combustion heater
1Heater core — A heater core is a radiator like device used in heating the cabin of a vehicle. Hot coolant from the vehicle s engine is passed through a winding tube of the core, a heat exchanger between coolant and cabin air. Fins attached to the core tubes… …
2Combustion — This article is about the process of burning. For combustion without external ignition, see spontaneous combustion. For the engine used in mobile propulsion, see internal combustion engine. For the visible part of a fire, see flame. Burning… …
3Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …
4Kerosene heater — A kerosene heater, also known as a paraffin heater, is a portable, unvented, kerosene fueled, space heating device. In the United States they are used mainly for supplemental heat or as a source of emergency heat during a power outage. In some… …
5Chip heater — The chip heater is a single point, tankless, domestic hot water system popular in Australia and New Zealand from c1880s until the 1960s. Examples of this form of domestic water heating are still in current use. The chip heater consisted of a… …
6Laser heater — A laser heater is a type of kerosene heater. Fact|date=May 2008 These heaters use an electronically guided system that burns the kerosene fuel at a high efficiency (almost 100%). Fact|date=May 2008 These units produce almost no combustion exhaust …
7Oil pump (internal combustion engine) — This article is about a part in an internal combustion engine. For other uses, see Oil pump. Oil circulation system …
8Direct Vent Heater — A type of combustion heating system in which combustion air is drawn directly from outside and the products of combustion are vented directly outside. These features are beneficial in tight, energy efficient homes because they will not… …
9Vented gas heater — A Vented or flued gas heater, as the name suggests, employs a vent or flue to convey combustion by products (flue gas) from the heater. Often these heaters have the disadvantage of letting a large portion of the heat escape with the flue …
10Brasero (heater) — A brasero is a heater commonly used in Spain. It is placed under a table covered with a cloth that extends to the floor to provide heat for people sitting at the table. This arrangement is similar to the Japanese kotatsu. Modern braseros are… …
