By: Berlin On: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:02 pm
there's not much you can do to get a "clean" burn. any type of bituminous coal in a hand-fired stove will not burn smokelessly, you can reduce the smoke by having preheated secondary combusion air in an air tight appliance, but you will still have some visable smoke, and yes, you will have some little soot balls no matter what; if you have neighbors close by and they feel that a little good clean soot is going to be a problem, you really cant burn it in a hand fired appliance. the coal you have is worse than most bituminous coals because it's roughly double the volitile content (60% vs. 30% for bituminous) cannel coal is not meant to be burned in any type of enclosure and is meant for open fires only.
Burning Kentucky/Ohio Bituminous in WNY. BITUMINOUS equiptment: 2 hand fired stoves of my own design, Three Combustioneer Model 77 stokers, stokermatic furnace, Will-Burt model 30 stoker, & and Two Iron firemen.