammes of CO2/kg of L-gas.

 

[Roadblock]

Hmmm ok I tried to convert that to ppm per hour but got lost lol, anyway its adding some CO2 more than I had so its gotta help.

 

[goingrey]

It is 0.112 * 2252g = 252g per hour. 252g / 60 = 4.2g per minute. 4.2g / 60 = 0.07g / second.

Lets say your exhaust fan is 240 cfm. That is about 113 liters/second. 113 liters of air weighs about 140g.

Therefore the amount of CO2 in the air added by the burner is 0.07g/140g or 0.05% = 500ppm. Not too bad!

 

[Roadblock]

Thanks for that very helpful, I could never have worked that out, that's not too shabby an increase at all, very nice. I use a 8.5kg bottle every 3-4 days, Im maxed out on power so its the only way to heat the room.

 

[Three Berries]

I use open flame heater in the winter to heat the house, 22k BTU. They make a small 5k BTU infrared one, it too is not vented. My problem is too much CO2 then.