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Ethanol Chic: Biofuel Designer Fireplaces A Hit In Germany
By Mr Ethanol | November 27, 2007
Checkbiotech:
Heating with biofuels is becoming hip in the highly developed, post-industrialised world as well. The reasons behind these trends are manifold: there is a purely utilitarian and economic logic - e.g. heating with biomass pellets has become considerably cheaper than heating oil, others enjoy the more natural touch of heating with wood, whereas some try to combine a quest for sustainability with a taste for design.
An example of the latter comes from Germany, where this winter’s hit is a neatly designed fireplace that runs on ethanol. Key to the object is a patented combustion chamber that burns the alcohol biofuel in a clean way, developed by Radius Design.
For centuries, an open fireplace has been considered the heart of the home, before it became a luxury symbol of today. In recent years, using methylated spirits or pastes (gels), any number of variants of pseudo-fireplaces cropped up in apartments. But the real lovers of open fires simply weren’t satisfied, as the flames were reminiscent more of a burning torch than a fire, or simply smoldered away pitifully. More.
Topics: Biofuel, Ethanol, Trends |
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