Air Curtain Burner Technology

Cost to Remove 100 Tons

	S330 Air Curtain Burning	Grinding & Landfill Disposal	Direct Landfill Hauling & Disposal
Operating Costs
Fuel Costs & Labor (FireBox S330:8 hrs = 24 gals; Grinder: 1 hr = 30 gals Employee $20/hr)	$256	$140	-
Maintenance & Repairs (FireBox S330: 0.75/hr; Grinder: $150.00/hr)	$11	$150	-
Hauling of Residual to Landfill (80 Miles round trip @ $4.00/mile with 30-ton Dump Truck + Driver @ $20/hr)	$0	$1,080 (12 loads)	$2,200 (25 loads)
Tipping Fees at Landfill or other Mulch Disposal Costs ($45 per Ton)	$0	$4,410	$4,500
Disposal Cost for 100 Tons	$267	$5,780	$6,700

NOTES:

Grinder, 1050 HP, Diesel fuel consumption: approx. 30 gal/hr. S330 consumption is 2.5 gal/hr. Diesel fuel at $4.00/gal.
 Grinder = 100 tons in 1 hour. S330 = 100 tons in 8 hours.
Grinding process and chip handling produces large amounts of particulate matter (PM) in the form of wood dust that can cause serious illness in exposed workers. Wood dust is a proven carcinogenic (cancer-causing). Grinding losses, mostly in form of wood dust, are approx. 2% or 2 tons in this example. 98 tons of wood chips are deposited into the landfill. Air Curtain machines are designed to control PM release plus any release is non carcinogenic carbon. 
Air Curtain Burner "eliminates" waste 100 tons "in." 3 tons of ash and BioChar remain and ash is either turned into soil onsite or collected and sold. Grinder 100 tons "in." 98 tons remain to be hauled to landfill.
The S330 is an above ground refractory walled FireBox. See FireBox Series.

Product	Positive	Negative
BURNBOSS	Highly mobile, can be towed with a Heavy Duty pickup truck. Lowest cost Air Curtain FireBox Burner. Ash from burning is easily discharged and buried. Quick and easy set-up and tear down; one person can set up the unit in a few minutes without the use of machinery; no pipes or tubes to assemble. Can be loaded by hand, if needed.	Designed for smaller operations in forestry, agriculture and disaster recovery, as throughput is limited.
FIREBOX (i.e. Model S-327)	No assembly or set-up required, deliver the unit to the site and it is ready to be loaded and burn immediately. Firebox is above-ground so ground water, rocks and roots are not a problem. Machine can be "dragged" around the site for positioning or relocation. Burn area is safer and more secure than a trench burner. Vertical walls of firebox are castable thermo-ceramic. Long useful life.	Heavy machines (i.e. Model S-327 = 54,600 lbs. & Model S-220 = 36,650 lbs.) Large size; Model S-327, 9' 6" High x 11' 10" Wide x 37' 4" Long, oversize load on most roads. Model S-220, 8' 6" High x 8' 6" Wide x 30' 1" Long, a legal load on U.S. roads.