Carbon
Pleasant warmth at low heating costs
Infrared heating systems installed in the floor, wall or ceiling distribute pleasant warmth at low heating costs.
The secret: an innovative carbon coating
The heating solutions from Carbon Heating Systems can be used as underfloor, wall or ceiling heaters and use the same heating method as our sun: beneficial infrared radiation. In addition to a uniquely healthy indoor climate, our products impress with their low running and investment costs.
All our products are printed over the entire surface with a patented carbon coating and emit beneficial infrared radiation when a voltage is applied — just like our sun. This happens in minutes and leads to maximum efficiency and heat homogeneity. We heat floors, walls and ceilings with three different products, perfectly matched to the respective areas.
What exactly is infrared radiation?
Infrared radiation is, in short, heat radiation. It can be thought of as an electromagnetic wave, and the length of the wave is decisive. A very short wave would be X-rays, which are dangerous for humans. A very long wave would be a radio wave. In between, with an average wavelength, are the waves of infrared radiation. The special feature: they warm us.
We know this phenomenon when we stand in a sunlit place on a cold day and feel the pleasant warmth of the sun on our face — it is cold, but we feel comfortable in the sun’s rays. Many people confuse UV radiation with infrared radiation. Both come from the sun, but that is the only thing they have in common. UV radiation consists of shorter waves and is responsible for our skin turning brown or red after sunbathing. The waves of infrared radiation, on the other hand, are longer and, apart from the warming effect, have a number of healthy influences on the human body, which are also used therapeutically for muscle and joint complaints.
How does infrared radiation heat a building?
Our infrared heating products have two features that fundamentally distinguish them from other types of heating. First, they are panel heating systems: floor, walls or ceiling heat the room without any radiator or other protruding components. Second, infrared radiation is used primarily to heat objects and not the air, as is the case with all convection-based heating systems.
If all the walls, the floor and the ceiling have the same temperature, we are warmed according to the principle of heat transfer. The second law of thermodynamics states that whenever two objects of different temperatures are near each other, there is a flow of heat from the warm to the cold object. This flow continues until the temperature levels have equalised. Humans perceive an ambient temperature of 20 to 22 degrees Celsius as very pleasant, since this also represents their surface temperature when dressed, so that virtually no heat exchange occurs.
How the warmth spreads through the room
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In the picture on the left you see an unheated room, whereby the left wall is equipped with a Carbon wall heating system.
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When switched on, the wall heats up evenly to the temperature set on the thermostat and transfers heat energy to all other walls, objects and people in the room.
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The walls, objects and people absorb some of this heat energy and at the same time pass on part of the received heat flow — this effect is called secondary radiation.
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This is repeated until all walls, objects and the surface of people have the same temperature; only then does the heat equalisation current cease. The air itself is not directly heated.
Medical aspects
The therapeutic benefits of infrared radiation have long been known. Heat has a healing and soothing effect on pain, inflammation, joint pain and muscle tension, and strengthens the immune system. Infrared radiation penetrates the skin only slightly but immediately releases the heat to the adjacent tissue layers. Through the blood and lymph flow, the warmth can also reach deeper regions of the body and internal organs. The evaluation of various measurements of vitality and well-being, such as blood volume and heart rate variability, confirms that infrared radiation has a stress-reducing effect.
The heating principle of an infrared radiant heater corresponds to the principle of natural solar radiation, which health and the human organism also demand in their living space.
Study by the biophysical testing laboratory Paul Sommer
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