Taking all the parts
and putting them back together we have
a complex heating system with a strangely simple
name that is mentioned nowhere
throughout the breakdown. This is simply because
the system itself doesn’t heat
directly. The floor does! Using the transferred
heat energy from the water
heater to the mixer, through the tubing into the
floor created the warm object
we talked about in the very beginning.
To transfer that
heat to the room it uses the principle of
radiation. Like the sun warms on a hot day, the
floor heats your house. This
can be expressed through the equation (last one I
promise);
(Q/Δ t) = e * σ *
A * T4
Where e is the
emissivity of the surface, and
σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant.
Alright, you have
seen most of these things before but lets
go over the new additions.
·
Emissivity is a measure
of how well the surface
radiates with a range of 0 to 1.
·
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
has a value of 5.67 X
10-8 W/m2 K4
That is all there is to it. This equation explains how Radiant Floor Heating heats your house!!! *NOTE* This is a drastically
over simplified claim to the physics involved in
the heating of your home *NOTE*
But still pretty freaking cool! |
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