Important Topics

1. Transmission of heat in fluids.

2. Convection. Drafts of a chimney. Land and sea breezes.

3. Heating and ventilation of buildings.

(a) By hot air.
(b) Hot-water heating.
(c) Steam heating.
(d) Direct and indirect heating.
(e) Vacuum steam heating.
(f) The plenum system.
(g) The thermostat.

Exercises

1. Is a room heated mainly by conduction, convection, or radiation, from (a) a stove, (b) a hot-air furnace, (c) a steam radiator?

2. Name three natural convection currents.

3. Explain the draft of a chimney. What is it? Why does it occur?