Advantages of Electric Heating
For various industrial and domestic heating requirements, electrical heating appliances are found most suitable due to many reasons. The reasons are as under.
- Electrical heating processes are clean due to absence of smokes, ash, dust etc.
- As flue gases are absent in the heating processes, there is no risk of any pollution.
- Electrical heating equipment is more safe as electrical tripping devices act reliably and instantaneously upon abnormal conditions.
- Electrical heaters usually require very little attention and maintenance.
- The most important advantage of electric heating is that the heating process can be controlled very precisely.
- Very high temperatures can be obtained.
- Time required to attain these temperatures is less.
- Fuel need not be stored.
- Energy spent can be metered and measured.