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This is a large and powerful grate heater system that incorporates a large, thermally-conductive heating design along with a multi-blower, high-CFM, forced-air delivery system Another example of a large and powerful grate heater system that incorporate a large, thermally-conductive heating design and a single-blower, high-CFM, forced-air delivery system
Direct vent fireplaces are extremely efficient compared to a traditional fireplace and can operate at about 85% efficiency. Even a very efficient traditional fireplace only operates at about 15% efficiency. This is because most of the hot air generated by the fire travels up the chimney due to convection.
Manufactured fireplaces are made with sheet metal or glass fire boxes. Electric fireplaces can be built-in replacements for wood or gas or retrofit with log inserts or electric fireboxes. A few types are wall mounted electric fireplaces, electric fireplace stoves, electric mantel fireplaces, and fixed or free standing electric fireplaces.
He and his workers changed fireplaces by inserting bricks into the hearth to make the side walls angled, and they added a choke to the chimney to create a circulation of air inside the chimney. In the unmodified chimney, smoke rises up the chimney propelled only by buoyancy—the heated gases from the fireplace being lighter than the ...