Sentences with phrase «like space heating»

Blockages caused by deciduous trees may be acceptable for solar applications like space heating, in that the trees will let most of the light through when the leaves are gone in the winter.

Not exact matches

My apartment had a lot of extra space, and I was living in a shoddy old building where the noise and heat wouldn't be much of a problem, so it seemed like a good match.
That's when she decided to sell a prototype she'd developed after a trip home to India, a sponge - like smart fabric — inspired by materials used in the Russian space program — that helps alleviate heat stress in super-hot climates.
These work like a cross between the two types of juicers above, so they take up less space but without applying any heat, extracting the maximum amount of nutrients without applying any heat from the mechanism.
A wax piece is encased in (something like) plaster of Paris, heated to melt the wax and molten metal is then poured in the space.
Some of the required criteria include, having a dedicated space for athletic injury evaluations and rehabilitation as well as creating emergency action plans that includes protocols for environmental issues like heat illness, lightning, and cold weather.
Along with Mars 2020, STMD is hard at work, advancing promising technology for potential infusion into these Mars missions including: Heat - shield for Extreme Entry Environment, a tailorable, woven thermal protection system that would reduce entry loads and greatly reduce heat - shield mass; Deep Space Optical Communications, which will improve the data - return capacity from space to Earth by more than 10 times the current state - of - the - art; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks like Heat - shield for Extreme Entry Environment, a tailorable, woven thermal protection system that would reduce entry loads and greatly reduce heat - shield mass; Deep Space Optical Communications, which will improve the data - return capacity from space to Earth by more than 10 times the current state - of - the - art; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks like heat - shield mass; Deep Space Optical Communications, which will improve the data - return capacity from space to Earth by more than 10 times the current state - of - the - art; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks likeSpace Optical Communications, which will improve the data - return capacity from space to Earth by more than 10 times the current state - of - the - art; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks likespace to Earth by more than 10 times the current state - of - the - art; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks likeSpace Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks likespace travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks likespace navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks like GPS.
Convection currents, like those that move molten rock within the Earth's mantle, would develop, helping to transfer heat into space, the models showed.
It is the residual heat of creation — the afterglow of the big bang — streaming through space these last 14 billion years like the heat from a sun - warmed rock, reradiated at night.
«In space,» Chang - Díaz likes to say, «heat means fast.»
They may act as reflectors, bouncing incoming sunlight back into space, or like blankets, absorbing heat emitted from the surface and then radiating it back down.
Because this technique needs heated gas to push the particles around, it can't work in the vacuum of outer space like the tractor beams in Star Trek.
During the day, clouds both warm and cool, as they act like a blanket to reflect heat back to the surface (warming), but they also reflect sunlight back to space (cooling).
The main objectives of the mission include obtaining new data on solar activity to help to better forecast space - weather events like solar flares which can directly impact Earth and orbiting satellites, trace the flow of energy from the Sun, better understand how the Sun's outer atmosphere is heated, and explore the physical mechanisms which accelerate the solar wind.
Like the other greenhouse gases, ozone blocks heat from the Earth's surface and prevents it from escaping into outer space.
The one exception is a basic heat diffuser I use in the car since larger diffusers are not practical while driving, and it works decently well in a small space like a vehicle (and is much better than car air fresheners).
@ Linden — Heating your salt block in a closed space like an oven is not something we typically recommend.
It was actually fall like weather here this weekend (and I'm currently sitting in front of a space heater because I'm refusing to turn on the real heat)... but it's going to get back into the 80s this week!
Album closer Contact is a blustering din of exploding, modular synthesizers and bombastic percussion — almost like a space shuttle reentering Earth's atmosphere, jettisoning stardust and space debris as its thrusters heat up and ignite.
The debate is especially heated in communities that practice co-location, in which charters and district schools operate in the same building and share common spaces like libraries and gymnasiums.
It has an alluring defiance defined by traits like noise, heat, harshness, and space limitation, and its shrill looks, eye - watering full - throttle urge, and exciting escapes to the limit will no doubt give those lucky 40 drivers goose bumps whenever they press down on the gas.
The CR - V comes standard with a large group of superb features like a 60/40 split rear seat for easier use of space with large cargo items, a multi-angle rearview camera with guidelines to help you back out of tight spots, Bluetooth HandsFreeLink for safer phone use, heated seats for comfort, Eco Assist, Pandora compatibility and much more.
The features I liked the most about the Sorrento were; comfortable seating for up to 7 passengers, back passengers also have air vents, large trunk space, heated front seats, dual climate control, back up camera so I won't hit anything, good gas mileage for a SUV, get up and go even for a 4 cylinder engine, ambient lighting at night and satellite radio available.
If you want to go the options route, then we like the RDX's space - age climate control system that comes with the Technology package, a feature that actually uses GPS satellites to track the position of the sun relative to the SUV and adjusts the heating and cooling of the vehicle accordingly.
My favorite features of this vehicle include: gas mileage (18 - 20 in town, which is wonderful for such a large vehicle); leather heated seats in the front (so nice in the winter); third row seating (great for large families or those that like to have company riding along); factory installed side steps (great for those that are lacking in height or have bad knees), and lots of cargo space.
We've mentioned some of the reasons why they like them before: they take comfort in small spaces because it makes them feel secure, and small spaces help them retain body heat.
Since you might not want to heat up your entire home, like us, a space heater can be a great solution.
We've mentioned about some of the reasons why they like them before: they take comfort in small spaces because it makes them feel secure, and small spaces help them retain body heat.
feeling like royalty with a large 6 ′ x 8 ′ space with glass doors, heated floors, bright walls and epoxy floors.
The private balcony is a big plus for those who would like to have some private outdoor space, and as the windows are double glazed there are heat and noise reduction benefits.
There's nothing we like better than an entire floor being dedicated to wellness and relaxation — with a heated swimming pool overlooking the valley, separate Jacuzzi, sauna, hammam, massage room and state - of - the - art gym there is more than enough space to pamper yourself.
This can include fixed costs like your office space, lighting, heating, etc..
Rey Akdogan does it with metal tiling as incomplete as that of Carl Andre, Olof Inger with trash bags converted into the painting of light and space, Gabriel Kuri with black slabs crushing beer or soda cans like a Richard Serra that collapsed during an opening, Charlotte Posenenske with heat ducts as building blocks, Cameron Rowland with shelving brackets as line drawing, and Jean - Luc Moulène with rebar as an open cage.
Harris» «Shifting Heat» has luminescent arcs of blue - white intersected by areas of red reds and yellows, while «Orange Crush» has tracings of red, orange and yellow in pale articulated spaces like a light reversed Clyfford Still.
Heated by lamps projecting bright red light, sixteen edible drawings are installed in the museum's basement floor like recently discovered specimens in a science experiment, literally transforming the exhibition space into a quirky laboratory.
This heat, energy if you like, will be lost to outer space, adding to the radiative loss, and exceeding it by factors.
Re 40 simon abingdon — there is very little mass loss to space (can be significant for evolution of conditions over geologic time or in more extreme conditions, but not for Earth like conditions over the timescales over which climatic equilibrium is determined), and latent and sensible heat are transported by conduction and convection and mass diffusion, which can't significantly extend outside the atmosphere.
What people need is clean energy services for cooking, lighting, space comfort, hot water, heat for industrial processes, and electrical energy services like motors, pumps, computing and communications.
Carbon dioxide acts something like the glass panes in a greenhouse, allowing sunlight in to heat the Earth, but preventing some of that heat from escaping into space.
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is like the first coat of paint — doubling and tripling the amount reduces heat going to space by decreasing fractions.
It seems like a really efficient way to heat a home since many models have temp controls so you'll never waste fuel or overheat your space and once filled they'll run for 24 - 40 hours assuming you live in a 1500 sq ft house.
They are used for things like hot water, space heating and cooling, and pool heating.
Like heating, space cooling can be provided as a separate system or integrated in an HVAC system.
While some proposals, like launching a cloud of mirrors into space to deflect some of the sun's heat, sound like science fiction, the more serious schemes require no insurmountable technical feats.
Also would like to see the temperatures of different colored spheres in space to test the hypothesis that no surface property can be changed to alter the average or core temperature of a passively heated sphere subject to unidirectional IR radiation.
Early in the 19th century, scientists began to speculate that the Earth, surrounded by the frigid vacuum of space, was habitable because its atmosphere contained special molecules like CO ₂ and water vapor, molecules that can absorb heat rays emanating from the Earth and thereby trap its heat.
Latent heat of vaporization at the surface, especially over the oceans, carries a tremendous and not easily quantifiable amount of energy straight through the CO2 like it wasn't there and releases it much higher up where the path out the door to space has much less resistance compared to ground level.
This prompted us to take a critical approach to the established meteorological lines of thought (like viewing the hurricanes as a heat engine) to show that they do not provide a satisfactory explanation of the atmospheric phenomena and that there are both space and need for developing new theories.
I don't have a clear picture how a heat engine connecting the top and bottom would look in T - S space, or what the minimum energy solution would look like were one to take an established dry adiabatic column, insulate top and bottom and run a heat engine within the column.
I agree that the specific heat and storage capacity of things like the oceans (especially) play a role in regulating the Earth, but you have to bear in mind that from the point of view of outer space, the Earth is a system with precisely one channel.
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