Floor convector. For What It Needs And How It Works

A convector built into the floor is a relatively new type of heater, it is a battery that is installed directly on the floor for the entire width of the panoramic window.

With the help of natural air circulation (as well as forced air circulation), a uniform airflow across the entire width of the panoramic window is achieved. There is a more even circulation of air through the room. This also does not allow moisture to form on the window. Since the convector is built into the floor, it releases the space underneath the stained glass window. The floor convector is protected by a decorative grill, through which it is possible to walk freely, to put light furniture.

Application of floor convectors

This type of heating devices has increasingly been used in the construction of both residential premises (apartments, private houses), and offices, restaurant complexes, shopping and entertainment centers. This is mainly due to the use of panoramic windows that replaced the standard windows. When applying this technology, there are some difficulties associated with the location of the heaters in the room, since panoramic windows, as a rule, to the floor, standard heaters simply can not be delivered, or they spoil the whole appearance that they tried to impose panoramic windows.

There is also a problem of fogging panoramic windows, windows start to "cry", accumulate unnecessary moisture, and eventually a fungus may appear. The floor convector eliminates all these problems simultaneously.

The convector can be installed in any type of heating system (central and individual). It is allowed to combine with other heating appliances in the heating system, be it radiators (steel, aluminum, cast iron), warm floors.

Underfloor convector design

• The box is the base of the convector, it can be made of stainless steel, duralumin or galvanized sheet steel.
• The copper-aluminum heat exchanger is a copper pipe on which aluminum (copper) plates are densely planted , along which the coolant circulates.
• Tangential fan - a special kind of fan, whose blades are executed in the form of drums with a long length. Designed to blow the heat exchanger air through its entire length, increases its power by 2-3 times. It is used in models with forced convection.
• Decorative protective grid - is a design of wooden or aluminum slats, fixed rigidly with each other. It happens in the form of a curled flexible roll or a rigid shield. The lattice is designed to protect the internal parts of the floor convector, as well as uniform air circulation.

Basic views

Floor convectors are divided into 2 main groups:

• Models with natural convection;
• Models with forced convection;

Floor convectors with natural convection are used in rooms with minimal heat demand (in rooms with a small area) or as an additional source of heat with a certain function - cutting off cold air in the entrance group or blowing out panoramic windows.

The advantages of underfloor convectors with natural convection:

• Noiselessness;
• Absence of mechanical parts;
• Low̆ consumption of hot water;
• Low weight;
• fast reaction;
• design;
• The possibility of their installation directly on the floor.

Floor convectors with forced convection are mainly used as the main heating device in rooms with a high heat demand, as well as with a large glazing area, for example in winter gardens, swimming pools, offices with solid glazing. Such devices are equipped with tangential or axial fans.

The advantages of underfloor convectors with forced convection:

• high performance;
• The possibility of heating with a natural or forced convection fan;
• Low noise level (in the case of fans) and noiselessness (in the case of natural convection);
• Low weight compared to other heaters having similar power, low consumption of hot water;
• fast reaction;
• design;
• Possibility of installation directly on the floor.

Selection of in-line convectors

Due to the fact that the floor convectors are manufactured by many domestic and foreign manufacturers, and also have a wide range of models that the manufacturers, as a rule, functionally and according to the parameters coincide, today it is not difficult to choose the device for both the price category and capacity, On design.