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Real-world heat transfer

In the last three weeks we have briefly discussed the three mechanisms for heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation. This week we’ll wrap up the topic of heat transfer by examining how the three types work together in the real world. Hypothetical Home I’ve modeled a hypothetical house that would have used typical construction techniques…
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Radiation Heat Transfer

Recall that there are three types of heat transfer: Conduction, which we covered two weeks ago, Convection, that we covered last week, and Radiation – the subject of this week’s blog. Although, Radiation has a bad reputation, associated with nuclear power plants or worse with nuclear bombs. Radiation isn’t necessarily bad, we are all exposed…
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