Questions tagged [heating-systems]
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Calculation of the stored energy for a heat storage tank
There is a heat storage tank that is directly loaded from the top and the heat is also taken from the top.
The colder water from the heating circuit return flow enters the heat storage tank at the ...
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What is the most common control method in Underfloor heating?
I am trying to research the common methods on an underfloor heating system that are available in the market.
I know there are usually,
On/Off control to control the flow of water into the pipe
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What is the minimum height of a chimney needed in a camper?
Like a lot of people nowadays, I'm fitting a log fire into the back of a camper van but can't find the minimum height above the roof for the chimney. Ideally, it should be as low as possible for ...
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Why does a radiator valve require more torque after a few turns?
I'm automating a non-thermostatic household radiator valve, by replacing the knob with a DC motor and adding some support structure. You can see the system at work here: https://www.instagram.com/p/...
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Comparing EPA emission limits between wood stoves and wood furnaces
Emission limits set by the EPA were updated in 2020.
Currently, "Wood-burning stoves" are allowed 2.5 grams/hour of smoke emission [1]. On the other hand, "Wood-burning forced-air ...
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What is the maximum temperature that could be achieved by a heat-pump and will it affect its efficiency?
I did some research and found out that one of the applications of a heat pump is as a water heater which means that it could achieve a temperature of about 100-degree Celsius.
Will changing the ...
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Yellow/Purple Flue gas in the stack
I was informed today by one of the on-site operators that they saw the colour of the stack flue gas change from colourless to a yellow/purple gas for a short period (~5mins) before returning back to ...
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Heat loss calculation and Energy Balance
The image shows the CAD model of the annealing zone in a galvanization simulator. The zone is electrically heated with a AC current of 5597A at 2.09V. This whole zone is surrounded by insulating ...
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Best way to create separate heating zone for basement
I have 2 heating zone in the house: one for the upper floor and one for main and basement. Both zones split from the main duct into their own ducts and use a damper to close/open.
Now I want to ...
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Increase in target emission rate (TER) when using a air source heat pump (ASHP) in standard assessment procedure (SAP) calculation
I am running a SAP calculation on a proposed building which will be utilising a 8.5 kW ASHP for space and water heating. I am also running a comparative analysis against a mains gas boiler to show the ...
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What should length of copper coil be to heat fluid from Temp A to Temp B?
I'm building a milk pasteuriser.
The milk in the cooling tank has a starting temperature of 4°C. It should then be heated to 72°C for 30 sec, then cooled back down again to 4°C as ...
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Alternative to heater cartridge for 10mm deep hole?
In a design for a heated block I am working on I only have the space for a 6mm X 10mm hole for my heating element to be inserted into.
Originally I had planned to use a 40W heater cartridge but the ...
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best refractory cement for embedded heating element furnace
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I designed a 2000 watts 1000 degrees Celsius furnace with following chamber size: 11 cm length, 12 cm width and 15 cm depth. The refractory that I use is 1880 C high temp tabular alumina ...
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Search for comprehensive term for plants with heat generation with heat storage and operating states
My master thesis deals with systems with several operating states that generate heat and store it in a heat storage. Thereby I analyze combined heat and power plants with combustion engines, but also ...
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Where to put the booster pump at customer substation in a district heating system?
In a district heating system, one of the houses in the distribution net is not getting the desired heat into their house. This is because the pipes of this customer which connects them to the ...
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Safely evaporate electrolyte from fragile porous substrate
We have porous ceramic platelets of ~50x5x1 mm³ thickness infiltrated with ammonium nitrate solution (NH4NO3). We want to decompose and evaporate it w/o damaging the fragile substrate (decomposition ...
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What is the gray-body emissivity value of air
Wonder if anyone would know what is the average thermal emissivity value of air relative to blackbody at near room temperatures? I am looking for that magical number between 0 and 1. Looked everywhere ...
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equivalent full hours of heating equipment
I would like to know if there is a standard way of calculating the equivalent to a capacity factor but for heating equipment. That is the ratio between the amount of heat delivered during one year ...
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How to solve power surge caused by curing oven PWM cycle?
I have a Despatch LBB 1-69 lab oven in my shop. It is a single-phase, 110-volt, 30-amp unit. It is wired to a 220 volt, 2-phase, 40-amp panel (on a single 110 volt phase), which is fed by the 100-amp ...
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Kiln design, heating element holders
I intend to build a kiln in my free time over the next few months and am trying to avoid my past mistakes (heated too quickly, the kiln started cracking, the kanthal element melted and it was just ...
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Determine Heating costs in $/kWh for a specific location
Suppose I wanted to find the average heating price for a specific location in the US, where:
heating_price: The price of equivalent unit energy intensity of heating energy source (e.g. natural gas), ...
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How to connect to heating networks both with sources and consumers into one network?
We need to connect two distinct heating networks on a wastewater treatment plant into one. So far I've only seen heating networks with one central heat source or one central manifold that all heat ...
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Are there any books which show how to design electrical coil heat exchangers?
I need to design an electrically powered gas heater, but i need to do so in detail. I'm looking for a guide similar to the shell and tube heat exchanger design guide in coulson and richardson's ...
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How to build multiple large scale fish tanks with water at different temperatures
I am wondering at a high level what are the material components that might be used in building several large scale fish tanks that are temperature regulated like on a fishing farm.
For example, what ...
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Can radiant induction heat thermally decompose wood
Is it possible to thermally decompose an indicator like wood in a induction heating container made of stainless steel if the induction frequency is low enough to heat the container about 1000°c.
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Calculating geothermal heat pump
So I need to calculate how big geothermal heat pumps I need for a building. Heat pump is used for heating and to heat used water.
If I know how many kW's are needed for heating the building and the ...
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Thermal oil in Boiler not reaching desired temperature
The thermal oil Feroline U in Boiler is not gaining the desired temp of 240 Degrees. We have physically measured the temp using digital thermometer at a distance of 20 cm where the boiler temp sensor ...
