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    Water heating is a heat transfer process that uses an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water include...
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    Solar water heating (SWH) is heating water by sunlight, using a solar thermal collector. A variety of configurations are available at varying cost to provide...
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    the central heating with domestic hot water (DHW) in one device. When DHW is used, a combination boiler stops pumping water to the heating circuit and...
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    utilizing chilled water for air conditioning and the warm water it returns may be used in another building for heating, or for the overall heating-portion of...
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    Electric heating is a process in which electrical energy is converted directly to heat energy. Common applications include space heating, cooking, water heating...
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    insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration...
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    solar hot water heating, but may refer to large power generating installations such as solar parabolic troughs and solar towers or non water heating devices...
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    A central heating system provides warmth to a number of spaces within a building from one main source of heat. It is a component of heating, ventilation...
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    water. Heating appliances that use steam or hot water as the fluid are normally referred to as a residential steam boilers or residential hot water boilers...
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  • heating water. Applications include water heating and central heating. The boiler heats water to a temperature controlled by a thermostat. The water then...
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    space heating. Denison Olmsted of New Haven, Connecticut, appears to have been the earliest person to use the term 'radiator' to mean a heating appliance...
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    ground source heat pumps, water source heat pumps and exhaust air heat pumps. Large-scale heat pumps are also used in district heating systems. The efficiency...
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    Hydronics (redirect from Hot-water heating)
    hydro- 'water') is the use of liquid water or gaseous water (steam) or a water solution (usually glycol with water) as a heat-transfer medium in heating and...
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    power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essential source of renewable energy...
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    among the most energy-efficient technologies for providing HVAC and water heating, using far less energy than can be achieved by burning a fuel in a boiler/furnace...
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    storage water heater, or a hot water system (HWS), is a domestic water heating appliance that uses a hot water storage tank to maximize water heating capacity...
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    Medium-temperature collectors are also usually flat plates but are used for heating water or air for residential and commercial use. High-temperature collectors...
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  • which would be comfortable without heating and cooling, which would make its own electricity, collect its own water and deal with its own waste...These...
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    1,200 GW of combined solar and wind energy capacity by 2030. Solar water heating is also extensively implemented, with a total installed capacity of...
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    Radiant heating and cooling is a category of HVAC technologies that exchange heat by both convection and radiation with the environments they are designed...
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    manufacturer that produces residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, as well as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment....
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    to those with electric water heaters, Florida homeowners with solar water heaters save 50 to 85 percent on their water heating bills, according to the...
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    Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling that achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using hydronic or electrical...
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    geyser in South African English) is a water tank used for storing hot water for space heating or domestic use. Water is a convenient heat storage medium...
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  • The heating value (or energy value or calorific value) of a substance, usually a fuel or food (see food energy), is the amount of heat released during...
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    there are a total of over 1.3 million solar water heaters installed as a result of mandatory solar water heating regulations. In 2018, 70% of electricity...
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    Joule heating (also known as resistive, resistance, or Ohmic heating) is the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor produces...
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    designed to produce heat for industrial purposes; for district heating; or desalination of water, in addition to generating electrical power. Fuels such as...
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  • residential and commercial and industrial products for water heating, space heating, combination heating and storage applications. The corporation's manufacturing...
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  • Council banned such flats and passed an ordinance requiring hot water piping and water heating apparatuses for all residential units in January 1957, setting...
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