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    Latent heat (also known as latent energy or heat of transformation) is energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant-temperature...
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    substance, also known as (latent) heat of fusion, is the change in its enthalpy resulting from providing energy, typically heat, to a specific quantity...
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    enthalpy of vaporization (symbol ∆Hvap), also known as the (latent) heat of vaporization or heat of evaporation, is the amount of energy (enthalpy) that must...
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  • of the LHV is the amount of heat released when the products are cooled to 150 °C (302 °F). This means that the latent heat of vaporization of water and...
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    some PCMs are very effective, storing over 200 kJ/kg of latent heat, as against a specific heat capacity of around one kJ/(kg*°C) for masonry. The storage...
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    heat transfer, a condenser is a heat exchanger used to condense a gaseous substance into a liquid state through cooling. In doing so, the latent heat...
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    as an ERV. An ERV is a type of air-to-air heat exchanger that transfers latent heat as well as sensible heat. Because both temperature and moisture are...
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  • Thumbnail for Joseph Black
    physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry...
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    Calorimetry (category Heat transfer)
    latent heat with respect to volume was perhaps first recognized by Joseph Black in 1762. The term 'latent heat of expansion' is also used. The latent...
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  • Coolant (redirect from Heat transfer medium)
    stay liquid or gaseous, or can undergo a phase transition, with the latent heat adding to the cooling efficiency. The latter, when used to achieve below-ambient...
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    entropies of the solid and liquid are equal at T = 0. As a result, the latent heat of melting is zero, and the slope of the melting curve extrapolates to...
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    potential, electrical potential, electricity, elevated temperature, latent heat and kinetic. Energy storage involves converting energy from forms that...
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  • coexistence curve at any point, L {\displaystyle L} is the specific latent heat (the amount of energy absorbed in the transformation), T {\displaystyle...
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  • Q_{sensible}=mc\Delta T\,.} Sensible heat and latent heat are not special forms of energy. Rather, they describe exchanges of heat under conditions specified in...
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  • In thermodynamics, the enthalpy of sublimation, or heat of sublimation, is the heat required to sublimate (change from solid to gas) one mole of a substance...
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    (100% relative humidity) by the evaporation of water into it, with the latent heat supplied by the parcel. A wet-bulb thermometer indicates a temperature...
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    involves the measurement of the latent heat of phase transitions. Joseph Black had already introduced the concept of latent heat in 1761, based on the observation...
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    from the air in the form of sensible heat, which affects the temperature of the air, and converted into latent heat, the energy present in the water vapor...
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    of sensible heat and converted into latent heat, while the air remains at a constant enthalpy. Latent heat describes the amount of heat that is needed...
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    Central heating (redirect from Central heat)
    gives up its latent heat, returning to liquid water. The radiator in turn heats the air of the room, and provides some direct radiant heat. The condensate...
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    be divided into three separate categories: sensible heat, latent heat, and thermo-chemical heat storage. Each of these has different advantages and disadvantages...
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    space via thermal radiation, and upward heat transport via natural convection (which carries hot air and latent heat upward). Above the tropopause, convection...
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    Monte Carlo integration. Radiant flux Latent heat flux Rate of heat flow Insolation Heat flux sensor Relativistic heat conduction The word "flux" is used...
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    heat from that surface. The vapor then travels along the heat pipe to the cold interface and condenses back into a liquid, releasing the latent heat....
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    coefficient History of thermodynamics Joback method (Estimation of heat capacities) Latent heat Material properties (thermodynamics) Quantum statistical mechanics...
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    and side windows. A "latent heat accumulator" was available as an option up until September 1999. The accumulator stores engine heat by converting a salt...
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    coefficient Enthalpy of mixing Latent heat Material properties (thermodynamics) Joback method (estimation of heat capacities) Specific heat of melting (enthalpy...
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    process of development of tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones form due to latent heat driven by significant thunderstorm activity, and are warm core. Cyclones...
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  • as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. Conversion of units Latent heat Metrication Ton of...
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    heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from one place to another due to the movement of fluid. Although often discussed as a distinct method of heat transfer...
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