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The Basics of Moving Heat
In this episode of HVAC School, Bryan talks to some apprentices about basic thermodynamics. That is the fancy scientific way of saying that we're moving heat.
The way we think of "hot" and "cold" is relative to our comfort. However, the scientific concepts of "hot" and "cold" are very different from our relative understandings of those qualities. For instance, there is only ONE value of "cold" in the universe: absolute zero (0 kelvins, -460°F). Any temperature above that contains heat.
Heat and temperature are NOT synonymous. Instead, heat refers to molecular motion, and temperature is an…
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