How
heat transfer works in a wood stove
How a
wood stove heats up your home is through all three
types of heat transfer. First the burning wood
inside the wood stove gives off radiation heat and
transfers it into the air inside the wood stove.
This hot air then heats up the metal that the wood
stove is made of; the metal is heated through
conduction heat transfer. In wood stoves there is
also a vent to let air in and out of the chamber
where the wood is burned, there is also a fan in
the wood stove that is used to move the heated
air, this is the main component that is used for
heating the house. The fan moves the hot air which
then heats your house through convection heat
transfer.
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