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in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation,
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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| heat flux (density of heat flow rate) |
heat flow rate from a surface per unit area. |
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| heat gain (heat uptake) |
quantity of heat absorbed by an enclosed space
or system. solar heat gain (sun effect) solar energy
flowing into a building, through both windows and structural materials |
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| heated slab |
concrete slab-on-ground floor, heated by
integral wires, cables, pipes, or ducts, that radiates heat to a conditioned
space. |
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| heated space | space within a building which is provided with a
positive heat supply. Finished living space within a basement, or registers or
heating devices to supply heat to a basement space automatically define that
space as heated space. |
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| heater | apparatus or appliance to supply heat to a space
or a fluid. See also water heater |
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| heater cable (heater tape; heater strip) | electrical heating element usually fitted to
cold room doors to prevent icing |
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| heater mat | electrically heated wire mesh or heated liquid
network embedded in a cold store floor to prevent freezing of water, which may
be in the soil below. |
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| heating | process of adding heat energy causing a rise in
temperature, or a transfer of sensible heat into latent heat. See also district
heating; heating syste |
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| heating coil |
coil supplied with either heated liquid or
vapor, designed to heat fluids (air, gas, or liquids). |
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| heating stack loss |
sensible heat carried away by the flue gas, and
the sensible and latent heat carried away by the water vapor in the flue gas. |
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