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2. Industrial furnace - Wikipedia

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   An industrial furnace, also known as a direct heater or a direct fired heater, is a device used to provide heat for an industrial process, typically higher than 400 degrees Celsius. [1] They are used to provide heat for a process or can serve as reactor which provides heats of reaction. Furnace designs vary as to its function, heating duty ...

3. Forced-air gas - Wikipedia

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   Gas-fired forced-air furnaces have a burner in the furnace fueled by natural gas. A blower forces cold air through a heat exchanger and then through duct-work that distributes the hot air through the building. [ 2] Each room has an outlet from the duct system, often mounted in the floor or low on the wall – some rooms will also have an ...

4. Blast furnace gas - Wikipedia

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   Blast furnace gas. An early internal combustion blowing engine of around 1900, powered by furnace gas. Blast furnace gas (BFG) [1] is a by-product of blast furnaces that is generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic iron. It has a very low heating value, about 93 BTU /cubic foot (3.5 MJ/m 3), [2] because it consists of about ...

5. Phase-out of fossil fuel boilers - Wikipedia

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   The phase-out of fossil fuel boilers is a set of policies to remove the use of fossil gas (or "natural gas") and other fossil fuels from the heating of buildings and use in appliances. Typically gas is used to heat water, for showering, or central heating. In many countries, gas heating is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas ...

6. History of manufactured fuel gases - Wikipedia

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   History of manufactured fuel gases. The history of gaseous fuel, important for lighting, heating, and cooking purposes throughout most of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, began with the development of analytical and pneumatic chemistry in the 18th century. These "synthetic fuel gases " (also known as "manufactured fuel ...

7. Furnace (central heating) - Wikipedia

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   Furnace (central heating) An oil furnace. A furnace (American English), referred to as a heater or boiler in British English, is an appliance used to generate heat for all or part of a building. Furnaces are mostly used as a major component of a central heating system. Furnaces are permanently installed to provide heat to an interior space ...