Heating

Heating is making something warm. It could mean:

• HVAC: Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning.

HVACR "R" stand for Refrigeration

Heating devices, or systems:

• Block heater, or headbolt heater, an electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
• Boiler
• Cathode heater, a coil or filament used to heat the cathode in a vacuum tube or cathode ray tube
• Central heating, method of providing warmth from one point to multiple rooms or apartments of a building
• Convector heater, a heater which operates by air convection currents circulating through the body of the appliance
• Dielectric heating, the phenomenon in which radiowave or microwave electromagnetic radiation heats a dielectric material
• District heating, a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements
• Fan heater, a heater that works by using a fan to pass air over a heating element
• Feedwater heater, a power plant component used to pre-heat water delivered to the boiler
• Fireplace, an architectural element consisting of a space designed to contain a fire for heating or cooking
• Gas heater, a heater that burns natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas
• Geothermal heat pump, a heat pump that uses the thermal mass of the Earth to regulate indoor temperatures
• Geothermal heating a method of heating using geothermal heat
• Heating pad, a pad used for warming of parts of the body
• Hydronics, the use of water as the heat-transfer medium in heating and cooling systems
• Induction heating, the process of heating a metal object by electromagnetic induction
• Radiant heating, a heating system which heats a building through radiant heat rather than convection or forced-air heating
• Radiator, a heat exchanger designed to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating
• Radioisotope heater unit, small heaters that provide heat through radioactive decay
• Salamander heater, a portable forced-air or convection heater, often kerosene-fueled, used in ventilated areas for worksite comfort
• Solar furnace a structure used to harness the sun's rays to produce very high temperatures
• Solar heating, the usage of solar energy to provide process, space or water heating
• Storage heater, an electrical appliance which stores heat at a time when base load electricity is available at a low price
• Water heating, the heating of water for residential, commercial or industrial use