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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
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Established in 1896, NFPA's mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.
A heating system by means of which a current-carrying conductor induces the transfer of electrical energy to the work by eddy currents.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system consisting of a heat exchanger with an outer casing or jacket, a solar collection system, or an electric heating unit that is connected to a supply system and a return system.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system in which heat is produced by current flow through a resistive conductor.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system in which the burners are in a combustion chamber effectively separated from the work chamber and arranged so that products of combustion from the burners are discharged into the work chamber by a circulating fan or blower.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system in which the burners are located within the work chamber.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system in which the products of combustion do not enter the work chamber.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system in which the products of combustion enter the work chamber.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system of gastight radiators containing burners not in contact with the oven atmosphere.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system similar to an induction heater, but using frequencies that generally are higher (3 MHz or more) than those used in induction heating.
Industry:Fire safety
A heating system with tubular elements open at one or both ends in which each tube has an inlet burner arrangement where combustion is initiated, a suitable length where combustion occurs, and an outlet for the combustion products formed.
Industry:Fire safety