Countryside Multi-Fuel Corn Stove

The Countryside Multi-Fuel Corn Stove was invented with the consumer in mind. The final result from American Energy Systems is a multi-fuel stove that versatile enough to burn shelled corn, wood pellets, cherry pits, waste paper pellets, and a host of other fuels.
Magnum Countryside Multi-Fuel Corn Stoves are a dream to install into any home so wether its a new or existing homes and it eliminating the need for chimney systems. Our multi fuel corn stove feature easy to [...] Continue Reading...

Locating a Supplier of Shelled Corn

Before purchasing your Corn Burning Stove first identify a reliable supplier of shelled corn. To find a good supplier start by going to your local feed or garden centres as well as any mills and grain elevators nearby. If you know any farners contact them directly to find out if they or other farms sell shelled corn to you as this could be a cheaper source than going though a middle man.

Be sure to check the moisture conten as you are looking for shelled corn with moisture content of less than 15% to ensure good combustion characteristics.

Probably the most expensive place to buy shelled corn is from a fireplace/hearth shop where the corn is [...] Continue Reading...

American Energy Systems

American Energy Systems Inc. was established back in 1973 froma small town in South Dakota, originally there main products were “MAGNUM” and “COUNTRYSIDE” has lived up to its name reflecting strength, dependability and safety. American Energy Systems believes in providing a top line quality product and its company vision is to make heating our homes and businesses an affordable, safe, economical and environmentally [...] Continue Reading...

Stove Buying Questions

When purchasing any corn stove there are some questions which you should answer:

What is the heat output from the corn stove? and whats the hest required to heat yor home?
If you are trying to heat your whole house with a corn stove, does your house layout allow heat to travel around?
What is the size of the fuel hopper? Will I need to fill on a daily, weekly or biweekly basis?
What is the seasonal heating efficiency of the corn stove?

Does the unit meet UL and CSA standards?
Does the unit have hot exposed surfaces which could cause burns to skin? Big point if you have children
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Limitations of Burning Shelled Corn for Heat

Burning of Shelled Corn can have its limitations, and probably the bigggest limitation comes with the corn Stove itself. If your Corn Stoves use an auger to feed the combustion unit and a fan to moe the air though the corn stove to heat the room and should require electrical power.  So if there a power outage then the corn stove stops and some models will require a manual reset after any power interruption.

Secondly As most house layouts dont allow air to ready move though, a centrally located corn stove will not heat the whole house. If this is the case with your house than buy a corn stove to fit the room rather than the house. As a oversized corn stove will make that room unbearably hot.

Basics of Corn Stoves

Corn stoves are designed to burn a granular fuel and in some wyas quite similar to Pellet Stoves, in both pellet fuel and corn fuel are quite dense and wont burn easily in an open pile in a fire chamber.

To get these fueks to burn some corn stoves use a small combustion chamber in which the corn is fed and combustion air is added. Two methods of adding the corn is either by dropping the corn in or by pushing up the corn by means of an auger. The feed rate can be adjusted and hence the heat produced will be changed.

The second requirement for burning to occur is oxygen. In order to support combustion, oxygen is blown into the combustion chamber by means of a small fan. [...] Continue Reading...

Storage and Disposal of Corn Ash

The correct storage of shelled corn is key to ensuring you have a good performance of a corn-burning stove or boiler. The shelled corn must be stored in a clean, dry environment and should never be in direct contact with concrete or any dirty floor. If you stack your shelledcorn in bags then ensure it's free from rodents, birds, squirrels, and other varmints.
It's recommended to store your shelled corn in bulk containers, the containers should not sealed completely shut because there must be some air [...] Continue Reading...

Harman PC 45 Corn Stove

Continuning on from Harman Pellet stove is the Harman PC 45 Corn Stove the state of art corn burning stove, the PC 45 stove has been designed to burn shelled corn but with a quick change of a burn pot can be used to burn pellet fuel too, all without tools.

After careful research the Harman team found that some form of agitiar was required if there corn stove was to break the magic 40,000 BTU. Typically corn melt and fuses and forms partly burnt clinkers, but if the burning corn is agitated these clinkes will be broken up and allowd to burn further. The corn ash ejected into the ash pan of the HArman Corn Stove is more completely burned than others stoves in the market.

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Types of Corn Stoves

There is many manufactures presently making corn burning stoves, they come in all shapes, sizes and styles. They can be broadly categorized into the below list:

Stove (some can be modified as a fire place insert)
Space heater
Hot air furnace
Hot water boiler

The size of their fuel hoppers can also vary greatly, the hopper size can hold from one day upto around 10 days worth of corn fuel depending on the model.
One thing to consider with the freestanding stove or space heaters is the surface temperature of exposed metal parts. This is especially important if there are small children in the house.

Why Burn Corn

There is currently on the market a number of manufactures that make stoves which burn shelled corn, basically the stoves are similar to wood or pellet stoves, they have been design for dry granular fuel. Typically corn burning stoves have a combustion air fan and a fuel stoker, both of which are not common in standard wood stove construction.

Why burn corn?

The corn used as a fuel in stoves have two requirements of this corn fuel:

The shelled corn must be dry, with preferably 15% moisture content or less. Corn which is higher in moisture content will have a lower heat value per unit weight than "dry" corn. Also moist corn may also cause flow problems [...] Continue Reading...