Title: HEATING SYSTEMS
1HEATING SYSTEMS
2Questions
- Why do we need heating systems?
- What was the first heating system?
- Which types of energy do you need to operate
todays heating systems?
3How is the human body like a heating system?
- Purpose of a heating system
- Comparison of components in a radiant heat system
vs. the human body - Seasonal heat flow associated with your house and
your body - Purpose of insulation
4Desert Cottontailhow does the rabbit shed excess
thermal energy?
Ears serve as heat radiators (see blood vessels)
Fur keeps the rabbit warm at night
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5Function of a heating system
- 1. Burn a fuel
- 2. Heat a fluid (air or water)
- 3. Circulate a heated fluid
- 4. Transfer thermal energy into a space
- By convection, conduction and radiation
6Heating System
- Any device or process that transfers energy to a
substance to raise the temperature of the
substance.
7The problem HEAT FLOW FROM HOUSE
During cold days
8Three thermal energy transfer methods in action.
9Different types of heating systems
- Radiant heating system
- Forced-air heating system
- Wood stove
- Fireplace
- Heat Pump
- Circulation of geothermal fluids
10Radiant Heat System
Where does the thermal energy go?
11Forced-air Heating System
12Solar Heating System
13Wood Stoves
14Geothermal Heating Systems
15Do you see where thermal energy is added to a
fluid and can you find the exhaust?
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17Heating Systems
- 2nd law of thermodynamicsheat always flows from
a hotter to a colder substance
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20Explain why the heat flow for a home is different
in the winter vs. the summer.
Summer outdoor air temperature is greater than
indoor air temperature (flow is from outside
in) Winterindoor temperature is greater than
outdoor temperature (flow is from inside out)
21Commom Fuel Sources for Heating
- Wood
- Coal
- Oil
- Natural Gas (methane)
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Methane CH4
22Mid-1700s to 1800s
- Fireplace with brick
- Franklin iron wood stove
- Fuel Source wood
231885-1900
- Coal Boiler
- Natural convection (no electricity for pumps)
- Fuel Source coal
241900-1930s
- Coal Boiler
- Circulated water or steam to radiators
- Fuel Source coal
251930s -
- Radiant Heat and Forced Air Heating Systems
- Circulated heated water or steam to radiators
and heated air through ducts to registers - Fuel Source natural gas and oil
261950s --
- Trend towards forced air heating systems to
accommodate central air conditioning - Fuel Source forced air heating(natural gas)
- Air conditioning (electricity from coal)
27Radiant Heating System
radiator
Radiant energy
Water-filled pipes
90 F
150 F
Heat a fluid
Circulate a heated fluid
Burn a fuel
28Forced-air Heating System (can be adapted to
central whole-house air conditioning)
convection
Circulate a heated fluid
Heat a fluid
Burn a fuel
29Convection, Conduction or Radiation?
- Stick in campfire
- Hot air balloon rising
- Hot concrete surface at pool
- Lizard sunning itself on a rock
- Pan of soup warming on the stove
- Foot on cold tile floor
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
- Radiation
- Convection
- Conduction