Radiant landscapes: here's a look at the surface temperature profile of a heated slab in a commercial radiant floor heating application.(analysis on radiant heating)(Cover Story)

From: PM Engineer | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

I often get involved with discussions of the surface temperature of a heated floor. Perhaps it's in the context of not allowing the slab to exceed the recommended 85[degrees]F surface temperature in situations of prolonged foot contact with the floor. Other times, it's a discussion of "striping" (e.g., where limited lateral heat diffusion away from the tubing produces significant variations in surface temperature).

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I like to think about floor surface temperature as a landscape of "hills and valleys." The height of the hills and depth of valleys is ...

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