Barley sized coal (Buck#3). Anyone using it?

I have never seen a reference to a stoker or anyone on this board using barley sized coal. Is it an oddball. I know the #4 and #5 and smaller sizes are used in industry for various purposes but I cannot figure what barley is used for. Anyone care to weigh in?

Hey, nice chart.

I could have sworn I saw a similar Chart that listed barley for space heating uses but I guess not.

I stand corrected.

Thanks

Stove
Application
• Domestic & Commercial heating in large handfired Furnaces and Boilers.
• Filter medium

Chestnut
Application
• Domestic & Commercial heating in small handfired Furnaces and Boilers.
• Domestic Heating in Free Standing Stoves and Fireplace Inserts.
• Filter medium.

Pea
Application
• Domestic & Commercial heating in small handfired Furnaces and Boilers.
• Domestic Heating in Free Standing Stoves and Fireplace Inserts.
• Burning of Lime in Vertical Shaft Kilns.
• Burning of Cement in Vertical Shaft Kilns.
• Brick Manufacturer
• Filter medium.

Buckwheat
Application
• Domestic & Commercial heating used in automatic stokers or stoker boiler units
• Industrial gas producers.
• Manufacturer of aluminum
• Filter medium.

Rice
Application
• Domestic & Commercial heating used in automatic stokers or stoker boiler units
• Heat and Power in large and small industrial plants
• Core grinds
• Processing manufacture of zinc oxide
• Brick dying and burning
• Filter medium.

Barley
Application
• Large industrial plants as fuel
• Manufacture of power
• Core sintering
• Oxidzing process
• Processing manufacture of lead oxide
• Filter medium.






I had a few customers that used Barley, all but one had a Losch boiler. Those could burn anything from barley to pea. One customer used it in a EFM.

AFAIK besides the price there is no benefit, I do know one thing. You probably do not want to use barley during the summer. We had a stretch few years back where it was hovering around 100 degrees for 5 or 6 days and every one of those people burning barley called to complain there was something wrong with the coal and they couldn't keep it lit.