When I visited Italy, I looked at ancient Roman baths that used to hold thousands of people. They had incredibly tall ceilings and I thought in the winter these buildings must have become pretty chilly. Though here in the United States in the 21st century we do not have large bathing houses filled with ornate sculptures that we have to heat but we do face that same heating problem with warehouses, indoor tennis courts, garages etc….
A typical furnace heats the air and as you know, heat rises. Therefore in these large buildings with high ceilings, a furnace needs to heat a lot of air before it begins to make the area where humans are a comfortable temperature. There is another option and that is infrared gas-fired radiant heating. This uses either radiant tube heaters or spot radiant heaters that heat objects as opposed to air. By doing this, these heaters give people instant warmth when they stand underneath one. People are not the only objects heated, other articles are warmed up as well and they in turn radiate heat into the air.
What are the advantages of this type of heating?
- More economical than a traditional furnace, because the whole big space does not have to be heated, and therefore less fuel and energy is consumed.
- People are able to be warmed up quick! Even though these radiant heaters may be still working on warming up the area, when a person stands under one, they are warm right away-they do not need to wait for the whole building to get warm.
The forms these heaters come in are either tubes or spot. Like its name suggests, the tube heater is a long tube-like device that can range from 30 feet long up to 100 feet plus! Spot heaters are small and rectangular. They are used to heat up more specific, smaller areas-for example: just one person working a singular machine or work station.
I am not sure how the Romans solved their heating problems in big open spaces, but you can Contact Flame to find out how to solve yours with the infrared gas-fired heating equipment.
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