Heater
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"Heaters" redirects here. For the community in the United States, see Heaters, West Virginia.
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A heater is an object that emits heat or causes another body to achieve a higher temperature. In a household or domestic setting, heaters are usually appliances whose purpose is to generate heating (i.e. warmth). Other types of heaters are Ovens and Furnaces.
Heaters exists for all states of matter, including solids, liquids and gases and there are 3 types of heat transfer: Convection, Conduction and Radiation.
The opposite of a heater (for warmth) is an air cooler (for cold) (see air conditioning) used to keep the user cooler than the temperature originally surrounding them.
[edit] Types
- Air heater
- Block heater
- Cartridge heater
- Cathode heater
- Central heater
- Ceramic heater
- Chip heater
- Convection heater
- Crankcase heater
- Dielectric heater
- District heater
- Drum heater
- Electric heater
- Feedwater heater
- Flameless ration heater
- Gas heater
- Gasoline heater
- Geothermal heater
- Grate heater
- Heater (aquarium)
- Heater core
- Heating pad
- Heat pump
- Heat Traps
- Hot tub heater
- Hybrid water heater
- Hydronic heater
- immersion heater
- Induction heater
- Infrared heater
- Infrared sauna
- Ionospheric heater
- Jetstream furnace
- Kerosene heater
- Masonry heater
- Micathermic heater
- Microheater
- Oil heater
- Patio heater
- Radiative heater - Radiator (heating)
- Micathermic heater
- Radioisotope heater unit
- Rocket mass heater
- Salamander heater
- Solar furnace
- Solar heater
- Solar water heating
- Space heater
- Storage heater
- Thermomechanical generator
- Trace heating
- Underfloor heating
- Undertank heater
- Water heater (see also Aquarium heater)
- Wet-heater
- Wood heater
