Fireplaces on biofuel: types, principle of operation, characteristics

To pass the evening by the fireplace until recently only owners of private houses with specially equipped chimneys could do it. To inhabitants of usual city apartments it was inaccessible basically.

But on the market there were fireplaces on biofuel, and a romantic mood, warmth and comfort, embracing a person watching the dancing tongues of living fire, became available in any home.

Classification of bio-fireplaces

Those who want to decorate their apartment or office space with a fireplace without a cardinal reconstruction of the ducts, choose a room fireplace on biofuel. The choice of these products is currently quite large. But all proposed models are divided into a number of basic groups:

• The most popular is the classic. These are traditional portals-fireboxes, which are most often performed in the form of corner or wall foci and are finished with a special grace. Portals of these products are made of ebony wood, marble and other expensive materials. Perfectly look in the rooms, the interior of which is designed in the Empire style.
• Biofuel fireplaces are widely used by consumers, manufactured as furnaces that are installed separately. These options are designed for use in interiors of country or modern. Especially for them, they are made in metal cases with a multivariate finish.
• Modern urban styles of fireplaces, characterized by the multivariate and unpredictable nature of their inherent forms. Fireplace on biofuel without a chimney, included in this group, in most cases is minimal. No accessories and ornaments. Simple geometrically verified lines. The production uses the newest materials: plastic, steel, glass, aluminum. They differ in the place of installation. The best choice for fans of high-tech.
• Fireplace - a candle. This mini-fireplace easily fits into any, even the smallest apartment, bringing to its interior a cozy and unique charm. These models are made from natural stone (most often marble) and are distinguished by a variety of colors and shapes.

Classification of fireplaces on biofuel at the place of their installation

Fireplaces on biofuel are installed by designers practically in any places. There are models:

• Mounted on the walls. These structures can have almost any size. Their use allows you to implement such design solutions as zoning the room, decorating the ceiling, arranging through niches.
• Installed on the floor. They are produced in stationary and mobile versions, look great in the center of any room (island fireplace) and favorably differ in the aesthetics of decoration from wood fireplaces.

Bio fireplaces used to solve design problems

• Built-in special niches. Most often imitate a visually wood-burning fireplace and decorate with a natural stone (granite or marble).
• Fireplaces - table decoration. This mini-fireplace, which is most often made in the form of a box, a cylinder or a candle made of refractory ceramic materials, polished steel or special glass. These products are perfect for a festive table setting for a romantic dinner, becoming a worthy alternative to classic candles.

How do these products work?

Regardless of the manufacturer and model, all biofireplaces have the same structural elements: the frame, which is an element of the decor, the heating block and the biofuel tank, which is mostly bioethanol used in the vast majority of models.

The specificity of the job is that the fuel itself is not burned, its fumes burn. They are channeled by a special channel to the burner and ignited. Fireplaces on biofuel have a constructively realized possibility of adjusting the flame (burning force) and remote control.

The place around the burner is filled with refractory decorative elements imitating wood or coal. An additional decor is made of colored natural stones.

Basic technical parameters of biofireplaces

Choosing fireplaces on biofuel, reviews on this or that model give a characteristic in the first place on such parameters as:

• power. This parameter is completely dependent on which fuel block is equipped with a fireplace. This is explained by the fact that the length of the zone of a single combustion depends on the length of the installed block: the longer it is, the brighter and more intense the visible torch. Therefore, in large fireboxes, several synchronized blocks are simultaneously mounted;
• The presence of electronic control systems is seen as an important plus model. The presence of automation allows you to feed fuel automatically, to control the combustion process remotely, to use for monitoring CO2 sensors and heating;
• Type of fuel used. For biofireplane models, helium and liquid formulations are now available. For each of them there are own models of heating units. The difference in the chemical composition, which has a biofuel, the price of it tracks clearly. The more complex the composition and manufacturing technology, the more expensive it is (the average price is from 200 to 750 rub / l). Advantages of the first is the guaranteed inability of the strait. At combustion the flame has pleasant shades, there are no sharp unpleasant smells. Advantages of the second is the complete absence of the burner on the burner, as well as the possibility of use in large fireplaces.

The efficiency of biofireplaces

The chemical composition of the fuel used and the design of the unit completely exclude the possibility of sparking, the occurrence of smoke, return of the flame, the appearance of dangerous gases or soot for humans.

Each burned liter of biofuel allows you to get about 5 kW / h, which is comparable to using two electric heaters of medium power. All this energy goes to the heating of the air in the room, where there is a fireplace. This explains why the average efficiency factor for the fireplaces of this design is 95%.

Advantages of bio fireplaces

These are reliable and mobile products, simple to install and operate. The flame is securely insulated with a door with a special glass. As advantages that have an impact on sales growth of these models, it is noted:

• The possibility of installation in a room of any area;
• When burning does not emit smoke and smoke, in connection with which there is no need to install a special hood;
• Complete safety of operation;
• Does not require the implementation of complex prevention;
• The possibility of getting a burn is excluded;
• Can be installed without prior permission, etc.

The bio-fireplace today is an excellent alternative to a classic fireplace, allowing you to enjoy playing live flame even in the smallest room without having to perform complicated works on installing the chimney.