Efficient Open Fireplace

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This is a design for an efficient open fireplace. It's based on classic British Victorian fitting into a brick chimney.

This design is roughly based on a real Victorian cast-iron design, except that it has a number of enhancements and features. These are:

- Classic open fire design, for burning coal, wood or man-made fuels
- Side convection heat pipes circulate clean air from the room past the main heat source and back into the room. This increases the heat transfer from the burning fuel into the room
- Rear water pipes for opportunistic water heating when the fire is burning. Most likely used with a heat-store system, or as-and-when central heating systems
- Forward shifted grate to bring the radiant heat closer to the room and to enourage greater heat transfer outwards rather than up the chimney
- Upwards heat and smoke is diverted by the fireplace, meaning heat is transferr