Progress

Starting with alcohol-gel fuelled fireplaces we continued to research eco-friendly idea of fire, aiming at reducing the cost and offering to our customer affordable fireplaces of outstanding quality and style. Gel fireplaces are already established in the UK as a way of having alluring real fire in the house without a flue or installation. The next big development has to be bio fuel.

Denatured Ethanol Fireplaces [Bio Fuel]

With rising energy prices, air and water pollution, and an increasing awareness of our human impact on our global environment, many people are interested in clean, safe, and environmentally friendly heating options for their homes. Ethanol is one of these – since it is made from plants, it does not release any new carbon dioxide (CO2) into the air, unlike fossil fuels which return carbon that was stored beneath the surface for millions of years into the air. The only CO2 that can be released from burning bio fuels is the gas which was absorbed by the plants as they grew. Ethanol is the most common bio fuel worldwide and is produced by fermentation of sugars derived from wheat, corn, sugar beets, sugar cane, molasses and any sugar or starch that alcoholic beverages can be made from (like potato and fruit waste etc). The ethanol production methods used are enzyme digestion (to release sugars from stored starches), fermentation of the sugars, distillation and drying. When ethanol is burning, its emissions are roughly similar to human breath, small amounts of water vapor and carbon dioxide, with no harmful or toxic substances. There is also no residue when burning, so there is literally no maintenance, which is a big step forward compared to gel fireplaces.

Our bio fireplaces are mainly decorative, whilst they obviously will not replace conventional heating, however, they will produce a significant amount of heat (while in traditional fireplaces 60% of the heat is lost through the chimney, in Bio Fireplaces 100% of the heat energy is projected to the room).