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The room heats by convection transfer into the air, aided by humidity produced when water is heated.
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How does a hot water radiator heat a room?
The hot water heats the metal of the radiator, which heats the surrounding air. The warm air circles round the room.
Explain how convection could be used to heat a room with a hot radiator on one side of the room?
Hot air rises to the ceiling and as it cools on the far side of the ceiling it sinks back down to the floor on the opposite side of the room from the radiator. It will not evenly heat the room. To get the best comfort level, you need a ceiling fan to push the hot air to the floor. The hot radiator sets up convection currents that transfer thermal energy to the rest of the room and eventually heat the entire room. How do convection currents work? The hot radiator warms the air that is closest to the radiator. The warm air expands, becomes less dense and rises to the top of the room. When the air reaches the top of the room it is pushed sideways towards the far wall by the more recently warmed air rising from the radiator below. In this way warm air moves to the other side of the room. Once on the other side of the room the air drops down both because it has cooled a little and because the air behind it continues to push on it. The air then continues to circulate back to the radiator and repeat the process.
How does a hot-water radiator heat a room's air.?
It heats from the celci-di that heats an outdoors calborithm
How does a hot water radiator heats a room's air?
It heats from the celci-di that heats an outdoors calborithm
How does a hot water radiator heat a room's air?
It heats from the celci-di that heats an outdoors calborithm
How does thermal energy from a radiator reach the other side of the room?
Hot air from a radiator reaches the other side of a room by convection current. Convection current is when hot water/ air rises, hot water/ air cools, cool water/ air sinks, cool water/ air warms and then the cycle starts over.
How does heat move from a radiator to a room?
hot water flows through the meta pipes and warms it up therefore warming up the room .
Why isn't the Radiator not getting hot?
THAT MEANS THE RADIATOR IS GETTING HOT, Probably you mean Why isn't the radiator getting hot. could be becaused the thermostat isn't opening or the house to the radiator is disconnected or there is no coolant in the radiator,
Your air conditioner blows hot air?
It most likely is low on refrigerant and needs to be recharges. It could be an electrical or mechanical problem, as well. Another reason could be choking of the radiator cooling coils which blow hot air out from the back of your AC. This generally happens if the external part of your room AC is situated around potential choking materials lying loose such as waste, birds feathers etc. The radiator fan sucks such loose material into the radiator coils which get choked, resulting in back-flow of hot air of the radiator into your room. It also adversely affects the cooling cycle as the gas does not get cooled adequately, in the radiator.
How is heat from the air surrounding the radiator transferred to the air in the rest of the room?
Heat gets into the room in two ways: convection and infrared radiation. The "fins" of a radiator heat the air molecules around it, causing them to expand. As the hot air expands, it rises, creating a vacuum behind it.
What would one use a thermostatic radiator valve for?
A thermostatic radiator valve is a valve that is connected to the hot water heating system. It can control the room temperature by regulating the amount of water that goes into the radiator. The valve is able to control this by sensing the temperature of the air.
What does a radiator do?
In your car, the radiator transfers its heat to the surroundings - the air. [Strictly, this is conduction, but don't quibble. This is mechanic talk.] In your room, the radiator does radiate heat into the room.
