How sometimes you want to sit quietly at a burning fireplace with a cup of tea, but it's almost impossible to install it in an apartment. In the performance of such a desire will help purchase a luxury novelty - a bio fireplace for an apartment. It combines modern technologies and principles of environmental protection.
Biocamine: the device and the principle of its operation
If before the fireplace in the house performed the function of heating and cooking, the biofireplaces perform three functions at once:
- decorative - decorate any interior ;
- Heating - can replace a 3000 watt heater ;
- therapeutic - moisturizes the air and allows you to carry out aromatherapy.
To bio-fireplaces were more safe to use, they have a special device:
- deflector - for supplying hot air to the room;
- The glass door - to see the flame;
- body - can be made of natural wood, glass or stone;
- a heating block consisting of a fuel tank and an injector;
- flap, for adjusting the flame height.
Fully glass bio-fireplaces, in addition to the basic elements of the structure, also have additional:
- glass cylinder;
- base;
- plate;
- Cup.
The principle of the biofireplaces is very simple: a special fuel is poured into the fuel block, which starts to evaporate when heated, and these vapors, when they get into the attached injector, ignite. If a built-in damper is provided in the design, it is possible to regulate the flame. The time of continuous combustion of bio-fireplace depends on the volume of the fuel tank. Approximately one liter of fuel is enough for 2-2.5 hours.
Types of biofireplaces
Depending on the location of the biofireplaces are divided into:
- floor - there are very different, often performed in the form of a real fireplace made of stone or in a modern style of glass and plastic;
- desktop - the smallest in size, are made more often in the form of a cylinder, box or bowl with a flat stand;
- wall - a little smaller in size than the floor, look like a living picture, more often made out in metal.
Less often for apartments buy angular, built-in and decorative bio-fireplaces.
Fuel for bio fireplaces
Biofireplaces are becoming increasingly popular for use in apartments, because in their work there is no smoke, soot and ash. This is due to the fact that for bio-fireplaces a special fuel is used based on the usual alcohol ethanol. This alcohol is obtained as a result of the fermentation of sugar from various plants and its further denaturation. When burning it does not emit harmful substances, but only moisture, heat and carbon monoxide.
Pour biofuel carefully: do not spill and pour into the fuel block only after turning off the burner and cooling the unit itself.
Manufacturers of biofireplaces recommend FANOLA fuel, which has received confirmation of safety in the Institute of Hygiene.
Advantages of bio fireplaces
In comparison with a conventional fireplace with a chimney, the bio fireplace has many advantages:
- ease of installation;
- availability of mobile models;
- humidification of air;
- harmless to the environment;
- lower cost;
- lack of permits;
- performance of decorative function.
With all the advantages of bio-fireplaces there are disadvantages:
- slow and unobtrusive heating of the room;
- limited working time (depends on the size of the fuel block);
- the appearance of the smell of alcohol during ignition, but it is easily eliminated by airing;
- the cost of biofuels (more than wood).
To create the full feeling that you are sitting near a real fireplace in your apartment, also such accessories for bio-fireplaces are used, like firewood made from ceramics or sets of fire-resistant stones (black or white).