What is radiant heat and how is it transferred?
In order to understand radiant heat and how it is trnsferred, it is important to also understand all the forms of heat transfer. There are three ways in which heat is transferred. The first is Conductive Heat. Conductive heat transfer works by direct contact. On a basic level this is the same as wrapping your hands around a hot cup of water. The hot water has heated the material of the cup by being in direct contact with the cup. Now, your hands are being warmed up by being in direct contact with the warm cup. The second form of heat transfer and most common in a modern buiding system is Convective Heat. On a basic level, this is the same as putting your hands above the hot cup of water but not touching it. You can feel the heat in the form of steam. Conductive heat transfer is the same as central heating or forced air systems wheare a furnace heats air to a certain temperature and then this air is forced or blown into a living space thereby warming the area. The third type of heat tra
