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sensible heat

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sensible heat [′sen·sə·bəl ′hēt]
(thermodynamics)
The heat absorbed or evolved by a substance during a change of temperature that is not accompanied by a change of state.


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The skin temperature product can also be used to estimate daytime sensible heat flux from the heating rates of radiometric temperature (Rabin 2004).
Heat-wheel units recover both latent and sensible heat and provide ventilation to the space, claiming 70 to 80 percent efficiency.
Heat loss sources to offset the sensible heat of combustion are those by radiation, convection and heat lost out the top of the furnace.
 
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