Alternative central heating system - uses secondary source other than boiler heating collector by radiation

摘要

Alternative central heating system is for dwellings etc. with a circuit consisting of pipes and radiators. A secondary heat source, not a central heating boiler, acts as the heating centre, transmitting its heat by radiation to a collector. This in turn yields up heat through convection or conductivity to a unit near the source, and which is accommodated in the central heating system. This unit can be mounted behind a metal plate facing the source, and in front of a wall enclosing the source on one or more sides. The wall can be equipped with a reflector of, for example, aluminium insulating material, and a collector of fireproof material.