Radiant Natural Gas Heaters
Monday, February 11th, 2008Radiant heating is a unique technology that uses heated infrared rays, or “radiant energy” emitted from a heat source. While it sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, the Romans were known to use a similar technology known as Hypocaust heating. The word Hypocaust comes from the Greek word hypo meaning below or underneath, and kaiein, meaning to burn or light a fire. It literally means “heat from below”.
Radiant heating equipment is designed to provide heat through the application of radiant heat transfer. Heated infrared rays are radiated until they are absorbed by objects or people. In actuality, the heated infrared rays are not the heat source. The heat source is actually the air that surrounds the heated objects.
As the infrared rays are dispersed, the air surrounding the objects or people is warmed because of the increase in temperature of those objects or people. So, the heated infrared rays warm up the temperature of objects or people, and the objects or people in turn warm up the room. It’s quite a unique technology, wouldn’t you agree?
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