Engineering Insights | Page 8

A PID controller is more advanced than an old-fashioned wall-mounted thermostat and performs more calculations when determining how to control a process.

What is the difference between a distributed wattage heater and a zoned heater? Almost any heater that uses a wound coil can use one of these construction methods of controlling watt density.

For a typical convection air heating application, the air temperature and the volumetric air flow entering the heating element, and the power produced by the element are known or can be specified.

Proposition 65 is regulation originally passed in 1986 by California to alert consumers in California of items which may pose a risk of cancer or birth defects.

Watt density is a useful measure when considering the various types of heating elements available. Learn about watt density and open coil elements.

Duct heaters made by TUTCO-Farnam are not for HVAC use. They are for industrial type applications and are not built to the standards required for the typical residential HVAC.

An entrepreneur opening a portable food service business required a band heater solution that could wrap around his custom kettle and keep the soup at the proper temperature.