Heating allows you to heat a closed environment.
Heating is a term with etymological origin in the late Latin calefactio . The concept is used to refer to the act and result of warming up or warming up .
To know what heating is, therefore, you must first understand what the action of heating consists of. This verb refers to the transmission of heat to an object or body, causing an increase in its temperature (that is, the physical magnitude that, precisely, reveals the level of heat).
Returning to the idea of heating, it can refer to the method used to provide heat or to increase the temperature . It is usually used to name all the equipment and devices whose function is to heat an environment .
Heating, a human need
Unlike animals, humans do not have feathers or a large amount of hair to protect themselves from the cold. That is why you need to use different resources for your heating.
Covering yourself with clothing has been, since prehistoric times, the basic procedure to warm the body. The mastery of fire about 450,000 years ago was another milestone in heating.
However, flames carry various dangers, from burns to poisoning due to the accumulation of smoke or gases. The creation of structures such as the hypocaust and the hearth or chimney helped solve some of these problems.
As time went by, the stove was invented, a device that is still key in heating homes. It is a device that, using combustion or electricity , allows you to heat a place.
Radiator to heat a room.
Stove types
Currently, different types of stoves are marketed. The most popular are gas stoves that have a burner where combustion takes place and that have ventilation.
Electric stoves , for their part, produce heat with electric current thanks to the so-called Joule effect (which involves the transformation of a percentage of the kinetic energy of electrons into heat). There are also stoves that have a radiator , a metal piece that shelters the circulation of a hot fluid to transmit heat to the environment.
When there is a single source that is responsible for increasing the temperature of an entire building, it is called central heating or centralized heating . In this case, there is usually a boiler to heat the water that feeds, through pipes, to multiple radiators.
Heating, key in air conditioning
Air conditioning consists of providing an environment with the necessary conditions of temperature, humidity , etc., to ensure the comfort of the people who are in the place. Heating, in this framework, is very important in the winter season and in the coldest regions.
Hotel rooms are often heated for the well-being of guests, as are restaurants and shopping centers to satisfy their customers.
Cars also have a heating system. Generally, the heat generated by the engine when it is on is used; After passing through the radiator, it is sent inside the vehicle by a fan.