An electric oil burner is a type of device that burns oil to produce heat
. The oil is first made into a fine spray by forcing it through a nozzle under pressure. The resulting spray is then ignited with an electric spark with the air used in the combustion being forced in with an electric fan.
Combustion needs air and this is forced in by means of an electric fan. To get in oil and the right amount of pressure on the nozzle the oil burner uses a gear pump, which is generally at fifteen bars.
The sickle type of gear pump is used by an oil burner because of its simplicity. It is composed only of one or more vital pairs of gears and has very limited space between them and the casing. Gear pumps are great for oil burners because of the simple design. Furthermore, they are dependable and low cost.
The electric oil burner also uses a pressure regulator which is another one of its most important parts. It is used to alter the fuel that is going through the nozzle that then decides the amount of heat that you can get from the oil burner. The adjustment is done through a changeable pressure relief valve, which is located in between the nozzle and the pump. Once the right pressure has been attained, which is from ten to eleven bars normally, the relief valve is released and excess oil bleeds into a bypass that leads to the fuel tank or suction pump.
When starting an electric oil burner, you have to get the burner and a power source connected to each other and turn off the furnace switch for emergency shut down. Air is then let into the burner/boiler and the oil is turned into spray. It is then kindled through a high voltage made by two electrodes. You may know if the oil was set afire with its flame detection feature. If there is no fire, the burner will sound the alarm and you have to reset it by hand.