In the 1920's, my grandfather had a setup that used waste oil to help heat his shop. He had several barrels in the attic, where they stored oil that they saved when they changed oil through the year. In the stove, they burned wood and lignite coal (this was in Eastern Montana). When the stove was hot, they would turn on the valve that allowed a little bit of oil to be piped into the stove, where it ran down a chain. The oil was vaporized on the chain and burned quite well.
My Dad said it would heat the shop so well that you sometimes had to open the door to cool it down. I don't know how bad it might have smoked, and I can't ask my Dad or grandfather--they have both been gone for years.
I suppose it was pretty important to turn off the oil valve when the stove was not being monitored. If the fire went out and the valve was on, the oil would continue to gravity feed until that barrel was empty. That might have made an awful mess!
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