I would like to get technical information on the Dobles atomizing burner, as used in the revised Stanley Steamer cars of the early 1920?s. Can you assist me?
Doble’s atomizing burner was never used on a Stanley Steam Car that I am aware. In fact the Stanley Steam Car production had pretty much ended by the time Doble started making his steam automobile (Stanley production was really winding down in 1922-1924). The Stanley cars all used a vaporizing burner very similar to that used with Coleman Camp Stoves. That’s not to say that someone in later years didn’t change the boiler and burner on a Stanley to use an atomizing burner. The Doble atomizing burner is actually the basis for the design of the burner found in most home heating units and even for industrial boilers and such. It is basically a nozzle with a very fine pin-hole in the end. Oil under pressure is sent to the nozzle where a blast of air literally blows it into a mist.
