A unlike traditional radiators, otherwise known as radiators, which emit the heat generated by heating the water contained within them, gas radiators are powered by methane gas or LPG but are disconnected from the boiler and the plumbing system.
This means that You can install them in your home regardless of whether you have an independent heating system, perhaps in a particularly large room or one without radiators.
Let's delve deeper together and try to understand how gas radiators work and when it's best to install them in your home.
What are gas radiators?
The term gas radiator This refers to a device - aesthetically similar to a wall-mounted or floor-mounted air conditioner, so to speak - that allows you to heat a room autonomously, using natural gas or LPG as fuel.
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Unlike a gas stove, gas radiators have a sealed combustion chamber, inside which the gas burns, generating heat without contaminating the room air with combustion byproducts.
In short, the fumes and gas residues emitted by the gas stove are expelled through a exhaust pipe that goes outside the home.
How gas radiators work
We said that gas radiators work by generating heat through the combustion of gas, whether it is mains methane or LPG, coming from cylinders or tanks.
We also explained that, unlike a traditional gas stove, they are equipped with a sealed combustion chamber, inserted in a metal casing, in which a convective heat flow is created, which can be increased, in some models, with an electric fan.
In practice, the flame of the gas burner is not in direct contact with the environment in which the radiators are installed, eliminating the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
From a certain point of view, gas radiators are a more efficient and technologically advanced evolution of gas stoves.
Furthermore, while traditional radiators and towel warmers are connected to the plumbing system and the boiler that also generates domestic hot water, gas radiators only require two things:
- connection to the electricity network;
- connection to the gas network.
As we will see later in the article, these appliances are divided into four types, depending on the presence of all or only some of these 10 Elements:
- Room air intake;
- Convection fan;
- Command and control elements;
- Burner;
- Combustion air intake;
- Combustion chamber;
- Combustion gas fan;
- Hot air outlet;
- Combustion product exhaust duct
- External intake and exhaust terminal
Installation of gas radiators
Installation involves drilling a hole in the wall - which must therefore necessarily be perimeter - through which two pipes are passed Exhaust:
- The first allows combustion fumes to be released outside;
- The second allows air (combustion) to enter the combustion chamber.
Installation is therefore very simple, but it is still recommended to have it performed by a specialized technician who is familiar with current regulations and the legal requirements, such as the correct distance from other surrounding elements and the position.
Types of gas radiators
There are many gas radiator models on the market,
but they all fall into four types, depending on the components present (which we have listed above):
- Natural convection balanced flow:This is the simplest type, without the fan (convection fan and combustion gas fan) that we see in the others;
- Natural convection forced flow: These have a combustion gas fan but not a combustion gas fan. Conventional;
- Balanced flow forced ventilation:Unlike the previous type, these are characterized by the presence of a convection fan but not a combustion gas fan;
- Forced flow forced ventilation: They are the most complete type, with the presence of both fans.
Autonomy, integration, efficiency
Gas radiators, thanks to their autonomy from the centralized and/or independent heating system of your home, are ideal for supplementing traditional heating.
In particular, they are recommended for installation:
- in rooms with occasional use;
- in second homes;
- in offices;
- in restaurants;
- in utility rooms, such as the laundry room or storage room.
Being autonomous and independent, they can be activated only in the room where the temperature actually needs to be increased. With an independent system, all the radiators in the house are activated simultaneously, and you would have to turn them off manually to avoid energy loss and waste.
The air in the room to be heated is placed directly in contact with the heating element, without having to resort to intermediate fluids such as water - as happens with traditional radiators. This way, the desired temperature is reached very quickly, resulting in greater energy efficiency.
Finally, their autonomy and independence also make them very useful for heating rooms out of season - for example, on particularly cold days in autumn or spring, especially in apartment buildings and offices with central heating - and for supplementing the main system if it is unable to cope with particularly cold temperatures.
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