BIOFIRE FIREPLACES
A BioFire is a Radiant heat Fireplace. It has many distinct advantages over conventional convection ovens that produce heat through slow combustion. This is because while convection heat mostly warms up the air, possibly leaving a dry room atmosphere, radiant heat works on the principle of heating up objects as they are struck by heat rays. These objects can be walls, furniture as well as the human body. The whole radiant heat process is based on the same principle as the heat produced by the sun.
A BioFire Fireplace weighs anything between 800 and just over 2.000kg. The weight very much depends on the amount of ceramic refractory bricks needed to store sufficient energy in order to radiate heat for an extended period of time. While some other fireplaces might have additional weight added to their metal fireboxes in the form of ceramics it is still not possible to provide sufficient radiant heat from a structure weighing in at 250kg.
The specially calculated flue passages create a larger surface area to absorb the intense heat of the fire. This efficient burning process ensures that 88% of the energy produced by a BioFire Fireplace is used to heat up your room.
MASONRY FIREPLACES
A Masonry heater is a device for warming a home (or any interior space) that captures the heat from periodic burning of fuels (wood). And then radiates that heat over a long period of time at a fairly constant temperature.
As the name suggests, it is made of masonry, rather than steel. It is free-standing and requires a significant support structure to bear its large weight. It consists of a firebox and heat exchange channels or partitions that provide additional surface area to absorb heat from the hot exhaust gases before they exit into the chimney. Since the firebox is masonry, rather than metal, fires can and do burn much hotter than in a metal stove. These hot fires substantially reduce emissions. The Masonry heater then radiates heat from its exterior, which may be brick, tile, stone, stucco, or a combination of these materials.
