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Rumford Fireplaces
Rumford Fireplaces
control the pressure so that there is no down draft in the chimney even before you light a fire in the fireplace. The specific things you try depend on your house but always think of reducing the air escaping high in the house and increasing the air coming into the house on the lower floors. The cold air return in the room with the fireplace may need balancing, it may make a difference which window you open or close, especially in a breeze. But you want to let more air in low in the house so when you open a window, check with the incense smoke to see if air is actually flowing into the house. Once you've closed off as many leaks as you can high in the house and found out where and how much makeup air you have to let in low in the house, then you can think of a permanent solution like makeup air into the cold air return or an air-to-air heat exchanger that might be more palatable than opening a window. Bottom line is, under normal conditions - bathroom fan, furncace, clothes dryer on or various windows open - the air must go up the chimney when there is no fire in the fireplace and the chimney is cold.
Eficincia do rumford
Rumford fireplaces are high intensity radiant heaters as described by ASHRAE. (see footnote) They work best in large, open, rooms with high ceilings - even outdoors. Rumford fireplaces provide an efficient means of delivering thermal comfort directly to people and surfaces such as floors and walls without having to condition the entire space. Highly efficient thermal comfort can be delivered because radiant heaters focus thermal energy, and therefore thermal comfort, directly on the occupants, rather than controlling room temperature as do other heating systems. Determination of the amount of heat required to accomplish a desired heating level for any space relies upon an estimation of the space heat loss. The desired inside temperature when using a radiant heating system can be about 10 deg.F lower than one for a conventional warm-air heating system to achieve the same level of thermal comfort. With lower indoor air temperatures, the home's insulation works more efficiently and there is less heat loss through the building envelope. Adequate ventilation is also less expensive in a radiantly heated space because the fresh outside make-up air doesn't have to be heated up as much. For both reasons - 1. efficient means of delivering thermal comfort and 2. equal confort at lower air temperature - radiant heating Rumford fireplaces are effective and efficient heaters compatable with good ventilation. For the calculations and more detail see the Physics of Radiant Heat