What cause heavy yellow smoke from the oil box of an oil burning boiler

pmurphy16 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Feb 24, 2013, 06:21 PM

What cause heavy yellow smoke from the oil box of an oil burning boiler

In an industrial environment operating 600 psig boilers that use oil for fuel and if you get heavy yellow smoke out of the stack what is causing this?

Grady White Posts: 1,417, Reputation: 59

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Feb 25, 2013, 07:38 PM

Usually too much air on the fire.

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