Alcohol fireplaces are an excellent alternative to electric or gas and wood-burning fireplaces. They can add elegance and taste to any room they install. If your house does not support the installation of wood-burning fireplaces, you can use alcohol fireplaces. There is no need to install chimneys, flues, and pipes with reserved holes.
When you are looking for a portable alcohol fireplace, there are a few things to consider. The first thing you should decide is whether you want to use it for heating or decoration. Because smaller fireplaces do not emit a lot of heat; larger fireplaces use more fuel, but they are very suitable for generating heat. Alcohol fireplaces are very affordable and can meet almost everyone's budget. You also need to consider security. If you follow the instructions, the alcohol fireplace is absolutely safe. If misused, open flames can be dangerous. If you want to avoid injury and property damage, you should be very careful when using the fireplace.
About the advantages of the alcohol fireplace:
They have a very clean combustion, and no ashes are produced, which means there is no need to clean them. All alcohol fireplaces can be a great decoration, like a ruby blooming in the fire. Will not produce wood cracking or cracking sound like wood burning fireplaces. Will not pollute the air, and will not produce smoke.
What is alcohol?
Alcohol is not a gas. Divided into drinking alcohol and biomass ethanol. Among them, biomass ethanol is a kind of motor fuel. It is mainly composed of ethanol and methanol, which can be used as fuel for fireplaces or motor vehicles. Different types of alcohol, such as ethanol or ethanol (C2H5OH), are used to produce alcoholic beverages. Ethanol or grain alcohol is widely used as a biofuel in some countries. Biomass ethanol, which is what we often call alcohol, is mainly extracted from the fermentation process of glucose from sugar (sugar beet, sugar cane and molasses).
How does an alcohol fireplace work?
Alcohol fireplaces do not need to burn wood. And very easy to use, they mainly burn alcohol fuel. This biomass ethanol (alcohol) is most widely used as a motor vehicle fuel. All you have to do is to pour alcohol fuel into the burner and use the remote control or the fireplace's own panel switch for ignition. The fuel will be ignited within a few minutes and burn for a long time. No smoke, ash or soot is produced, so no chimney is needed. You can clean the alcohol fireplace very quickly. No special tools are required to install them. At the same time, the alcohol fireplace can support wall-mounted or desktop type.
Safety issues for alcohol fireplaces:
Biomass ethanol alcohol is a very flammable substance, so one should avoid open flames and two should avoid bears. It is recommended to check the liner once a year to prevent problems before they happen to avoid major accidents.
Alcohol fireplace fuel:
Alcohol fireplaces do not use electricity, wood or natural gas as fuel. They are powered entirely by biomass ethanol fuel sold separately. And among them are subdivided into the following categories:
1. Liquid bioethanol fuel
Ethanol liquid is a transparent liquid made from 97+% pure ethanol. It appears as a blue or yellow flame when it burns, and does not produce any ash.
Biomass ethanol is a liquid fuel produced from biodegradation products. Generally, plant wastes and forest products are used to produce bioethanol. It is one of the most promising biofuels because it is created by renewable energy. Corn, wheat or sugar cane can all be used to make bioethanol fuel.
2. Bioethanol gel
Ethanol gel has a higher density and a higher melting point than bioethanol fluid fuel. So gel is not as easy to ignite and burn like fluid gel. Liquid fuels and ethanol gels leave some residues when they burn.
Gas Fireplace VS Alcohol Fireplace
Gas fireplaces and alcohol fireplaces are very popular. Natural gas is much more expensive than bioethanol alcohol, and due to installation costs, gas fireplaces are much more expensive than alcohol fireplaces.
Gas fireplaces are generally not portable and transported, and some need to install a flue and regularly check for leaks. Alcohol fireplaces do not use flue, and will not cause gas leakage problems. Alcohol fireplaces are environmentally friendly, but gas fireplaces are different. Alcohol fireplaces have more design options and can be highly customized. Gas fireplace is not the case, it does not have too many design styles or color styles to choose from. On the other hand, alcohol fireplaces are safer than gas fireplaces.
Electric Fireplace and Alcohol Fireplace
The emissions of bioethanol ethanol fireplaces are completely environmentally friendly and safe, and most of the emissions are actually water; electric fireplaces use fossil fuels for electricity, which easily emit carbon dioxide into the air, leading to global warming. The fuel cost of an alcohol fireplace is much lower than electricity, which helps save unnecessary expenses.
Alcohol Fireplace and Wood Burning Fireplace
Before bioethanol alcohol was developed and utilized, people had been using wood-burning fireplaces for heating and decoration. When science and technology entered the capital and it was no longer difficult to extract high-concentration biomass ethanol fuel, mankind realized that it is safer and more environmentally friendly than burning wood, because the alcohol fireplace does not produce smoke, soot and ashes, and more importantly, alcohol. Fireplace fuel biomass ethanol alcohol is much cheaper than wood and does not require one-time bulk purchase and storage, nor does it require 6 to 12 months of processing like wood.